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The future of CRISPR

  • 67articles
  • 2016first covered
  • 5 Jan 2026latest update
  • 1linked technologies

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  1. Gene Editing That Spreads Within The Body Trialled For First TimeBiotech and enhanced humans
  2. AI designed viruses turn into bacterial serial killersBiotech and enhanced humans
  3. A ChatGPT clone can now design whole genomes from scratchBiotech and enhanced humans
  4. Profluents open source AI CRISPR tool brings gene editing to the massesBiotech and enhanced humans
  5. One shot remedy for Asthma could arrive soon after trialsBiotech and enhanced humans
  6. New Anti-CRISPRs have been found in bacteria for the first timeSecurity and privacy
  7. Researchers use CRISPR extinction gene tech to render viruses harmlessBiotech and enhanced humans
  8. AI just discovered another 200 CRISPR-like gene editing systemsBiotech and enhanced humans
  9. Scientists created a glowing chimeric monkey with two sets of DNABiotech and enhanced humans
  10. Gene edited hamsters turned into aggressive bullies in unexpected lab twistBiotech and enhanced humans
  11. Viruses mutated faster to avoid genetic edits in bird flu resistant CRISPR super chickensBiotech and enhanced humans
  12. These transgenic silk worms spin spider silk six times tougher than KevlarIndustry and manufacturing
  13. Single shot gene therapy treatment could end blood disorders like Sickle CellBiotech and enhanced humans
  14. Researchers have created living CART-T drugs to tackle humanity’s worst diseasesBiotech and enhanced humans
  15. Researchers use AI to create cancer hunting human super soldier cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
  16. Viruses become CRISPR Trojan Horses to genetically re-engineer bacteriaBiotech and enhanced humans
  17. From kale to cherries scientists are using CRISPR to create new kinds of foodsBiotech and enhanced humans
  18. Scientists cram millions of years of evolution into months with chromosome level re-engineeringBiotech and enhanced humans
  19. In a world first AI can now model the molecular machines that govern life itselfBiotech and enhanced humans
  20. Molecular farming means your next vaccine could be grown in a plantBiotech and enhanced humans
  21. Scientists used CRISPR to create a superbug resistant to all viruses on Earth, againBiotech and enhanced humans
  22. MIT and Harvard scientists develop a face mask that detects COVID-19 in the airIndustry and manufacturing
  23. CRISPR gene editing tool shown to stop Coronavirus replication in human cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
  24. This genetic kill switch prevents genetically modified organisms from escapingSecurity and privacy
  25. Amazing self-deleting gene breakthrough reverses effects of genetic engineeringBiotech and enhanced humans
  26. Researchers de-extincted a killer Pox virus for $100k using mail order DNABiotech and enhanced humans
  27. Blind patient regains sight after world’s first in vivo gene editing trial goes without a hitchBiotech and enhanced humans
  28. Genetically engineered cattle only produce male offspring to save the worldBiotech and enhanced humans
  29. World first after Chinese scientists use CRISPR gene editing to erase fearful memories from ratsBiotech and enhanced humans
  30. New tests prove Covid-19 virus wasn’t made by humans in a labBiotech and enhanced humans
  31. Stanford developed a gene editing tool that identifies and de-bugs faulty genesBiotech and enhanced humans
  32. Genetically engineered male moths programmed to kill off females released into the wildBiotech and enhanced humans
  33. Scientists use CRISPR to alter the genomes of fruit flies so they can eat poisonBiotech and enhanced humans
  34. Cellular recorders help treat cancer by capturing the story of cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
  35. MIT’s CRISPR gene editing alternative inserts new DNA without cuttingBiotech and enhanced humans
  36. Researchers gene hacked human cells and turned them into dual core computersComputing
  37. Scientists hunt for “Kryptonite to stop CRISPR,” the world’s most powerful gene editing toolBiotech and enhanced humans
  38. Scientists gene hacked lizards to make them albinoBiotech and enhanced humans
  39. Experts believe Chinese scientist who Gene-Hacked twins “likely boosted their brainpower”Biotech and enhanced humans
  40. World first as scientists get the “Extinction Gene” to work in mammalsBiotech and enhanced humans
  41. Birth of genetically engineered twins resistant to HIV causes global outrageBiotech and enhanced humans
  42. “No cut CRISPR” breakthrough lets scientists turn genes on and off at willBiotech and enhanced humans
  43. Experiment proves DNA computers could be the most powerful on EarthComputing
  44. Scientists stored a movie inside a living bacteria, then replayed itComputing
  45. World’s first in vivo human gene editing trial goes without a hitchBiotech and enhanced humans
  46. DARPA wants to genetically engineer smart plants to act as surveillance devicesSecurity and privacy
  47. Scientists are creating next generation vaccines that are contagiousBiotech and enhanced humans
  48. Space adventurers could be the first true ‘Designer humans’Space
  49. Promising ‘Genetic Chainsaw in a pill’ could solve the world’s antibiotic crisisBiotech and enhanced humans
  50. An extinction gene and glowing mice help scientists eradicate invasive speciesEarth and energy
  51. Scientists grow the world’s first human pig chimeraBiotech and enhanced humans
  52. Genetically modified super cows are resistant to tuberculosisEarth and energy
  53. Scientists might have found a way to turn Parkinsons on and offBiotech and enhanced humans
  54. World first as scientists use two new DNA letters to create new “alien” life formBiotech and enhanced humans
  55. Devastating bioweapon or humanity’s saviour? UN green lights the ‘Gene Drive’Earth and energy
  56. Scientists turn CRISPR into a genetic chainsaw to solve the antibiotics crisisBiotech and enhanced humans
  57. New gene editing technique switches off cells ability to repair themselvesBiotech and enhanced humans
  58. UK approves designer babies and the first will be born in 2017Biotech and enhanced humans
  59. The ultimate bioweapon, scientists have developed an Extinction GeneEarth and energy
  60. Chinese researchers trial the worlds first cancer vaccine on humansBiotech and enhanced humans
  61. Researchers cut HIV genes out of living cells using CRISPRBiotech and enhanced humans
  62. Geneticists are creating a new form of life that is resistant to all known virusesBiotech and enhanced humans
  63. Rio 2016 introduces tests to hunt for genetically modified athletesBiotech and enhanced humans
  64. China trials a CRISPR vaccine for Cancer on humansBiotech and enhanced humans
  65. HIV defeats revolutionary gene editing technology CRISPRBiotech and enhanced humans
  66. The history of the “Genesis Engine”, CRISPROpinion
  67. Scientists turn to gene editing to reverse blindness in humansBiotech and enhanced humans

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311 Institute has published 67 articles about CRISPR since 2016, most recently on 5 January 2026.

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