Genetic Hacking - Kindle Non-Fiction

Genetic Hacking: Your DNA Can Be Hacked!
by Avinash Khilnani

Are you literate enough in the codes of life, of reading and writing DNA?
Should you be fearful of the bio-hacking movement going on around you?
Or, should you be hacking your own biology?

This book reveals the recent developments in genetics and genomics which have led us to the era of personalized medicine for the quantified self, creating new organisms through synthetic biology, creating artificial life and looking into your ancient past to trace your personal ancestors by hacking your own biology.

Comparing bioinformatics to modern IT, biological software, compilers, and relevant bio-hacking tools are introduced in the simplest terms for the layman.

Is quicker evolution or creating genetically superior humans a good idea? And how would we cope with a newer version of bio-crime and bio-terrorism that could result as a consequence of an open-source DNA-hacking environment?

The author advocates openness as the best policy to ensure that bio-hackers and Do-It-Yourself biologists with their garage labs can devise those safety measures to protect our 'wetware' from such threats, just like the digital technology hackers protect our hardware from viral and spyware threats.

Hacking our genetic code also reveals the genome - connectome duality of our biological existence, and so raises the metaphysical query as to the nature of our very consciousness; of who we are.

Caution: the book is written for the layman, so don't buy this if you are an MD.

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