Andrew Hessel

Making life programmable. Cofounder of the Human Genome Project-write and Humane Genomics (synthetic oncolytic viruses). Exploring human backups.

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

A cell is like a factory. It can be programmed to produce many different and useful products, such as insulin or antibodies. And it can scale by growing and dividing. The cell's genome is the operating system—the full set of instructions for building and operating the cell.

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

Anyone betting against SpaceX building a massive spaceport in southern Louisiana has not been paying attention to what has happened in Starbase over the last decade. And SpaceX now has exponentially more funding and far fewer restrictions at the proposed site.

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

Did you know? Dolly the sheep was named after Dolly Parton because she was cloned from a mammary gland cell. Rest well, Dolly.

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@adaptyvbio @ycombinator @Anthropic Congratulations! What you’re doing is incredible.

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@TurkeyBeaver @pronounced_kyle @SpaceX Incredible effort! Onward with Starship!

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@NikoMcCarty Looking forward!

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@NikoMcCarty Oh, very cool!

[Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty]

The article is paywalled but here's a nice news story about it: https://t.co/xHvLteh3GC

[Bryan Bishop @kanzure]

You almost missed the only longevity event built for actually meeting people.

The most valuable part of a conference is usually who you meet. So we removed everything else.

Tuesday, September 15th. Online. Discount: MIX75

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@afshineemrani Great to see more people recognize what’s happening. Thanks for sharing.

[Daniel Kraft, MD @daniel_kraft]

TIME's Longevity Leaders

Including friends and colleagues
@j_n_justice of @xprize
@davidasinclair of @harvardmed

https://t.co/vxQctoT9DS

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@NikoMcCarty Sounds like the first chapter of a book

[owl @owl_posting]

The OpenAI Foundation (@FoundationOAI) is now hiring 20+ people (4 roles in the life-sciences team!)

If you are excited about our mission to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity, I would love for you to apply or share this link with someone talented: https://t.co/U0fuArHRV1

[Jamie Justice @j_n_justice]

Honored to be named one of TIME's 2026 Longevity Leaders! Leading @XPRIZE Healthspan means chasing big questions: How do we measure aging? Slow it? Separate real science from hype? The work is just beginning. Thanks @TIME & @AlicePark 👇
#XPRIZEHealthspan
https://t.co/uNIVWWqEdL

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@j_n_justice @xprize @TIME @alicepark Oh, that’s so awesome Jamie! Congratulations!

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@joshu Oh, very cool

[Ashlee Vance @ashleevance]

We bring you an absolute biotech banger this week. The good doctor @eryney_ok comes on the show with @owl_posting to tell us whether AI will fix biology and provide us with a new age of miracle cures . . . . or not. Also, some lighter topics like bioweapons doom and CHINA. https://t.co/3o86LR41KS

[Ashlee Vance @ashleevance]

Will AI fix biology and cure us of all that ails us? Or are bodies and the science needed to make therapies simply too complex and messy?

We go deep on AI + Biotech with a couple of big brains. https://t.co/YxZEEvpxhk

[Jim Belosic @jimbelosic]

sendcutsend history, in photos

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summer 2016: started with a torchmate 2x2 cnc plasma machine in my shop. First part off any machine is always trucker mudflap lady

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@SecureBio Great news

[Andrew Hessel @andrewhessel]

@BillAckman @MountSinaiNYC Turning tragedy into progress and hope