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— Chad Hansen , Alliant Energy
The New Industrial Revolution in Biotech
16 Dec 2025
News
Biology has become a technology, and technology is beginning to feel biological. We rarely stop to sense it, but we are living through an age of acceleration—where discovery builds on itself faster than we can comprehend. It took more than four centuries to get from the invention of the microscope to the discovery of penicillin. It has been just 75 years since the structure of DNA was revealed, and today gene therapies are finding their place in mainstream medicine.
In the span of a single generation, we have mapped the human genome, developed mRNA vaccines, harnessed next-generation genetic engineering technology for gene editing and drug development, and begun using artificial intelligence to design drugs, predict protein folding, and even personalize treatment plans.
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