--- title: Three technologies that will shape biotech in 2026 description: Three biotechnology breakthroughs are highlighted for 2026: personalized base editing gene therapy successfully treated an infant with a rare genetic disorder,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/three-technologies-that-will-shape-biotech-in-2026-yn7ve5fc7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Three technologies that will shape biotech in 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Three biotechnology breakthroughs are highlighted for 2026: personalized base editing gene therapy successfully treated an infant with a rare genetic disorder,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/three-technologies-that-will-shape-biotech-in-2026-yn7ve5fc7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yN7ve5Fc7.png og:image:alt: Three technologies that will shape biotech in 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Three technologies that will shape biotech in 2026 **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Three biotechnology breakthroughs are highlighted for 2026: personalized base editing gene therapy successfully treated an infant with a rare genetic disorder, with regulatory pathways emerging for customized treatments; gene resurrection techniques enabled creation of animals with ancient DNA traits, including woolly mice and claimed dire wolves; and embryo scoring has expanded beyond disease screening to controversial trait selection for characteristics like height and intelligence, raising ethical concerns about eugenics and genetic discrimination. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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