In a reimagined Midwest shaped by biotech, one young woman steps into a future grown from code, community, and courage

The Final Report from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

Today, an entire submission for a new gene therapy had been reviewed in under four hours

A primer on the growing importance of biotechnology in the 21st century intended to be a complement to the upcoming final report of the U.S. National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

A Speculative Look at the Sandbox of Policy

The question isn’t whether fiction influences policy. It’s how consciously we use it.

Year: 2047 | Location: Global Biosecurity Command (GBC) | Status: Contained

As someone who sat on the National Academies’ study committee on AI and Biosecurity, I can tell you: the truth is neither so dire nor so utopian.

Sometimes, the most profound discoveries aren’t the ones we fear. They’re the ones that teach us to see the world in a way we never have before.

I have no doubt that mirror life will continue to be a topic of interest in synthetic biology and biosecurity circles. But I am not ready to buy into the panic just yet.

In a world of perfect control, an unlikely bond reveals the fragile humanity within the synthetic