What is Synthetic Biology?

What is life? What separates your molecules from ordinary matter? We all know that it takes DNA for an organism to live, grow, and reproduce, but what happens if we build entire DNA molecules in the lab? Is this also life?

Watch this short film about the origins of the new science of synthetic biology and then watch the full program: "It's Alive, But Is It Life: Synthetic Biology and the Future of Creation"

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Video produced by Vin Liota
Narrated by Robert Krulwich

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