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George Church is a geneticist known for his pioneering work in developing new technologies for genome sequencing, editing, and synthesis. He has also been involved in research on genome engineering and gene therapy.
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The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.
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Timestamp / show notes
00:00 Intro
00:40 Changing millions of lives
01:35 Unknowns in Biology / Fan question
04:30 Space / Aliens
05:18 Exciting projects
08:15 Sequencing 8 billion people
10:25 Making Organisms Virus proof
12:00 Viruses adapting to changing
15:55 Making IP actionable
18:25 Transition to startups / issues
22:30 Longevity and healthspan for older populations
27:20 Rejuvenation vs cure
29:40 Last 5 years/ surprises
33:10 1 million cell edits
34:40 Reduced returns with more edits at one time
38:20 Software as biology / opportunity in biotech
41:35 Hiding data in cells
43:40 Synthetic biology relieving poverty
47:45 Biohacking , chinese box, relieving poverty continues
50:53 Producing good/submarine
53:25 Synthetic biology for energy production
57:51 Wooly mammoth genes / fan q
1:02:30 Control characteristics with food
1:03:50 Expediting gestation period
1:06:00 External womb
1:08:55 Problems /tools he wishes he had
1:12:25 Cost of gene therapies from rejuvenation bio / fan question
1:18:22 Virus gene drive
1:21:10 Next 10 years
1:23:02 CIRSPR CRPS pain question
1:26:33 Books
1:32:42 Calico lab CTO?