by rss feed | Mar 10, 2026 | bioethics, Church Epstein, Georgarage, News Feeds, weekly reads
There have been more revelations about connections between George Church & Epstein in the past few weeks from the new Epstein files document drop. Church & Epstein I wrote earlier about how Jeffrey Epstein interacted with a team at Harvard/MGH. This included...
by rss feed | Aug 8, 2024 | Anna Wexler, bioethics, Elon Musk, Neuralink, Neuro, News Feeds
Neuralink has had a rollercoaster ride in the last few years with many ups and downs. They just recently deployed a brain implant into a second clinical trial participant. So it’s a good time to update where things stand. This more general area of science is...
by rss feed | Mar 28, 2023 | Beethoven sequence, bioethics, celebrity genomes, Genomics, Mendel sequence, News Feeds
Are there any guidelines for genomics studies of famous dead people like sequencing their genomes? It doesn’t seem like it. I remember when I first heard of the idea of trying to clone John Lennon from an old molar. Fortunately, as far as I know no one ever...
by rss feed | Aug 18, 2022 | bioethics, Educational, human embryo model, Jacob Hanna, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, News Feeds, Renewal Bio
Stem cell biologist Jacob Hanna has a new startup called Renewal Bio. Its goal is to harvest cells or tissues from human embryo or fetus models for clinical use. I believe that their commercial ambitions have so far outstripped careful thought and discussion in the...
by rss feed | Nov 24, 2020 | bioethics, biohacker Rich Lee, biohackers, biohacking, biohacking CRISPR, CRISPR, gene editing, Josiah Zayner, Ling Ling Chang, Mina Kim, News Feeds, The Odin
How should we view biohackers and their DIY use of CRISPR outside of the traditional industry or academic lab environment? Introduction to “Biohackers” and DIY CRISPR Who are biohackers exactly? They are people who “hack” their own biology by transforming their bodies...
by rss feed | Nov 11, 2020 | bioethics, blogging, blogging bioethics, blogging dilemmas, News Feeds, Patients, stem cell blog, the Niche
After all this time writing on The Niche here since 2010, I still haven’t entirely resolved certain blogging dilemmas including when a patient discloses something. It’s kind of a jungle out there on the internet. What kinds of tough blogging dilemmas do I...
