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Check out the Thought Emporium [0] on YouTube, they've got a number of biology experiments that you might find interesting. My personal favorite is the one wher

Check out the Thought Emporium [0] on YouTube, they've got a number of biology experiments that you might find interesting. My personal favorite is the one where they make a meat berry. [0] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV5vCi3jPJdURZwAOO_FNfQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV5vCi3jPJdURZwAOO_FNfQ

bckr 5y ago
Same channel: guy engineers himself to regain lactose tolerance.
- mod 5y ago
  Serious? Can you link and/or summarize?
  - snypher 5y ago
    https://youtu.be/J3FcbFqSoQY https://youtu.be/J3FcbFqSoQY and https://youtu.be/aoczYXJeMY4 https://youtu.be/aoczYXJeMY4
    - PowerfulWizard 5y ago
      These are great and provoked me to really look into how it worked when I discovered them a few months ago. I'd suggest watching the 2nd (retrospective) video first, and then the first video if you're interested in more detail.
    - nexuist 5y ago
      Holy shit, my mind is blown at this. I had seen this channel's works before but not this series. Was this ever reported anywhere? This is crazy news.
      - bckr 5y ago
        Popular mechanics did a story: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a17804128/scientist-painstakingly-documents-his-own-diy-gene-therapy/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a17804128/sc... My mind also remains blown.
  - bckr 5y ago
    Thanks to others for linking. Summary: Guy is lactose intolerant. He inserts a sequence providing lactose tolerance into an adeno-associated virus. He then infects himself with this virus, which inserts the target sequence into his own genome. He is then able to gorge himself on pizza without digestive problems, and he's still able to do so several months later. The adeno-associated virus is like a retrovirus, except that, per [0], the AAV will insert at a particular location in the genome, instead of at random locations. [0] https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Adeno-associated_virus https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Adeno-associated_virus

bckr 5y ago

Same channel: guy engineers himself to regain lactose tolerance.

mod 5y ago
Serious? Can you link and/or summarize?
- snypher 5y ago
  https://youtu.be/J3FcbFqSoQY https://youtu.be/J3FcbFqSoQY and https://youtu.be/aoczYXJeMY4 https://youtu.be/aoczYXJeMY4
  - PowerfulWizard 5y ago
    These are great and provoked me to really look into how it worked when I discovered them a few months ago. I'd suggest watching the 2nd (retrospective) video first, and then the first video if you're interested in more detail.
  - nexuist 5y ago
    Holy shit, my mind is blown at this. I had seen this channel's works before but not this series. Was this ever reported anywhere? This is crazy news.
    - bckr 5y ago
      Popular mechanics did a story: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a17804128/scientist-painstakingly-documents-his-own-diy-gene-therapy/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a17804128/sc... My mind also remains blown.
- bckr 5y ago
  Thanks to others for linking. Summary: Guy is lactose intolerant. He inserts a sequence providing lactose tolerance into an adeno-associated virus. He then infects himself with this virus, which inserts the target sequence into his own genome. He is then able to gorge himself on pizza without digestive problems, and he's still able to do so several months later. The adeno-associated virus is like a retrovirus, except that, per [0], the AAV will insert at a particular location in the genome, instead of at random locations. [0] https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Adeno-associated_virus https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Adeno-associated_virus