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Over the past five years, IARPA has launched 10 new bio-focused programs, a threefold increase compared to IARPA’s first decade of existence. This includes the Finding Engineering Linked Indicators (FELIX) program, which contributed to the first IC public statement that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was not genetically engineered as well as the Molecular Information Storage (MIST) program, which is pursuing new ways of using biology for scalable data storage. This bio-focus coincides with public recognition by the past three directors of national intelligence of the evolving importance of biology and biotechnology.
