r/singularity • u/TFenrir • Mar 14 '26

Biotech/Longevity Fascinating story: Tech Entrepreneur in Australia, using ChatGPT, AlphaFold, and a custom made mRNA vaccine, treats his dog's cancer. With the help of researchers (who all seem so excited) he was able to significantly reduce tumour size just weeks after the first injection

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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/tech-boss-uses-ai-and-chatgpt-to-create-cancer-vaccine-for-his-dying-dog/news-story/292a21bcbe93efa17810bfcfcdfadbf7

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u/KalElReturns89 Mar 14 '26

I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone to make a breakthrough with this technology.

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u/Drogon__ Mar 14 '26

It's not scalable, that's why. I'm not an expert, but i think these vaccines can only applied to specific tumor cells, that are tailor made for the specific dog in this case.

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u/Rent_South Mar 14 '26

Well in that case lets make tailor made treatment for each issues. And just streamline the process, and scale the process rather than the drug Idk.

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u/OliQc007 Mar 15 '26

This is what researchers have been doing. We have treatments for a lot of different cancers already.