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Startup Deploys AI-Engineered Virus on Human Patient (futurism.com)
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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

They can't be too new or they wouldn't be anywhere near human trials. Anyway, this is the sort of thing AI (machine learning?) excels at. Not getting excited until we see peer review, but the methodology seems sound (to me, an armchair biologist).

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    They’re skipping that whole “human trial” thing by going for a compassionate use exemption

    https://www.fda.gov/news-events/public-health-focus/expanded-access

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I'm down for that and think it needs expanded. If I'm terminal, I want the choice to be used as an experiment, assuming the FDA finds the treatment somewhat viable.

    Dad had mesothelioma from serving on a WWII destroyer (asbestos wrapped pipes, all those men died by the 80s). He went to some quack in the Bahamas who mixed up snake oil from all his patient's plasma, patients who later tested positive for AIDS. AIDS hit the public conscious right about when dad died. One wonders...

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Yeah, totally agreed.

    It’s a tough balancing act to filter the snake oil while taking viable moonshots, but I think that’s a niche that the US regulatory regime has generally done well on, all things considered.

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