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Medical Forum / General / General / January 2008Bodysnatchers
"Bodysnatchers was transmitted on BBC One on Wednesday, 26 November, 2003. " http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3236294.stm "As part of a University of Salford experiment to develop a diagnostic test for beef tapeworm, biologist Mike Leahy volunteered to grow this gruesome parasite inside his own gut. "Mike swallowed the immature tapeworm cyst with a glass of red wine and the worm started to grow at an initial rate of four centimetres a week." Yack !!! I actually watched this movie on the Internet. The guy said that he did it because he wanted to help his supervisor in his project. Well, rip hair from my a.s ! I think the competition for grants was so fierce, and this young postdoc was so desperate to keep in science that he agreed to donate his body for the benefit of his supervisor and get infected with the tapeworm. I believe that even if the worm was extradicted with the medicine, the postdoc's health was permanently damaged. Who knows the parasite might have left something inextradictable in his body. Science, rip hair from my a.s ! > I think the competition for grants was so > fierce, and this young postdoc was so desperate to keep in science > that he agreed to donate his body for the benefit of his supervisor > and get infected with the tapeworm. In the spirit of Straydog, I decided to investigate the fate of this guy. Here is the link on the modern article about his whereabouts, http://www.open2.net/labrats/mike_leahy.html He says: "Once I got through my degree and doctorate, I spent four years researching the replication of the Influenza virus. " "I've also contributed to BBC World Service scientific programmes, and because of my interest in motor sport and adventure, I have penned a number of articles for motoring and travel magazines. "Nowadays, I spend most of my time tramping around the more beautiful parts of the world with my new wife, Lizanne. My favourite places are New Zealand (where we now own a house), Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. " So, the guy is a traveller. And probably a journalist. He lft science. He could not stay in it. There was no place for him. Inspite of him conducting a gruesome experiment on his own body, i.e. infecting himself with a bowel parasite. What a world we live in ! > "Mike swallowed the immature tapeworm cyst with a glass of red wine > and the worm started to grow at an initial rate of four centimetres a > week." What kind of red wine was that? Could you tell the brand? >"Bodysnatchers was transmitted on BBC One on Wednesday, 26 November, >2003. " [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >permanently damaged. Who knows the parasite might have left something >inextradictable in his body. I suppose you've never heard of Edward Jenner (smallpox) or Barry Marshall (stomach ulcer) or scores of other doctors and scientists who experimented on themselves. http://books.google.com/books?id=eJdPZH3B2eMC DK >> "Bodysnatchers was transmitted on BBC One on Wednesday, 26 November, >> 2003. " [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > DK Yes, there are a few of these, too. Sometimes they end up killing themselves. I guess I'd vote for an award for recognition for the ones that live. For the ones that don't, I guess we need to at least acknowledge their good intentions (you'll never get the likes of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates to do anything like that). >> In article > <06091206-e6da-494f-bfef-ff2a0953b345@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Beladi [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >acknowledge their good intentions (you'll never get the likes of Steve >Jobs or Bill Gates to do anything like that). Hey, I used to draw my own blood for experiments! Where do I pick up an award? :-)) DK >>> In article >> <06091206-e6da-494f-bfef-ff2a0953b345@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Beladi [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Hey, I used to draw my own blood for experiments! Hey, so did I !!! Where do I pick > up an award? :-)) I hereby nominate DK for an award for contributions in the name of science and for the benefit of mankind, and possibly towards whatever you were doing the experiments for. There! That make you feel better? :-) > DK >> In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.0801021225200.15535@panix3.panix.com>, Straydog > <asd@panix.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > >Hey, so did I !!! I know that :-) > Where do I pick >> up an award? :-)) > >I hereby nominate DK for an award for contributions in the name of science >and for the benefit of mankind, and possibly towards whatever you were >doing the experiments for. That's too bad - because those were bullshit experiments that went nowhere :-) DK >>> In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.0801021225200.15535@panix3.panix.com>, Straydog >> <asd@panix.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > That's too bad - because those were bullshit experiments that went > nowhere :-) Fine, I had experiments that didn't work, either. Tell you about it sometime when I have more time. > DK > Hey, I used to draw my own blood for experiments! Where do I pick > up an award? :-)) > > DK When you die and report to the place where angels and demons decide whether to send you to hell or to haven, that is the moment when your record is red and evaluated. How it will influence the decision only the God knows. It depends on experiments, I guess ... |
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