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Genomics
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The shift of chemistry’s attention to the processes of life has come at a time when the traditional branches of chemistry—organic, inorganic, and physical—have reached a stage of considerable maturity and are ready to tackle the awesomely complex network of processes going on inside organisms: human bodies in particular. The approach to the treatment, more importantly the prevention, of disease has been put on a rational basis by the discoveries that chemists continue to make. If you plan to ent
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― Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
― Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
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Far from being a homogenous "Big Science," biotechnology is highly diversified and heterogeneous. "The" human genome is not a single database, but a cluster of semi-autonomous databases housed at universities, biotech companies, and independent research institutes. In fact, because any computer user can, if he or she wishes, download the entire genome, "the" human genome is probably more distributed than we can guess.
From: "Open source DNA and Bioinformatic Bodies" by Eugene Thacker
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― Signs of Life: Bio Art And Beyond
― Signs of Life: Bio Art And Beyond
