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Andrew Hessel
Chairman
Human Genome Project-write
May 2026, SynBioBeta
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Andrew Hessel is a scientist and entrepreneur exploring the near-term future of biology and biotechnology, with a focus on synthetic genome engineering and next-generation DNA synthesis technologies. He is the co-founder and chairman of the Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology and the Human Genome Project-write, an international scientific effort to design and build entire genomes, including the human genome. He also co-founded Humane Genomics, a company developing precision artificial viruses that target cancer. Hessel aims to be cloned after his death. His book, The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, co-authored with Amy Webb, was published in February 2022.
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