[ExI] Virologist cures herself of breast cancer with a lab grown virus

[efc at disroot.org]

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024, Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat wrote:

> On 2024-11-19 01:45, efc--- via extropy-chat wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Nov 2024, Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat wrote:
>> 
>>> Virologist Beata Halassy one-upped Louis Pasteur for DIY medicine and 
>>> injected her own breast tumor with an experimental lab-grown virus and 
>>> cured herself of breast cancer. The experts predicatably say, "Don't try 
>>> this at home kids."
>>> 
>>> Here is a link to the paywalled Nature article.
>>> 
>>> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03647-0
>>> 
>>> If somebody with a subscription could email me the pdf off-list, I would 
>>> appreciate. :)
>> 
>> Here you go Stuart!
>> 
>> https://archive.is/5O4MZ
>> 
>> A tip is, when you encounter paywalls, try adding archive.is first to the 
>> URL and very often you can find a cached copy.
>> 
>> So for the url: www.xyz.com, if it has a paywall, add this:
>> 
>> https://archive.is/www.xyz.com and if you're lucky you can then view the 
>> content.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Daniel
>
> Thanks, Daniel, but I wanted to discuss the libertarian aspect of 
> self-experimentation rather than pay walls. What do you think about what 
> Halassy did? Was it brave or reckless and irresponsible? Do people have a 
> right to experiment on their own bodies?

Given her training and expertise in the area, as well as the fact that she 
probably had the support of colleagues, I think this is great!

As long as you harm no one else, I do not see why you should not have the 
right to experiment with your own body.

Since I am not an expert in medicine, I would be very interested in 
knowing what kind of experiments, anyone at home could do, that would 
result in mutating viruses or other things, which might risk the lives of 
others?

Best regards,
Daniel


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