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Synthetic biology is a hot word tossed around a lot lately, and it is a lot like programming where we read, write, and edit biological code, our DNA.

There are companies out there like Cambrian Genomics that can selectively print out specific DNA combinations.

The first machine adds the chemical building blocks of DNA, Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine (A,G,C,T) onto a collection plate.

A second machine color-codes each chemical, and then uses lasers to analyse the combinations, ignoring strands that have errors which can cause genetic mutations and diseases, and printing the correct strands.
What we are essentially doing is manipulating the building blocks of DNA so that we can modify organisms to do our bidding...from agriculture to medicine to cell-based meats. Engineered microorganisms are even being used to produce more sustainable fabrics and manufacturing.

But this technology has been around since the 1980s, and the only reason why it’s being hyped up now is because it’s getting significantly cheaper to do these things due to the rise of specialized robots and AI learning

Other companies like Ginkgo have developed ways to modify the microbes of such plants so that they, too, can pull nitrogen gas from the air and convert it into fertilizer.

DNA printing is definitely a focal point in the future for our society.