this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2026
100 points (99.0% liked)
Science
16014 readers
74 users here now
Studies, research findings, and interesting tidbits from the ever-expanding scientific world.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Barry Marshall. Discovered Helicobacter Pylori, drank it, and got a stomach ulcer and a Nobel price for his efforts.
no not that far back. like it the last year or few years and it was definately a gene editing type thing. I should be clear the article was the last year or few but I think the action that lead to it was not much earlier than the article.
Apparently there are quite a lot of people doing gene editing on themselves and their pets in their own homes. It's apparently fairly accessible.
which is kinda funny because I cannot imagine doing it myself and I have done this type of work. Granted when I saw the lactose intolerance youtube guy do it he was able to get access to a lab so its not like he did it in his garage.