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A virologist who grew cancer-killing viruses in her own lab and injected them into her tumour has been cancer-free for four years (techfixated.com)
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[โ€“] stray@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

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.