We Should Ask This Guy To Help Us Find A Cure

[gravesen]

https://gizmodo.com/genetically-engineering-yourself-sounds-like-a-horrible-1820189351

I like his approach, we need someone crazy enough if we don't want to wait a century for a solution.

"“I kind of have this motto now that if everyone believes something, then I should research the opposite,” he explained to me later"

"Last year, he made headlines for undertaking his own DIY fecal transplant in an attempt to treat stomach issues that had for years been giving him hell. At the time, experts said the chance that it would do anything other than make him seriously ill was essentially zero. Zayner says it worked. Independent lab sequencing done after the procedure found that the bacterial makeup of his own fecal matter had become more similar to that of his donor, and the state of his bowel movements drastically improved"
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If only we had someone as competent, proactive, fearless, crazy, passionate and urgently trying to find some cure for hairloss.

Plus he gives 0 f*** about legality.

 

[PappinAce]

“We explore and you call us criminals,” he read, quoting the manifesto. “We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias, and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage war, you murder, cheat, lie to us and try to make us believe it’s for our own good, yet we’re the criminals.”

love it. i’m glad he’s feeling better after his do-it-yourself feces transplant.

 

[Michael Harrop]

If only we had someone as competent, proactive, fearless, crazy, passionate and urgently trying to find some cure for hairloss.

Funny you should say that.... I contacted Josiah Zayner back when I saw that article published. I didn't get a response. Since then, I've set out to find highly effective stool donors for FMT (fecal microbiota transplant). I would say that I'm very much "competent, proactive, fearless, passionate", possibly even a bit crazy, and definitely urgently trying to find a cure. The problem is that I've largely been unable to get any support & help.

A year or so ago, someone offered me $200 million for a stool donor good enough to cure hair loss, but they weren't interested in helping me find such a donor.

These blogs sum up the situation: https://www.humanmicrobes.org/blog. The last two in particular. Here's a current summary of the situation that includes ways people can help.

Educational material: https://humanmicrobiome.info/intro/#alopecia-hair-loss - FMT & the gut microbiome are promising, not only for hair loss, but for most chronic conditions.

Microbiome discussion forum: https://forum.humanmicrobiome.info/.

 

[Michael Harrop]

Continuing the discussion here from another thread.

Well nothing I can do I’m not American and live far away

You can spread the word on social media and urge other people to get involved. You can follow the project to stay informed about other ways to help.

It's a global project with donors all over the world. I'm in the US, and most of the top donors are too, so this is what I'm concentrating on. But even if it gets the help it needs in the USA, other countries may still restrict it. Depending on what country you're in, you can contact your local regulatory authorities, legislators, news outlets, research groups, etc. There are examples and info for Australia, Canada, and more in the forum thread I linked to.

In that same thread there's a link to a proposal on another platform that anyone can vote on and share on social media.

There is plenty that people outside the USA can do to help. In fact, if your country approves it then it doesn't matter what the USA does; it can be exported from the USA to your country.