# Sex, Drugs, and Biotech The latest in science, health, bioethics, and biotechnology. Page: Feed: --- ## [Did some DIY biology, launched a new organism](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/did-some-diy-biology-launched-a-new) _2022-09-16 · Alex Pearlman_ This newsletter's hiatus explained. Plus news, commentary, and fancy tomatoes. ## [It's 2022 and we're still here\*](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/its-2022-and-were-still-here) _2022-01-10 · Alex Pearlman_ \*but in a slightly different format ## [A fun AI turned out to be a racist—again!](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/a-fun-ai-turned-out-to-be-a-racistagain) _2021-11-04 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, neovaginas, biomaterials, and a personal stake in genetic testing. ## [How much are the first cloned human cells worth?](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/how-much-are-the-first-cloned-human) _2021-10-19 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, circumcision is falling in popularity, and we need an embryo regulator. ## [Profile details allegations against immortalist Aubrey de Grey](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/profile-details-allegations-against) _2021-10-05 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, CRISPR blindness trial is successful and mushrooms on the runway ## [Who's afraid of a woolly mammoth?](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/whos-afraid-of-a-woolly-mammoth) _2021-09-25 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, a bunch of biotech companies got a lot of money! ## [Do robot boyfriends dream of electric sheep?](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/do-robot-boyfriends-dream-of-electric) _2021-09-10 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, medical abortions, gene therapy hearings, and new egg freezing rules. ## [The summer of the mobs and the elites](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/the-summer-of-the-mobs-and-the-elites) _2021-09-01 · Alex Pearlman_ Here's all the biotech news you missed while doomscrolling ## [Biohackers in space, but not on YouTube](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/biohackers-in-space-but-not-on-youtube) _2021-07-02 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, the UK's GMF debate and why the right wing needs Phil101. ## [Should biohackers be regulated? Depends on your definition of 'biohackers'](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/should-biohackers-be-regulated-depends) _2021-05-31 · Alex Pearlman_ New guidelines for stem cell and gene therapies miss the mark ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FNCYFdpgwBjF) _2021-05-31 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [A cohort of pirate ships?](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/a-cohort-of-pirate-ships) _2021-05-24 · Alex Pearlman_ Biohacker ethics oversight, plus a lot of gene therapy news ## [Medical tourism for this gene therapy is likely dangerous](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/medical-tourism-for-this-gene-therapy) _2021-05-07 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, vaccine patent waivers! ## [Don't sell your genome as an NFT](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/dont-sell-your-genome-as-an-nft) _2021-04-30 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, will the youths start a new pandemic this summer? ## [Human-monkey hybrids: A brief history](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/human-monkey-hybrids-a-brief-history) _2021-04-16 · Alex Pearlman_ A new flavor of chimeric embryo hit the news this week ## [The bizarre cruelty of Elon Musk](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/the-bizarre-cruelty-of-elon-musk) _2021-04-09 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus, regulating enhancements and going too far with prenatal testing ## [Two Tales of Two Vaccines](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/two-tales-of-two-vaccines) _2021-04-02 · Alex Pearlman_ Plus: Sex robots for lockdown and a biohacker webseries ## [Would you eat a steak grown from your own cells?](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/would-you-eat-a-steak-grown-from) _2021-03-26 · Alex Pearlman_ Artists suggest human meat, plus the spermpocalypse is sexist ## [Everything you wanted to know about embryo research but were too afraid to ask](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about) _2021-03-18 · Alex Pearlman_ This week: Artificial wombs and synthetic embryos ## [More funding for community science please!](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/more-funding-for-community-science) _2021-03-12 · Alex Pearlman_ AmeriCorps for science, enhancement for Olympians, and robot doctors. ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3b18pUE6BVJZ) _2021-03-12 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Covid cooled the CRISPR patent war](https://alexpearlman.substack.com/p/covid-cooled-the-crispr-patent-war) _2021-03-05 · Alex Pearlman_ A CRISPR truce, expanding embryo research, and Israel's green pass