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odyssey7
on Nov 9, 2024
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Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she ...
It is considered not definitive, given the sample size of 1, confirmation bias, amped-up placebo effect, lack of oversight, conflict of interest when the patient is the investigator… but you’re usually allowed to do what you want with your own body.
card_zero
on Nov 9, 2024
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The relevant Wikipedia page says all that too, but then confuses matters by listing about 50 notable examples.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-experimentation_in_medici...
odyssey7
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Not definitive ≠ useless
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