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...Designer Genome Despite his intelligence and biotechnological success, J. Craig Venter might just be venturing into something beyond his control [Feb. 4]. His creation of a genome might not result simply in whimsical and interesting "zoos of man-made creatures" or "custom-designed pets." His grand biology experiment might alter the biosphere. It is extreme hubris to think that we can invent a new life-form and unleash it into the environment. Perhaps the question for scientists is not simply can we, but should we? Mark Alton, Petaluma, California...
Yesterday’s Cambridge School Committee meeting turned tense after committee member Alfred B. Fantini lambasted City Councillor Craig A. Kelley for making disparaging comments about the situation of Cambridge schools at recent City Council meetings. “Every time [Kelley] hits us, I’m hitting him,” Fantini said. After the meeting, Fantini expanded on his criticisms of Kelley, calling Kelley’s analysis of the school system “biased.” “Every meeting he just has something negative to say about the public schools...
...states for the nomination of the Democratic Party. “I suspect that the topic of Hillary Clinton will come up, and [Royal’s] insights into American and French politics and what differences or similarities exist will be instructive,” said Patricia H. Craig, the executive director for the Center for European Studies (CES). Royal, who will be visiting through a collaboration between Harvard and MIT, will be hosting two undergraduate seminars on gender in politics and the effort to rebuild the European Left. She will also be giving a talk at MIT on higher...
...were setting out to design a human being from scratch, odds are you wouldn't take J. Craig Venter as your template. You wouldn't choose to put him at risk for Alzheimer's disease, for example, but Venter has a predisposition that places him in danger of it. You might choose his startling blue eyes, both for their color and the hard clarity of their gaze. You'd surely go for his first-rate brain, though you might pass on what his detractors consider the vainglorious temperament that comes bundled with...
...world. Venter would circumnavigate the globe with a crew of scientists and sailors and every 200 miles (320 km) would dip canisters into the ocean at various depths, filter whatever life-forms floated in - mostly microscopic - and send them back to his newly created lab, the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville. Over 2½ years, the journey yielded 6 million new genes and 400 new microbial species. "Most people thought the ocean was a homogenous soup," Venter says. "But 85% of the species we found were unique...