The Earth BioGenome Project Is Looking To Sequence DNA Of All Life On Earth In Next 10 Years
In an effort to preserve all life on Earth, the World Economic Forum has entered into a partnership with the Earth BioGenome Project and Earth Bank of Codes, with a plan to sequence the DNA of all complex life-forms on Earth.
In an effort to preserve all life on Earth, the World Economic Forum has entered into a partnership with the Earth BioGenome Project and Earth Bank of Codes, with a plan to sequence the DNA of all complex life-forms on Earth
Headed by Harris Lewin, a professor at the University of California, Davis, the project will sequence the genome of the approximately 1.5 million eukaryotes (organisms with a membrane-enclosed nucleus in their cells) in the world, including all known plants, animals and single-celled organisms. It¡¯s estimated the project will cost about $4.7 billion and will take at least a decade to complete.
¡°The partnership will construct a global biology infrastructure project to sequence life on the planet to enable solutions for preserving the Earth¡¯s biodiversity, managing ecosystems, spawning bio-based industries and sustaining human societies,¡± said Lewin. The Earth Bank of Codes will then make this data available to experts around the world, to help with developing bio-engineered chemicals, materials, and technologies.
Experts at the World Economic Forum are calling this the ¡°Fourth Industrial Revolution¡±, learning from the DNA in nature to better solve humanity¡¯s most pressing needs.
