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- noun informal, genetics A person who manipulates
DNA or other aspects ofgenetics either forfun , ormaliciously
Etymologies
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Examples
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A more powerful decentralizing trend will be the emerging "biohacker" DIY biotechnology industry that will be an outgrowth of open-source biology (synthetic biology) and ever cheaper and more powerful biotech instrumentation.
The Right Coast 2009
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Ask people inside the biohacker movement where they think it will have the biggest impact and they talk about education-being able to do genetics in classrooms.
Wired Top Stories jmckeel 2011
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Last year I fell head-over-broken-heels for the PFX players - Dade Elderon (famed biohacker and former Israeli Defense Forces elite paratrooper), DJ Marnacle (East Bay native hip-hop lover, construction worker, and dancer extraordinaire), Bobby Browser (Portuguese acid house specialist), Tarythyas (schizophrenic Vietnamese hype man), and ALEXIS (resident drag queen singer and party girl).
qms commented on the word biohacker
Abroad we're exposed to hijackers
And online assailed by code crackers,
But, by Mendel's beans!
Please shelter our genes
From schemes of the vile biohackers.
February 27, 2016
qms commented on the word biohacker
Now Clio may be ill at ease
And claim Gregor Mendel used peas,
But Euterpe has rooms
For other legumes
And will do damn well as she please.
February 27, 2016