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The terms '''biohacking''' and '''wetware hacking''' emphasize the connection to [[hacker culture]] and the [[hacker ethic]].<!--<ref name=Hicks>{{Cite web|last = Jennifer Hicks |title = The Biohacking Hobbyist|work = Forbes|accessdate = 2016-06-19|date = 2014-03-15|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2014/03/15/move-over-hackers-biohackers-are-here/}}</ref>--> The term hacker is used in the original sense of finding new and clever ways to do things.

The terms are used to refer to several things:

* [[Do-it-yourself biology]], biotechnological social movement in which individuals and small organizations study biology using the same methods as traditional research institutions

* [[Grinder (biohacking)]], people that [[body modification|alter their own bodies]] by implanting do-it-yourself cybernetic devices<!--<ref>{{Cite web|title = What is biohacking and why should we care?|url = https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/biohacking-care/|website = PBS NewsHour|publisher = |accessdate = 2015-10-30|language = |date = 2014-09-23|last = Michels|first = Spencer}}</ref>-->

* [[Self-experimentation_in_medicine#genes|Do-it-yourself gene therapy]]; people that self-experiment with DIY [[Gene therapy|gene therapies]]<!--<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0262407917322571 My body, my genes]</ref>-->

* [[Self-experimentation_in_medicine#genes|Do-it-yourself intramuscular gene injection]]; people that self-experiment with [[Intramuscular injection|intramuscular gene injection]]

* [[Nutrigenomics]], using nutrition to hack/take control of the human biology

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