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George M. Church
American Scientist
Born: Aug 28, 1954
Change People Think Will World You
Related authors: Ben Carson Carl Sagan E. O. Wilson George Washington Carver Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead Neil deGrasse Tyson W. Edwards Deming
If we go into space, we need enhancements that handle radiation and osteoporosis... or else we're dead. So what seems like an enhancement in one generation becomes life and death in another generation. George M. Church
Life Death Generation Space Else Life And Death Seems Like Dead Another Becomes Go Handle Radiation Enhancement Need Osteoporosis
If you get very fine, accurate, and inexpensive control over your genome, you can fundamentally change the kind of organism you are. You are extending human capacity. George M. Church
You Change Control Kind Fine Over Genome Inexpensive Very Accurate Get Human Human Capacity Capacity Organism Your Extending Fundamentally
I don't think it is about stalling or curing: it's about reversing. Curing gives you the impression of immortality. Stalling gives you the impression that you'll be 85 forever, which is not great. George M. Church
Great You Think Immortality About Gives Reversing Impression Forever Curing Which
There are a few genetic traits that make people feel sorry for you, and there are some, like narcolepsy, at which people take personal offense unless you tell them in advance. George M. Church
You People Sorry Few Unless Tell Some Take Advance Feel Genetic Like Make Offense Personal Traits Which Them
As part of our dedication to safety engineering in biology, we're trying to get better at creating physically contained test systems to develop something that eventually will be so biologically contained that we won't need physical containment anymore. George M. Church
Better Safety Will Engineering Dedication Biology Our Systems Physical Something Physically Develop Part Contained Test Get Trying Anymore Creating Eventually Biologically Need
How do you get things out of your head, out of your lab, and into the world? If you're not part of the economic community, there's a chance... you'll fall behind. George M. Church
You World Fall Community Out Economic Part Head How Lab Get Behind Your Things Chance
A scenario is, everyone takes gene therapy - not just curing rare diseases like cystic fibrosis, but diseases that everyone has, like aging. George M. Church
Rare Everyone Gene Scenario Takes Like Curing Diseases Just Aging Therapy
Someone younger at heart should replace you, and that should be you. I'm willing to. I'm willing to become younger. I try to reinvent myself every few years anyway. George M. Church
Myself You Heart Try Become Few Every Willing Someone Years Replace Anyway Younger Should Reinvent
I am 3.8 percent Neanderthal. One of my ancestors mated with a Neanderthal, and I am not embarrassed by that. George M. Church
Ancestors Embarrassed Percent Am
At some point, someone will come up with an airtight argument as to why they should have a cloned child. At that point, cloning will be acceptable. George M. Church
Will Argument Some Someone Point Come Acceptable Up Cloning Child Should Why
The first thing you have to do is to sequence the Neanderthal genome, and that has actually been done. The next step would be to chop this genome up into, say, 10,000 chunks and then... assemble all the chunks in a human stem cell, which would enable you to finally create a Neanderthal clone. George M. Church
You First Finally Chunks Say Would Would-Be Stem Stem Cell Step Genome First Thing Enable Been Up Clone Cell Done Human The First Thing Which Then Create Next Next Step Sequence Chop Assemble Actually Thing
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