August 20, 2025
Exciting Advances in Synthetic Biology - Cyborg Cells and Artificial Genome
Discoveries overshadowed by the AI hype
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Michael Steamweed · August 21, 2025
Not really a 'cyborg'. 'Cyborg' comes from 'cybernetic organism'. 'Cybernetic' means 'digital computer-including'. But these new variations on E. Coli. don't have any digital computer technology or wires or any mechanical components. They are engineered organisms. Engineered at the genetic level, which is amazing!
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Randall J Silva · August 20, 2025
Another one of those “what could go wrong?” ideas.
