# Biotechnology — Editing biology like software

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:45.282Z
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## Summary

From cutting and pasting genes in 1973 to writing mRNA scripts that run inside your cells. A working tour of the platforms that turned living systems into engineerable substrate. Key sections include: BIOTECHNOLOGY Editing biology like software; Recombinant DNA: cut, paste, run.; A startup turns the lab trick into a company.; Human insulin, brewed in E. coli.; PCR: a Xerox machine for DNA.; Sequencing collapses 100,000× in cost.; One target. One molecule. One blockbuster.; CRISPR: programmable scissors with a GPS.; mRNA platforms: ship the recipe, not the protein.; Synthetic biology: bacteria as fabs..

## Slide Outline

1. BIOTECHNOLOGY Editing biology like software
2. Recombinant DNA: cut, paste, run.
3. A startup turns the lab trick into a company.
4. Human insulin, brewed in E. coli.
5. PCR: a Xerox machine for DNA.
6. Sequencing collapses 100,000× in cost.
7. One target. One molecule. One blockbuster.
8. CRISPR: programmable scissors with a GPS.
9. mRNA platforms: ship the recipe, not the protein.
10. Synthetic biology: bacteria as fabs.
11. Bespoke cells. Living drugs.
12. In-vivo editing, organoids, generative biology.
13. Read & watch.

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