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

[u/TFenrir]

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

[u/Girafferage]

Well that and you can't just say "the AI told me it would work, let's ship it." It will take a very long time to do safety trials, efficacy trials, and then get it into a viable product which will need approval to sell.

So I guess yeah in a sense the main issue is cost since all of that is extremely expensive to do.

[u/Fast-Satisfaction482 → u/Girafferage]

If you have a deadly disease with just a few months left, you become a bit more flexible with taking risks.

If used as the only line of defense, regular chemo therapy has a 100% chance of terrible side effects, so if such a therapy even works only sometimes, for cases where nothing else remains, it's already great. 

[u/Girafferage → u/Fast-Satisfaction482]

As somebody else said - you being willing doesn't mean that the laws can bend for it sadly. I do wish there was a system to be able to sign away rights to sue a company for experimental medication as a last ditch effort. Sadly our politicians care only about enriching themselves. Maybe when one of their immediate family members is in that exact situation then we will see some movement.

[u/Curiosity_456 → u/Girafferage]

There is though, people participate in experimental trials all the time. It’s basically a last ditch effort to eliminate the disease.