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    <periodOfReport>2021-07-22</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001619856</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Caribou Biosciences, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CRBU</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MCCLUNG BARBARA G</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CARIBOU BIOSCIENCES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2929 7TH STREET, SUITE 105</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BERKELEY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94710</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>See Remarks</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.68</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-06-11</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>132</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2029-09-30</value>
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                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares subject to this option have vested or will vest in equal monthly installments until the option is fully vested on June 12, 2022, subject to the reporting person's continued service to the Issuer thorough the applicable vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The shares subject to this option have vested or will vest in equal monthly installments until the option is fully vested on October 1, 2023, subject to the reporting person's continued service to the Issuer thorough the applicable vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">1/4th of the shares subject to this option will vest on March 2, 2022 and an additional 1/48th of the aggregate number of shares subject to the option will vest on the corresponding day of each month thereafter, subject to the reporting person's continued service to the Issuer thorough the applicable vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/  Barbara G. McClung</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-07-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
