A medical student studying under a controversial professor finds herself entangled in a world offorbidden science. A tale as old as time. But what if theres another, more personal reason shes embraced synthetic biology and genetic enhancements? Its not just because she thinksbiohackingis cool. Shes there to bring someone down.

Netflix has released the first trailer forBiohackers, a German sci-fi series directed by Christian Ditter(Girlboss), coming on the heels of the third and final season ofDark. It stars Luna Wedler as Mia Akerlund, a medical student studying under Professor Tanja Lorenz (Jessica Schwartz). Thanks to her roommates (and a cute colleague), Mia finds herself embroiled in the world of biohacking, which is the catch-all term for citizen or do-it-yourself biology.

But its not all silent discos and bioluminescent mice. Mias determined tofigure out the truth behind Tanjas experiments, which destroyed her family years ago and could, even now, be placing biohack technology in the wrong hands.

Its interesting that this series takes place in Germany, as the country is known for its opposition to the practice of biohacking. The government has had a long-standing law that prohibits genetic engineering experiments outside of state-licensed facilities. In 2017, the German governmentgot aggressiveagainst biohackers, warning them that anyone caught doing genetic experiments outside of a lab could face a huge fine or up to three years in prison. That said, there has been some slow progress. Last year, two officers from the German Armed Forcesannouncedtheir own line of biohacking supplements, which were inspired by their time studying at a California university.

According toBiohackinfo, some folks in the DIY science community are worried that the countrys general anti-biohacking stance means the series could wind up promoting the same viewpoint (likeGattaca, a movie they donotcare for). That doesnt mean basement biohacking isnt immune to criticism. There are somelegitimate issueswith the practice, namely when folks do things like inject themselveswith their own semento try and cure their back pain.

The six-episode first season ofBiohackersdebuts on Netflix August 20.

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