A Brief History of Biohacking - Seeds of Science

Author: Josie Zayner

The Best of Science Blogging A Brief History of Biohacking Author: Josie Zayner Seeds of Science Feb 11, 2026 17 2 1 Share Josie Zayner is a biohacker and artist best known for her self-experimentation and work in making hands-on genetic engineering accessible to a lay audience ( The ODIN ) . This essay was original posted on her Substack, Amateur Gods , in February, 2022. “ Celebrity biohacker Josiah Zayner is under investigation for practicing medicine without a license ” — “ A grueling and grotesque biohacking experiment: Josiah Zayner experiments with fecal transplants ” — “ Josiah Zayner:

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