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Am I still lactose tolerant? - Lactose Gene Therapy Update

The Thought Emporium · 765.4K views · 2020-05-13 · 12:24

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Overview

The Thought Emporium's update on the home-brewed gene therapy he took to cure his lactose intolerance. It reports how the effect held up over two years and what future versions might look like.

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Pointed to as a striking example of DIY biology and self-experimentation with gene therapy.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2026

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stuntkite · 2021-06 · Strong recommendation

His YouTube channel The Thought Emporium, is amazing. He just moved into a new lab and I really appreciate what he’s working on and how he communicates it. The robot painting fluorescent proteins is neat and recently he dropped a video demonstrating his adventures making synthetic opal. Apparently the edit made him totally lactose tolerant for over a year and now he has very mild lactose intolerance. He says he hasn’t redosed because he wants to improve the plasmid (I think that’s the right term, BUGFIX probably isn’t right) before he takes another run at it. Here’s his update video from last year on that endeavor. [VIDEO]

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jcims · 2020-12 · Recommendation

With a germ you can kill a few million people - [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] If you want to see someone do cool stuff with the above: [VIDEO] [LINK]

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freezing_coffee · 2020-07 · Recommendation

Have been a patron for some time, and discovered his channel with his lactose gene therapy video - to which he recently posted an update: [VIDEO] . Great addition to scientific youtube.

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