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Caruso, ”Synthetic Biology.”

109 and many other fields

Stephen C. Aldrich, James Newcomb, and Robert Carlson, Genome Synthesis and Design Futures: Implications for the U.S. Economy (Cambridge, MA: Bio Economic Research a.s.sociates, 2007).

110 destroy or weaken antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Ruder, Lu, and Collins, ”Synthetic Biology Moving into the Clinic.”

111 killing other targeted bacteria until the infection subsides

Ibid.

112 vaccine development is also generating great hope

Cookson, ”Synthetic Life.”

113 bird flu (H5N1) of 2007 and the so-called swine flu (H1N1) of 2009

Ibid.

114 ability to pa.s.s from one human to another through airborne transmission

”Bird Flu Pandemic in Humans Could Happen Any Time,” Reuters, June 21, 2012.

115 a new mutant of the virus begins spreading