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Self-experimentation: A scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab (www.nature.com)

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Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try

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[–] Umbrias 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i feel you are confused. internal review boards, of which there are many, regularly allow human trials. they are necessary for the fda's approval as well. there are tons of ways for patients to access ethically reviewed experimental treatments, but terminal patients are extremely likely to. you are correct that experimenting on onesself is often far less troubling though

[–] Gaywallet 6 points 3 days ago

Sorry by experimental what I meant here is something which is not ready to be tested in humans - this scientist was skipping a bunch of the necessary steps to show this is a safe thing to do (in lab grown cells first, for example) to proceed to human experimentation.