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IEEE Spectrum: Open-Source Biology and Its Impact on Industry
Submitted by J.W. Bizzaro; posted on Monday, May 07, 2001
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``The transformation to an economy based on biological manufacturing will occur as technical manipulations become easier with practice and through a proliferation of workers with the appropriate skills. Biological engineering will proceed from profession, to vocation, to avocation, because the availability of inexpensive, quality DNA sequencing and synthesis equipment will allow participation by anyone who wants to learn the details. In 2050, following the fine tradition of hacking automobiles and computers, garage biology hacking will be well under way.
``Considerable information is already available on how to manipulate and analyze DNA in the kitchen. A recent Scientific American Amateur Scientist column provided instructions for amplifying DNA through the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and a previous column dealt with analyzing DNA samples on homemade electrophoresis equipment. The discussion was immediately picked up in a slashdot.org thread where participants provided tips for improving the yield of the PCR process.
``More detailed, technical information can be found in any university biology library in Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, which contains instructions on how to perform virtually every task needed in modern molecular biology. This printed compendium has recently joined the myriad resources maintained on-line by universities and government agencies, thereby becoming all the more accessible. Open-source biology is already becoming a reality.''
Full story:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/may01/spea.html
Reference by Slashdot.org via Jon Stewart.
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