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    Researchers Developing 3D Printer for DNA, Will Print Viruses For Use In Vaccines What could possibly go wrong? Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine, inject it, and presto! Contagion averted. “It’s a 3-D printer for DNA, a 3-D printer for life,” Venter said at the inaugural Wired Health Conference in New York City, Wired Science reports. The geneticist and his team of scientists are already testing out a version of his digital biological converter, or “teleporter.” (via Craig Venter imagines a world with printable life forms | KurzweilAI)

    Researchers Developing 3D Printer for DNA, Will Print Viruses For Use In Vaccines

    What could possibly go wrong?

    Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine, inject it, and presto! Contagion averted.

    “It’s a 3-D printer for DNA, a 3-D printer for life,” Venter said at the inaugural Wired Health Conference in New York City, Wired Science reports. The geneticist and his team of scientists are already testing out a version of his digital biological converter, or “teleporter.”

    (via Craig Venter imagines a world with printable life forms | KurzweilAI)

     
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