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posted by chromas on Thursday May 03 2018, @03:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the biohacked dept.

Aaron Traywick, a biohacker who once injected himself with an untested herpes therapy on a crusade to expand access to medications, was found dead on Sunday morning in Washington, DC, police confirmed to BuzzFeed News.

Traywick, 28, was found in a spa in Northwest DC, according to police. Staff discovered him in a sensory deprivation flotation tank, according to his colleague Tristan Roberts.

His body was taken for an autopsy, and his cause of death was not immediately known. Their investigation is still ongoing, but the police say they don't suspect foul play.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemlee/aaron-traywick-biohacker-died

Also at Newsweek and the BBC.

Previously: "Biohacker" Injects DIY Herpes Vaccine in Front of Audience and Facebook Live (Aaron Traywick)
Biohacker Regrets Injecting Himself With Gene Therapy in Front of a Live Audience (Josiah Zayner reacting to Aaron Traywick)


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Thursday May 03 2018, @05:58AM (4 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Thursday May 03 2018, @05:58AM (#674956) Journal

    I'll reiterate that none of my comments on this article claim that "he certainly died because of recreational drugs". But what do we know about the guy?

    1. He engaged in risky behaviors.
    2. He SEEMED to believe in individual sovereignty - the right to put what he pleases in his body. I would have to find a quote confirming his views, but using an untested vaccine is much more of an eyebrow-raiser than using recreational drugs these days.
    3. He self-experimented using his own body.
    4. He was found dead in an isolation tank, which many people have used in combination with drugs.

    The isolation tank is designed to mimic a certain mindset without the need for drugs, so perhaps he did die sober, a rare fatality caused by the tank. But the gene therapy seems like an unlikely candidate for causing his death. I wonder if the autopsy will even be able to determine anything about his use of the gene therapy, for example if he had reupped it the day prior (although research notes could be used to deduce that instead). What the gene therapy incident does tell us is that he is the type of person who would use recreational drugs if their use conformed to his views and desires.

    If we want to take a trip into crazy town, we could speculate about who would want to assassinate him (conveniently pinning it on the scary tank he may have regularly used).

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by aristarchus on Thursday May 03 2018, @06:09AM (3 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday May 03 2018, @06:09AM (#674962) Journal

    One thing for sure: his herpes is cured. Vaccine worked?