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[โ€“] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

this feels a bit like open source software, just that the software involved is genetic code, which codes for a protein.

[โ€“] oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

It is! They're trying to "compile" insulin on the smaller scale. Not home labs but local production. They haven't managed it yet but I believe they will eventually.