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If you want to change the world in some big way, he says, thats where you should startbiological molecules. Biotech companies and academic researchers are just beginning to unlock the potential of piecing together life from scratch. Diy scientists hack the software of life currentpenguin 2011, the story of a global hacker movement seeking to do for biotech what steve jobs did for personal computing. Read biopunk pdf by marcus wohlsen blackstone audio, inc. Although biopunk will surely introduce this class of bio grease monkeys to a new segment of society, the book suffers from one serious flaw. May 19, 2011 journalist marcus wohlsens new book explores the.
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