Sex, Drugs, and Biotech

Did some DIY biology, launched a new organism

This newsletter's hiatus explained. Plus news, commentary, and fancy tomatoes.

Sep 16, 2022 • 

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January 2022

It's 2022 and we're still here*

*but in a slightly different format

Jan 10, 2022 • 

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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.

Nov 4, 2021 • 

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October 2021

How much are the first cloned human cells worth?

Plus, circumcision is falling in popularity, and we need an embryo regulator.

Oct 19, 2021 • 

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Profile details allegations against immortalist Aubrey de Grey

Plus, CRISPR blindness trial is successful and mushrooms on the runway

Oct 5, 2021 • 

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September 2021

Who's afraid of a woolly mammoth?

Plus, a bunch of biotech companies got a lot of money!

Sep 25, 2021 • 

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Do robot boyfriends dream of electric sheep?

Plus, medical abortions, gene therapy hearings, and new egg freezing rules.

Sep 10, 2021 • 

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The summer of the mobs and the elites

Here's all the biotech news you missed while doomscrolling

Sep 1, 2021 • 

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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.

Jul 2, 2021 • 

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May 2021

Should biohackers be regulated? Depends on your definition of 'biohackers'

New guidelines for stem cell and gene therapies miss the mark

May 31, 2021 • 

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A cohort of pirate ships?

Biohacker ethics oversight, plus a lot of gene therapy news

May 24, 2021 • 

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Medical tourism for this gene therapy is likely dangerous

Plus, vaccine patent waivers!

May 7, 2021 • 

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