Building a New Biology

Drew Endy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University, discusses powerful new technologies that allow life to be built from scratch. New engineered organisms are being constructed to help cure cancer, produce renewable energy, and assemble living computers. But who will control these new biotechnologies?
The Center for Genetic Medicine Silverstein Lecture Series was established by the Herman M. and Bea L. Silverstein Medical Research Fund for Genetic Medicine to bring advances in genetics research and medicine to the general public.