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Xenobiology: A Journey towards Parallel Life Forms
Author(s) -
Budisa Nediljko,
Kubyshkin Vladimir,
Schmidt Markus
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.202000141
Subject(s) - technoscience , abiogenesis , computer science , epistemology , engineering ethics , cognitive science , biology , astrobiology , philosophy , engineering , psychology
Xenobiology is the science of estranged life forms. More specifically, this is an emergent technoscience that combines advances in genetic engineering with the design of biological systems based on unusual biochemistries delivered by chemical compounds of mostly anthropogenic origin. Xenobiology enables us to create and study strange new life forms, “aliens”, not in the way science fiction books do it, but in terms of enlightened science, design, and engineering.