- The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing (Nov 27-29, 2018, University of Hong Kong) was announced with registration, agenda, hotel list, and live webcast links shared.  
- A paper on “structure-guided directed evolution” of enzymes to create universal blood type O was highlighted (ACS J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018).  
- Discussion of CRISPR vs. ZFN patents noted that Sangamo’s restrictive ZFN patent fence helped drive wider adoption of the more open CRISPR platform.  
- Biohack the Planet 2018 conference tickets were circulated, continuing the channel’s long-running promotion of open-source biohacking events.  
- A Rainbow Mansion talk by Mike Ferguson (Aug 26) on “lab-grown replacement organs” was advertised; his startup claims 10–100× larger perfusable vascularized tissues grown entirely from stem cells.  
- A speculative design project, “Circumventive Organs,” was linked, prompting debate on self-defibrillating hearts and the idea of replacing the heart with distributed micro-fluid-jet pumps.  
- An arXiv preprint (1807.07127) on data-mining a medieval medical text showed ingredient choices statistically aligned with antimicrobial activity against specified pathogens.  
- Ritual-based self-control interventions were shared (APA PsycNet, 2018-22169-001) as a cognitive-enhancement topic.  
- Concerns were voiced that Flatpak/Snap packaging encourages developer ignorance of build processes and complicates downstream distribution maintenance.