Self-experimentation: A scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab - eviltoast

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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    Yes, but if a review board were to sign off on them and then someone managed to significantly hurt or damage themselves, one could theoretically apply some of the blame to the review board for not doing their job to ensure that a study was safe. The whole idea of having ethics as a part of the review board was born of some of the studies they used to sign off on that were ultimately problematic and resulted in seriously damaging some individuals, such as minorities and kids.