How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials | Emily Leproust

What if we could use biology to restore our balance with nature without giving up modern creature comforts? Advocating for a new kind of environmentalism, scientist and entrepreneur Emily Leproust rethinks modern sustainability at the molecular level, using synthetic biology to create green alternatives. From lab-developed insulin and disease-resistant bananas to airplanes made of super-strong spider silk, she explains how reading and writing DNA can lead to groundbreaking innovations in health, food and materials.

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[yahalife]

Agreed! Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet

[susana]

Making changes is soo hard... but we must! We gotta make it a priority, like taking a shower in the morning. Nothing to it but to do it! 😀

[prkzoomin]

Number one Quote, The Greatest Challenge in Life is Discovering who you are.

[mannymsena]

Science and technology progress so much faster than mankind who seems to hesitate, question, ruminate everything and thus take forever to make pressing changes that are good for man and environment. Interesting information E Leproust (I'm personally aware of the topic). More exposure needed. Folks and communities coud benefit from more talks, discussion, and the right information.

[ricardoafonso]

I'm so excited about our synthetic future, can't wait !!

[aybosma]

It's much easier to get behind the idea of synthetic materials than the idea of synthetic foods. Some scientists are a bit too cavalier about their claims of understanding of impacts on health.

[SssuperLive]

New world - all free, 3d printer prints any material, creates technology and a person who thinks is what will be created. This is the future, and now only degradation

[miaaiyana]

Amazing talk from Emily as always. Love her work in Twist!!

[pip]

An extremely interesting talk Emily, we each need to think more about tomorrow instead of today.

[DanieleXY]

Nice talk.
She is the CEO and founder from Twist Bioscience (TWST)... Keep going!

[erikanovakova]

If you don't address the origin of for example illness, but come up with complex technological solutions, overall health of humans will never improve. Maybe you can suppress some diseases, but other diseases and problems will emerge. It's good that we acutely can save lives with modern technology, but it can't go without addressing the cause. That's what the world and healthcare needs to focus on right now, the cause!

[nicoleonfeels]

Science can improve our lives in so many ways if we allow it.

[mercury.sulfide]

Some things sound okay but I'm still more concerned about the effect this would have on the ecosystem. For an example, wiping mosquitos out would definitely NOT be a good thing for the environment. Improving lives of the humans isn't worth destroying the planet further in any way and we cannot foresee the consequences of some things mentioned in the video

[vierwerfvierwerf]

9:31 "With synthetic biology we will produce spider silk at commercial scale and avoid spider-on-spider violence." Ain't science beautiful?

[jlly_mlly]

Umbrella Corporation -
"Our business is life itself."

[SauceMeds]

I told you have a good day earlier and watched you hop in the back of a suburban like a boss👏👏👏

[skirk]

This is hands down my favorite talk. Do it because you should, but also so nature won't kill you.

[Xiph]

Some people in the comments here really should just go away and leave the internet...

[belckan]

I'm sorry, as a non english native speaker this was quite hard to understand. Perhaps native english speakers have an easier time just dealing with the accent but I'm having to convert twice in my head and a lot gets lost.

[arisboba]

Y'all def deleted the bad comments, lol