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Scientists May Soon Design Entirely New Life Forms (#296)

April 7, 2026 · 21 min

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We’re entering a world where life itself could become programmable.

What if creating new forms of life becomes as simple as writing code?

Geneticist Adrian Woolfson explains how close we are — and why the consequences could be extraordinary.

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