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The future of Genetic Engineering
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- 2017first covered
- 17 Apr 2026latest update
- 5linked technologies
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- OpenAI starts offering a biology tuned AI Large Language ModelAI and intelligence
- A ChatGPT clone can now design whole genomes from scratchBiotech and enhanced humans
- Breakthrough new process converts electricity into biological energyEarth and energy
- New malware attack tricks synthetic biologists into creating bioweaponsSecurity and privacy
- Researchers use CRISPR extinction gene tech to render viruses harmlessBiotech and enhanced humans
- In a world first this organism has 50 percent synthetic DNABiotech and enhanced humans
- Viruses mutated faster to avoid genetic edits in bird flu resistant CRISPR super chickensBiotech and enhanced humans
- These transgenic silk worms spin spider silk six times tougher than KevlarIndustry and manufacturing
- When these designer cells hear music they release insulin for diabeticsBiotech and enhanced humans
- These new engineered super plants clean the air better than 30 regular plantsEarth and energy
- Fertiliser costs have tripled so synthetic biology startups are re-inventing how its madeIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists have turned bacteria into Hunter-Killer cancer warriorsIndustry and manufacturing
- World’s first Pig-Human heart transplant patient died from a Porcine virusBiotech and enhanced humans
- The world’s smallest synthetic lifeform can now move by itselfRobotics
- New genetic firewalls keep engineered alien bacteria safe from outside attackersBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers use AI to create cancer hunting human super soldier cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Viruses become CRISPR Trojan Horses to genetically re-engineer bacteriaBiotech and enhanced humans
- From kale to cherries scientists are using CRISPR to create new kinds of foodsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Another breakthrough brings powerful molecular computers closer to realityComputing
- Scientists cram millions of years of evolution into months with chromosome level re-engineeringBiotech and enhanced humans
- Three children are doing fine years after receiving transplants without immunosuppressant drugsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Genetically engineered gut bacteria produce Parkinson’s drugs in vivo for patientsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Molecular farming means your next vaccine could be grown in a plantBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists used CRISPR to create a superbug resistant to all viruses on Earth, againBiotech and enhanced humans
- CRISPR gene editing tool shown to stop Coronavirus replication in human cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Slowly but surely AI is helping eliminate the need for animal testingBiotech and enhanced humans
- Second generation of living robots are faster and smarter than their predecessorsRobotics
- Genetically engineered barcoded spores could help improve food safetyIndustry and manufacturing
- This genetic kill switch prevents genetically modified organisms from escapingSecurity and privacy
- Designer Cytokines help paralysed mice walk againBiotech and enhanced humans
- MIT’s lab grown wood and plants take aim at traditional farming and forestryIndustry and manufacturing
- In a world first an AI just made it’s own synthetic human genomeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Amazing self-deleting gene breakthrough reverses effects of genetic engineeringBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers de-extincted a killer Pox virus for $100k using mail order DNABiotech and enhanced humans
- Genetically engineered cattle only produce male offspring to save the worldBiotech and enhanced humans
- A brain switch helped put mice into suspended animation, could do same for humansBiotech and enhanced humans
- Squids help researchers genetically engineer human cells and turn them invisibleIndustry and manufacturing
- Forget lockdown HIT, these mice got totally ripped with gene therapyBiotech and enhanced humans
- New tests prove Covid-19 virus wasn’t made by humans in a labBiotech and enhanced humans
- Stanford developed a gene editing tool that identifies and de-bugs faulty genesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Genetically engineered male moths programmed to kill off females released into the wildBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers made networks out of bacteria to make DNA storage more efficientComputing
- Scientists get closer to creating synthetic cells that can replicate themselvesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists use CRISPR to alter the genomes of fruit flies so they can eat poisonBiotech and enhanced humans
- Bioengineering breakthrough paves the way for tomorrow’s superplantsEarth and energy
- Colorful bio-engineered bacteria could end fashions obsession with toxic dyesIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists hunt for “Kryptonite to stop CRISPR,” the world’s most powerful gene editing toolBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists have unlocked the secret to whole body regenerationBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as scientists get the “Extinction Gene” to work in mammalsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Genetic engineering breakthrough turns chickens into egg laying medicine factoriesIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists fix a genetic flaw to boost crop yields by 40 percentEarth and energy
- RNA breakthrough makes it possible to cure Cystic Fibrosis with an inhalerBiotech and enhanced humans
- US military genetics program to turn marine life into giant living sensor networksSecurity and privacy
- Solar panels made from cyborg bacteria promise even cheaper energyEarth and energy
- World first as researchers hack a computer using modified DNASecurity and privacy
- Healthcare breakthrough turns bacteria into cyborgs and drug factoriesBiotech and enhanced humans
- An extinction gene and glowing mice help scientists eradicate invasive speciesEarth and energy
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311 Institute has published 57 articles about Genetic Engineering since 2017, most recently on 17 April 2026.
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