News · 23 July 2026
Millionaire biohacker claims to have created a baby 'clone'
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Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, 48, claims he has produced a "clone" of himself as a newborn baby, utilising stem cell technology. His "baby-bryan" is presently in a petri dish, intended for testing therapies and cultivating organs. Johnson, who has an incurable autoimmune disease, believes this could reverse ageing and develop new treatments.
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