Research Notes: Synthetic Biology and Programmable Life

Behind the Research: When Bacteria Become Code

Sep 17, 2025

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Started with a simple question: Is biology really becoming “programmable” the way software is, or is that just Silicon Valley metaphor creep?

Three weeks later: biology is genuinely becoming programmable, but tracking it requires distinguishing real breakthroughs from plausible speculation from invented details. Some developments are spectacularly real. …

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