{"id":165,"date":"2021-03-19T16:55:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/?post_type=ftm_challenge&p=165"},"modified":"2022-11-17T17:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T22:37:07","slug":"hacking-our-biology","status":"publish","type":"ftm_challenge","link":"https:\/\/www.freethink.com\/challenges\/hacking-our-biology","title":{"rendered":"Hacking Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n There are 37 trillion cells in your body. This discovery platform lets scientists map them. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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\n \n Mental Health <\/a>\n<\/div> \n Study finds mindfulness as effective as medication for anxiety <\/a>\n
\n An intensive form of mindfulness was found as effective as Lexapro in treating anxiety in adults in the first head-to-head comparative study. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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\n \n Neuroscience <\/a>\n<\/div> \n Australian man uses brain implant<\/mark> to send texts from his iPad  <\/a>\n
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AI is shaping our society and will continue to do so in ways we can\u2019t yet imagine. How do we leverage this technology to better humanity and not harm it? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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\n \n Mental Health <\/a>\n<\/div> \n Withdrawal symptoms from\u00a0antidepressants can last over a year <\/a>\n
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\n \n Neuroscience <\/a>\n<\/div> \n Deep brain stimulation<\/mark> can be life-altering for OCD sufferers when other treatment options fall short  <\/a>\n
\n Deep brain stimulation relies on thin electrodes implanted deep in the brain that deliver electrical currents. Could it treat OCD? <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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\n \n Biology <\/a>\n<\/div> \n Scientists discover slug that can decapitate<\/mark> itself, grow new body  <\/a>\n
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\n \n Medicine <\/a>\n<\/div> \n FDA approves first-of-its-kind blood cancer<\/mark> treatment  <\/a>\n
\n The FDA has approved Johnson & Johnson\u2019s Tecvayli, a new blood cancer treatment for people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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\n \n Medicine <\/a>\n<\/div> \n Australian researchers have manufactured a living<\/mark> blood vessel  <\/a>\n
\n A blood vessel isn\u2019t just a simple tube. Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed an implant capable of mimicking its complexities. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\n Series|<\/span><\/span>\n \n Biohackers <\/a>\n<\/div>

\n \n I got a chip implanted in a biohacking garage <\/a>\n <\/h1>\n

Underground \u201cbiohackers\u201d are enhancing their bodies with tech implants. Freethink Director Chase Pipkin decided to try it out.<\/h4>\n
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\n Series|<\/span><\/span>\n \n Biohackers <\/a>\n<\/div> \n The cyborg artist who hears color <\/a>\n
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\n Neil Harbisson was born colorblind. Now he has an antenna implant in his skill to hear color and create beautiful works of art. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n
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“For thousands of years we’ve been changing and designing the planet. I think this is wrong. In order to live in this planet, we should start changing and designing ourselves.”<\/p>\n <\/a>\n

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