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1. OpenAI starts offering a biology tuned AI Large Language ModelAI and intelligence17 Apr 2026
2. Gene Editing That Spreads Within The Body Trialled For First TimeBiotech and enhanced humans5 Jan 2026
3. AI designed viruses turn into bacterial serial killersBiotech and enhanced humans30 Oct 2025
4. Living cellular computers move computing beyond SiliconComputing3 Feb 2025
5. A ChatGPT clone can now design whole genomes from scratchBiotech and enhanced humans21 Nov 2024
6. New Chinese gene modified brain machine interface smashes expectationsBiotech and enhanced humans13 Oct 2024
7. New malware attack tricks synthetic biologists into creating bioweaponsSecurity and privacy14 Jun 2024
8. China is smashing the US in 37 out of 44 key emerging technology areasOpinion5 Apr 2024
9. First living robots made from human cells surprise scientistsRobotics4 Jan 2024
10. AI just discovered another 200 CRISPR-like gene editing systemsBiotech and enhanced humans18 Dec 2023
11. Scientists created a glowing chimeric monkey with two sets of DNABiotech and enhanced humans27 Nov 2023
12. Gene edited hamsters turned into aggressive bullies in unexpected lab twistBiotech and enhanced humans9 Nov 2023
13. These bacteria eat plastic waste and turn it into useful productsIndustry and manufacturing18 Sep 2023
14. These transgenic silk worms spin spider silk six times tougher than KevlarIndustry and manufacturing13 Sep 2023
15. AI has designed new proteins that behave like biological transistorsComputing25 Aug 2023
16. When these designer cells hear music they release insulin for diabeticsBiotech and enhanced humans17 Aug 2023
17. Electrogenetic breakthrough finds a way to control your genes via wearablesBiotech and enhanced humans7 Aug 2023
18. Fertiliser costs have tripled so synthetic biology startups are re-inventing how its madeIndustry and manufacturing5 Apr 2023
19. Human mini-brains could make biological computers more powerful than silicon based AIComputing8 Mar 2023
20. World’s first Pig-Human heart transplant patient died from a Porcine virusBiotech and enhanced humans1 Jan 2023
21. New genetic firewalls keep engineered alien bacteria safe from outside attackersBiotech and enhanced humans18 Dec 2022
22. Viruses become CRISPR Trojan Horses to genetically re-engineer bacteriaBiotech and enhanced humans28 Nov 2022
23. Another breakthrough brings powerful molecular computers closer to realityComputing15 Nov 2022
24. Microbes can now make a rare in demand Cancer drugIndustry and manufacturing26 Oct 2022
25. Scientists cram millions of years of evolution into months with chromosome level re-engineeringBiotech and enhanced humans5 Oct 2022
26. Researchers turn plants into biological computers to grow better cropsComputing16 Aug 2022
27. AI is getting great at simulating and designing proteins and drugsBiotech and enhanced humans14 Aug 2022
28. A new DARPA project is experimenting with living factories in spaceIndustry and manufacturing25 Mar 2022
29. In a world first researchers created a digital cell that grows like the real thingBiotech and enhanced humans16 Mar 2022
30. This sci-fi like E. coli biocomputer solved a classic maze problem with no errorsComputing23 Jan 2022
31. World’s first living robots made by AI surprise scientists by spontaneously reproducing themselvesRobotics28 Dec 2021
32. Molecular farming means your next vaccine could be grown in a plantBiotech and enhanced humans1 Sep 2021
33. Scientists used CRISPR to create a superbug resistant to all viruses on Earth, againBiotech and enhanced humans27 Aug 2021
34. MIT and Harvard scientists develop a face mask that detects COVID-19 in the airIndustry and manufacturing27 Jul 2021
35. Scientists built a perfectly replicating synthetic cellBiotech and enhanced humans29 Apr 2021
36. In a world first an AI just made it’s own synthetic human genomeBiotech and enhanced humans1 Mar 2021
37. Researchers de-extincted a killer Pox virus for $100k using mail order DNABiotech and enhanced humans10 Sep 2020
38. DNA printers get ready to move from printing sentences to paragraphsBiotech and enhanced humans7 Apr 2020
39. New tests prove Covid-19 virus wasn’t made by humans in a labBiotech and enhanced humans2 Apr 2020
40. World first after scientists create artificial cells that react to their environmentBiotech and enhanced humans1 Apr 2020
41. German scientists just created the world’s first self-replicating synthetic cellsBiotech and enhanced humans16 Mar 2020
42. Stanford developed a gene editing tool that identifies and de-bugs faulty genesBiotech and enhanced humans8 Mar 2020
43. NASA unveils plans to grow homes on Mars and the Moon out of fungiIndustry and manufacturing7 Feb 2020
44. Scientists get closer to creating synthetic cells that can replicate themselvesBiotech and enhanced humans12 Dec 2019
45. Synthetic lifeforms closer to reality after AI creates world’s first synthetic genomeBiotech and enhanced humans11 Jul 2019
46. Designer cells with two genetic codes give life on Earth a serious upgradeBiotech and enhanced humans5 Jul 2019
47. Researchers gene hacked human cells and turned them into dual core computersComputing2 Jul 2019
48. Scientists built an 8 base pair DNA double helix with potential to create new lifeformsBiotech and enhanced humans25 Feb 2019
49. US military genetics program to turn marine life into giant living sensor networksSecurity and privacy31 Dec 2018
50. US researchers get $1.7m grant to create wonder bio-material that lasts 500 million yearsIndustry and manufacturing30 Dec 2018
51. Birth of genetically engineered twins resistant to HIV causes global outrageBiotech and enhanced humans30 Nov 2018
52. Synthetic biology just got its own special programming languageBiotech and enhanced humans21 Oct 2018
53. Scientists get funding to grow neural networks in petri dishesAI and intelligence29 Sep 2018
54. The Future of Superyacht Design | SuperyachtNews, UK | Matthew Griffin | Luxury Keynote SpeakerArticles25 Sep 2018
55. Stopping the DIY bio-terrorists, US military embraces AI and Ginkgo BioworksSecurity and privacy9 Jul 2018
56. Scientists have turned human cells into complex living computersComputing8 Jul 2018
57. Experiment proves DNA computers could be the most powerful on EarthComputing23 May 2018
58. Researchers record first ever HD movies of cells moving through the living bodyBiotech and enhanced humans16 May 2018
59. Semi-synthetic cells could revolutionise everything from sensors to healthcareBiotech and enhanced humans12 Apr 2018
60. Bioengineers hack biology to turn living tissue into any shape they wantBiotech and enhanced humans9 Feb 2018
61. MIT breakthrough creates glowing plants that could replace street lightsEarth and energy27 Dec 2017
62. Scientists have a plan to seed life throughout the universeSpace6 Dec 2017
63. DARPA wants to genetically engineer smart plants to act as surveillance devicesSecurity and privacy2 Dec 2017
64. Scientists have built the world’s first biological ‘teleporter’Biotech and enhanced humans7 Aug 2017
65. World first as scientists use two new DNA letters to create new “alien” life formBiotech and enhanced humans29 Jan 2017
66. World first as scientists use synthetic stem cells to repair a damaged heartBiotech and enhanced humans24 Jan 2017
67. Devastating bioweapon or humanity’s saviour? UN green lights the ‘Gene Drive’Earth and energy6 Jan 2017
68. The ultimate bioweapon, scientists have developed an Extinction GeneEarth and energy8 Dec 2016
69. Modern farmers grow bacteria to grow better cropsEarth and energy12 Nov 2016
70. Scientists lay out plans to build an artificial human genome by 2036Biotech and enhanced humans4 Nov 2016
71. Brazil releases billions of genetically modified Mosquitos to combat ZikaEarth and energy28 Oct 2016
72. Top scientists met in secret to discuss creating the first artificial humansBiotech and enhanced humans21 Oct 2016
73. Inside Ginkgo, the gene factory where robots help make new weird synthetic organismsIndustry and manufacturing13 Oct 2016
74. We are entering the First Age of De-ExtinctionEarth and energy26 Aug 2016
75. Geneticists are creating a new form of life that is resistant to all known virusesBiotech and enhanced humans26 Aug 2016
76. The history of the “Genesis Engine”, CRISPROpinion9 May 2016