Thursday, October 11, 2012

Pitch: DNA outsourcing for developing world

Biotechnology research that help improve crop, medicine and environment requires manipulation of DNA..the blue print of lives. (show pic)
Without research infrastructure, DNA manipulation by scientists in developing countries  is least 3 time slower and more expensive than in the US.
There is a need for cutting down cost & time to enhance research output and improve pp quality of life
Here in the Bay Area held largest DIYbio community, those who believe that biotechnological advance could be contributed by entrepreneurial business. A community lab already exists. Yet, they no marketable product thus far.
There is a need to find short cycle, cheap, marketable project. 
 What if we can link these two together? What if some basic DNA manipulation work in Thailand could be outsourced to here...with the total cost &time less than their current practices? This is not a biology problem..it's a management and supply chain problem.
 

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