Can synthetic biology save the planet?

Step inside the lab using synthetic biology to design with DNA, all in the hopes of saving Planet Earth.

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Humanity’s impact on the Earth is massive.

Arable land is transformed for agriculture; plastics litter the planet; the very atmosphere is warming with carbon emissions and greenhouse gases, hotboxing all of us.

But what if solutions to these complex problems could be found in the very building blocks of life itself?

This is why Ginkgo Bioworks exists: to provide the platform that allows innovators and entrepreneurs to work with biology, to make everything from plastic-munching microbes to better beauty products.

Watch on Freethink.com ► https://www.freethink.com/science/synthetic-biology-for-climate-change

This video was created in partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks.

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