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I Genetically Engineered *MYSELF* to Fix Lactose Intolerance

The Thought Emporium's host describes making and taking a DIY gene therapy to treat his own lactose intolerance. It uses an AAV virus to deliver DNA coding for the lactose-digesting enzyme, made with biohacker Gabriel Licina's help.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN keeps citing it as the standard example of accessible DIY gene engineering and self-experimentation, in threads on gene therapy, CRISPR and biohacking.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
The Thought Emporium
Topic
diy gene therapy
Format
demo
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
8
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • You mean like the guy who in 2018 claimed to have cured himself of lactose intolerance for a while by ingesting a gene-modifying Adenolike virus? [1] No fancy lipid-bubble-riding mRNA necessary. The rest of the channel is pure biohacking gold. The yeast spider silk video …

    Confiks on Hacker News · 2021-07
    In What if biohackers injected themselves with mRNA?

  • Interesting is understatement, it's a channel which is one of the closer ones to hard science on the hard science - pop science spectrum and still having more than a million subscribers. Some outstanding videos IMHO: The channel owner applies himself a gene therapy to …

    mrtksn on Hacker News · 2023-07
    In Growing Rat Neurons to Play Video Games [video]

  • Yep, they usually use a pseudo virus that doesn't replicate, called an adeno associated virus. Check out this guys video on his own gene therapy for lactose intolerance : [VIDEO]

    rubatuga on Hacker News · 2018-11
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