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Did some DIY biology, launched a new organism
This newsletter's hiatus explained. Plus news, commentary, and fancy tomatoes.
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Alex Pearlman

January 2022

It's 2022 and we're still here*
*but in a slightly different format
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November 2021

A fun AI turned out to be a racist—again!
Plus, neovaginas, biomaterials, and a personal stake in genetic testing.
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Alex Pearlman

October 2021

How much are the first cloned human cells worth?
Plus, circumcision is falling in popularity, and we need an embryo regulator.
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Profile details allegations against immortalist Aubrey de Grey
Plus, CRISPR blindness trial is successful and mushrooms on the runway
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Alex Pearlman

September 2021

Who's afraid of a woolly mammoth?
Plus, a bunch of biotech companies got a lot of money!
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Do robot boyfriends dream of electric sheep?
Plus, medical abortions, gene therapy hearings, and new egg freezing rules.
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The summer of the mobs and the elites
Here's all the biotech news you missed while doomscrolling
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July 2021

Biohackers in space, but not on YouTube
Plus, the UK's GMF debate and why the right wing needs Phil101.
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Alex Pearlman

May 2021

Should biohackers be regulated? Depends on your definition of 'biohackers'
New guidelines for stem cell and gene therapies miss the mark
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A cohort of pirate ships?
Biohacker ethics oversight, plus a lot of gene therapy news
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Medical tourism for this gene therapy is likely dangerous
Plus, vaccine patent waivers!
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