Emily Mullin
@emilymullin.bsky.social
Staff writer @wired.com, covering biotech (you know, the stuff that sounds like science fiction, but isn't)
Contact me: emullin.06 on Signal or emily_mullin@wired.com
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Here's our deep dive from December 2024 on why uptake has been so slow: www.wired.com/story/the-wo...
The World’s First Crispr Drug Gets a Slow Start
The first medical treatment to use Crispr gene editing has been on the market for a year. Its complexity means few patients in the US have received it yet.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Here's our deep dive from December 2024 on why uptake has been so slow: www.wired.com/story/the-wo...
Here's our story from last week on one of those companies, Manhattan Genomics: www.wired.com/story/startu...
A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos
Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of editing human embryos to make disease-free children.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Here's our story from last week on one of those companies, Manhattan Genomics: www.wired.com/story/startu...
Toward the bottom of the story, I mention Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's interest in funding an embryo editing company. He refers to embryo editing as a "Gattaca stack" technology. This is how billionaires want to have babies: x.com/brian_armstr...
Brian Armstrong on X: "The IVF clinic of the future will combine a handful of technologies (the Gattaca stack): 1. In vitro gametogenesis (IvG) - make eggs from skin or blood cells (much less invasive) 2. Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) - choose the embryo that best matches what you want," / X
The IVF clinic of the future will combine a handful of technologies (the Gattaca stack): 1. In vitro gametogenesis (IvG) - make eggs from skin or blood cells (much less invasive) 2. Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) - choose the embryo that best matches what you want,
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October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Toward the bottom of the story, I mention Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's interest in funding an embryo editing company. He refers to embryo editing as a "Gattaca stack" technology. This is how billionaires want to have babies: x.com/brian_armstr...
The panel instead recommended confusing language around "individual-based decision-making." That just means talking to a doctor or pharmacist about the risks and benefits of the vaccine. In practice, this shouldn't change how or where you get the vaccine this fall: www.wired.com/story/covid-...
Covid Shots Are About to Be Widely Available Again
The CDC no longer broadly recommends the Covid-19 vaccine, but US residents will still be able to get one if they want.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The panel instead recommended confusing language around "individual-based decision-making." That just means talking to a doctor or pharmacist about the risks and benefits of the vaccine. In practice, this shouldn't change how or where you get the vaccine this fall: www.wired.com/story/covid-...
Last month, CDC's vaccine advisory group hand-picked by RFK Jr. had considered a proposal to require a prescription for the Covid vaccine. That proposal was narrowly defeated: www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots
In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Last month, CDC's vaccine advisory group hand-picked by RFK Jr. had considered a proposal to require a prescription for the Covid vaccine. That proposal was narrowly defeated: www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...