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The future of Genetic Engineering

  • 57articles
  • 2017first covered
  • 17 Apr 2026latest update
  • 5linked technologies

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

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How many articles has 311 Institute published about Genetic Engineering?

311 Institute has published 57 articles about Genetic Engineering since 2017, most recently on 17 April 2026.

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