{"id":234971,"date":"2026-04-10T23:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/we-are-already-gene-editing-humans"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:05:38","slug":"we-are-already-gene-editing-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/we-are-already-gene-editing-humans","title":{"rendered":"We are already gene editing humans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uyuAEncwk98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We are already gene editing humans. You just haven\u2019t noticed.<\/p>\n<p>George Church, Harvard geneticist and Human Genome Project pioneer, explains why CRISPR wasn\u2019t the real breakthrough, how multiplex gene editing unlocked organ transplants and de-extinction, and why aging will likely require rewriting many genes at once.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Mgoes \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/m_goes_distance\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/m_goes_distance<\/a><br \/> Brought to you by SuperHuman Fund \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/superhuman.fund\/\">https:\/\/superhuman.fund\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>0:00 \u2014 Gene Editing Mammals \u2192 Humans<br \/> 8:36 \u2014 Germline vs Somatic<br \/> 14:56 \u2014 Modified Humans Are Already Here<br \/> 18:50 \u2014 Enhancing Healthy Humans<br \/> 25:00 \u2014 Aging Therapies vs Cognitive Enhancement<br \/> 30:20 \u2014 Embryo Selection<br \/> 38:10 \u2014 Is US Losing To UAE?<br \/> 42:33 \u2014 Biotech Failures<br \/> 49:31 \u2014 Next Dire Wolf Moment<br \/> 54:21 \u2014 AI x Science<br \/> 1:02:07 \u2014 Synthetizing Entire Genomes.<\/p>\n<p>The Accelerate Bio Podcast explores the future of humanity in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Subscribe for deep-dive conversations with founders, scientists, and investors shaping AI, biotechnology, and human progress.<\/p>\n<p>This episode discusses George Church, gene editing, CRISPR, human enhancement, longevity, aging, embryo selection, synthetic biology, multiplex editing, AI biotech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are already gene editing humans. You just haven\u2019t noticed. George Church, Harvard geneticist and Human Genome Project pioneer, explains why CRISPR wasn\u2019t the real breakthrough, how multiplex gene editing unlocked organ transplants and de-extinction, and why aging will likely require rewriting many genes at once. Hosted by Mgoes \u2192 https:\/\/twitter.com\/m_goes_distance Brought to you by [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,11,12,412,269,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-biotech-medical","category-existential-risks","category-genetics","category-life-extension","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235284,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234971\/revisions\/235284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}