{"id":54516,"date":"2021-07-07T06:49:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/?p=54516"},"modified":"2023-06-01T13:13:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T20:13:06","slug":"open-insulin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2021\/07\/open-insulin\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Insulin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my big themes is that open source will transform every industry, with key examples being WordPress in web publishing, WooCommerce in online commerce, Wikipedia in reference, and Bitcoin\/Ethereum in finance. Medicine, though, has been relatively unscathed so far. Here&#8217;s a great video introducing the <a href=\"https:\/\/openinsulin.org\/\">Open Insulin project<\/a>, which for the past 6 years has been developing their own method of manufacturing insulin and is going to open source its process to the world for anyone to recreate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/63uqBBrHKTc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also reminds me of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/what-if\/2021\/07\/03\/what-if-biohackers-injected-themselves-with-mrna\">What If? article in the Economist a few days ago about mRNA self-biohacking<\/a>. <em>Hat tip: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/RiaanKnoetze\">Riaan Knoetze<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my big themes is that open source will transform every industry, with key examples being WordPress in web publishing, WooCommerce in online commerce, Wikipedia in reference, and Bitcoin\/Ethereum in finance. Medicine, though, has been relatively unscathed so far. Here&#8217;s a great video introducing the Open Insulin project, which for the past 6 years &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2021\/07\/open-insulin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open Insulin<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"fullscreen","default_image_id":54207,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-open-source","post_format-post-format-video"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2021\/07\/open-insulin\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Open Insulin","url":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2021\/07\/open-insulin\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/2021\/07\/open-insulin\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Open Source","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt"}],"creator":["Matt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Matt Mullenweg","logo":"http:\/\/ma.tt\/files\/2021\/05\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2021-07-07T13:49:33Z","datePublished":"2021-07-07T13:49:33Z","dateModified":"2023-06-01T20:13:06Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Open Insulin\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/open-insulin\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/open-insulin\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Open Source\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Matt\"}],\"creator\":[\"Matt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Matt Mullenweg\",\"logo\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ma.tt\\\/files\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Photo-on-2020-10-28-at-2.05-PM-1.jpg\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2021-07-07T13:49:33Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-07T13:49:33Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-01T20:13:06Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/ma.tt\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oB3-ebi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14884,"url":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2009\/10\/matt-qa-wordpress-open-source\/","url_meta":{"origin":54516,"position":0},"title":"Q&#038;A: WordPress &#038; Open Source","author":"Matt","date":"October 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This one covers how open source creates ownership, the importance of community to WordPress, the role of BuddyPress in social media, open source and government, and the infectious nature of the open source mindset. 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