"Biotech and Genetic Engineering: Your knowledge sits at 35%," ARIA continued. "You understand fundamental genetic manipulation and cellular biology, but lack deeper knowledge needed for advanced synthetic biology."
Biotechnology and genetic engineering had exploded in recent decades with tools like CRISPR - systems that could edit genes with unprecedented precision. The field encompassed everything from treating hereditary diseases to creating entirely new organisms designed for specific purposes.
Advanced applications might include organisms that produced medicine, cleaned environmental pollution, or even served as biological computers.
Together, they could develop techniques for designing entirely new organisms - not just modifying existing life, but creating biological systems optimized for specific purposes. Organisms that could clean pollution, produce medicine, even serve as biological computers.
