Beyond Detection: How DARPA’s Bio-Attribution Challenge Is Redefining Biothreat Intelligence and Genomic Forensics

Strategic Context: The Race to Attribute Engineered Biology The twenty-first century has witnessed a revolution in synthetic biology, genome editing, and artificial intelligence that is transforming medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology. The same technologies, however, are also reshaping biological security. Gene synthesis has become faster and cheaper, CRISPR-based editing has democratized genetic engineering, and AI-driven protein…