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The future of Synthetic DNA
- 20articles
- 2017first covered
- 30 Oct 2025latest update
- 9linked technologies
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- AI designed viruses turn into bacterial serial killersBiotech and enhanced humans
- A ChatGPT clone can now design whole genomes from scratchBiotech and enhanced humans
- New malware attack tricks synthetic biologists into creating bioweaponsSecurity and privacy
- Generative AI designs new DNA sequences to turn genes on and offBiotech and enhanced humans
- In a world first this organism has 50 percent synthetic DNABiotech and enhanced humans
- Molecular barcodes help suppliers keep track of Cannabis shipmentsIndustry and manufacturing
- Researchers turn plants into biological computers to grow better cropsComputing
- One gram of DNA now capable of storing over 500Pb of data thanks to synthetic DNA breakthroughComputing
- Researchers made the world’s smallest antenna out of DNAConnected society
- DARPA and GE developing truck mounted labs to churn out synthetic DNA and RNA vaccinesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists used CRISPR to create a superbug resistant to all viruses on Earth, againBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists built a perfectly replicating synthetic cellBiotech and enhanced humans
- Quadruple stranded DNA seen in human cells for the first timeBiotech and enhanced humans
- First of a kind biosensor detects Covid-19 in the air around youIndustry and manufacturing
- DNA printers get ready to move from printing sentences to paragraphsBiotech and enhanced humans
- German scientists just created the world’s first self-replicating synthetic cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Weird semi-synthetic bacteria churn out even weirder synthetic proteinsIndustry and manufacturing
- Designer cells with two genetic codes give life on Earth a serious upgradeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists built an 8 base pair DNA double helix with potential to create new lifeformsBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as scientists use two new DNA letters to create new “alien” life formBiotech and enhanced humans
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311 Institute has published 20 articles about Synthetic DNA since 2017, most recently on 30 October 2025.
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