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Biohacking
The term biohacking really does cover a wide range of approaches to improving your health, from optimising exercise, diet, supplements and lifestyle, through to DIY biology where people are experimenting on themselves with unproven drugs and gene therapies.
Here, we define biohacking as those pushing the boundary with new and, probably, unproven therapies, devices and supplements. Once proven, these approaches become either lifestyle or medical choices.
Good advice from LEAF's Steve Hill - "if you are not recording your biomarkers and doing things scientifically, you risk hurting yourself and are taking things on faith rather than evidence; this also has potential to harm the field and set research back, so please hack responsibly."
Some famous biohackers include:
- Kevin Warwick – often called the world's first cyborg for his experiments on himself
- Josiah Zayner – known for his public demonstrations of DIY genetic engineering
- Elizabeth Parrish – CEO and patient zero of BioViva treated herself with gene therapy to reverse aging
- Tim Gray - aka the UK’s leading biohacker and founder of the Health Optimisation Summit
See also Nootropics
Biohacking News
Biohacker Ari Rastegar is only 5 years old biologically
New York Post - 20-May-2021Stem cell therapies, meditation in hyperbaric chamber are few of his extreme health practices
The Naked Scientists interviewed a biohacker, Josiah Zayner
The Naked Scientists - 09-Feb-2021Sums up his thoughts on self-experimentation in the process of turning into superhuman himself.
Group of Russian biohackers perform the first human plasma dilution
Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 22-Dec-2020Results aren't published in any journal but might be the first step towards more human studies
Biohacking Resources
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RAADfest 2024
05-Sep-2024 to 08-Sep-2024
9th Annual RAAD Festival by Coalition for Radical Life Extension (Anaheim, CA, USA)
RAADfest 2025
10-Jul-2025
10th Annual RAAD Festival by Coalition for Radical Life Extension (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
BioHackathon
30-Nov-2024
The biggest Biohackathon in the world organised by Biohackathon.xyz (Cambridge, UK)
RAADfest 2023
07-Sep-2023 to 09-Sep-2023
Club discount available - click here
Event organised by Coalition for Radical Life Extension
Biohacking - you can do it, too
Ellen Jorgensen opened Genspace, a nonprofit DIY bio lab in Brooklyn devoted to citizen science
16-Jun-2022
Exhibitor highlights from Health Optimisation Summit 2022
I spoke with providers of supplements, CBD, trackers, drinks, and health apps
09-Jun-2022
Speaker highlights from Health Optimisation Summit 2022
Talks covered genetics, stem cells, photobiomodulation, psychedelics and the circadian rhythm
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