General Article The dangers of biohacking ‘experiments’ and how it could harm your health

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By Rohan Anand, PhD Candidate in Clinical Research, Queen’s University Belfast

Biohacking or ‘do it yourself’ biology has been on the rise in recent years – it now even has various organised conferences. Following a recent VICE News documentary about a start-up company called Ascendance Biomedical – who are self-testing drugs – biohacking has had further exposure outside of its circle of devout followers.

Biohacking is an open innovation and social movement that seeks to further enhance the a...

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