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Biotechnology intersects with computing in genomics, drug discovery, and synthetic biology. This page collects HN stories about CRISPR, mRNA, computational biology, and health tech startups.

The community's skepticism and technical curiosity make these discussions a useful filter for hype versus substance.

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Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web and Women Help Women

ooni.org · 106 points · 131 comments

Why haven't organoids solved all of drug discovery?

owlposting.com · 16 points · 2 comments

Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?

nytimes.com · 7 points · 2 comments

Stop Pathologizing Ordinary Life

nytimes.com · 7 points · 0 comments

Scientists link oral bacteria to heart disease and cognitive decline

wsj.com · 30 points · 3 comments

America Is About to Go over a Peptide Cliff

theatlantic.com · 6 points · 1 comments

ChatGPT wants access to your health records so it can be a better not-doctor

theregister.com · 5 points · 1 comments

CRISPR enzyme kills cancer cells by shredding their DNA

nature.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospora Recall

wsj.com · 67 points · 11 comments

RFK Jr.'s hand-picked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses

arstechnica.com · 12 points · 0 comments

Risk of Parkinson's disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road noise

theguardian.com · 5 points · 1 comments

AWS us-west-2 connectivity issues affecting multiple services

health.aws.amazon.com · 7 points · 1 comments

Launching Health in ChatGPT to US Users

openai.com · 18 points · 18 comments

FDA reports new outbreak of explosive diarrhea with 72 cases identified

arstechnica.com · 5 points · 0 comments

What's AI's go-to, public or private healthcare?

modelbias.ai · 8 points · 3 comments

I Built a Private Genomics Study with Stoffel MPC

vishakh.blog · 25 points · 26 comments

Inflexa – open-source Intelligence for Biology

github.com · 7 points · 2 comments

Kaiser nurses say surveillance of them is undermining healthcare

themarkup.org · 7 points · 0 comments

Can lucid dreaming help your mental health? What the evidence says

medium.com · 5 points · 1 comments

Cancer cases worldwide are expected to soar in the coming decades

washingtonpost.com · 6 points · 3 comments

More Workers Take Mental Health Leave, and Bosses Aren't Happy

bloomberg.com · 8 points · 3 comments

FDA rejects petition to set PFAS limits in food

theguardian.com · 181 points · 131 comments

DOGE Ended on July 4, but the Workers Whose Lives Musk Upended Are Still Reeling

motherjones.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Woman's hip replacement disintegrates, causing metal poisoning

arstechnica.com · 53 points · 22 comments