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'Biohacker' Who Injected Himself with DIY Herpes Treatment Found Dead
Live Science ^ | 5/1/8 | Sara Miller

Posted on 05/01/2018 1:25:20 PM PDT by Mozilla

The CEO of a biomedical startup who sparked controversy when he injected himself with an untested herpes treatment in front of a live audience in February has died, according to an email sent to Live Science.

Aaron Traywick, the CEO of Ascendance Biomedical, was found dead at 11:30 a.m. ET on Sunday (April 29) in a spa room in Washington, D.C., according to a statement provided to Live Science by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of the District of Columbia. Traywick was 28 years old.

According to the website News2Share.com, Traywick was found in a flotation tank. Flotation tanks are soundproof pods filled with body-temperature saltwater that are used to promote "sensory deprivation."

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: aarontraywick; ascendancebiomedical; deaths; flotationtank; herpes; science; sensorydeprivation
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1 posted on 05/01/2018 1:25:20 PM PDT by Mozilla
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To: Mozilla

Obviously......he chose poorly


2 posted on 05/01/2018 1:26:28 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Mozilla

Darwin Award nominee?


3 posted on 05/01/2018 1:27:24 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Mozilla

Its back to the drawing room for him

Oh. never mind.


4 posted on 05/01/2018 1:27:36 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: rdl6989

What if the vaccine worked and he was taken out by Big Pharma? /h


5 posted on 05/01/2018 1:28:19 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error)
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To: Mozilla

I guess it didn’t work.................


6 posted on 05/01/2018 1:28:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Unexpected side effect: sudden death.................


7 posted on 05/01/2018 1:29:16 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Mozilla

Well, if he had the Herp, one less disease vector.


8 posted on 05/01/2018 1:29:38 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: Mozilla

“Do not take if you have high blood pressure,
Diabetes, bleed easily, or have a desire
to wake up again”


9 posted on 05/01/2018 1:29:43 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Mozilla

It might have worked. Death is only a side effect.


10 posted on 05/01/2018 1:29:55 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Flotation tanks are soundproof pods filled with body-temperature saltwater that are used to promote "sensory deprivation.

I can see where this might be a good thing.


11 posted on 05/01/2018 1:29:59 PM PDT by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: Mozilla

He’s in an Altered State now...


12 posted on 05/01/2018 1:30:20 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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Flotation tanks are soundproof pods filled with body-temperature saltwater that are used to promote "sensory deprivation."

He could have suffocated in there................

13 posted on 05/01/2018 1:30:26 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Red Badger

39 seconds. I vow vengeance.


14 posted on 05/01/2018 1:30:27 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Red Badger

According to the website News2Share.com, Traywick was found in a flotation tank. Flotation tanks are soundproof pods filled with body-temperature saltwater that are used to promote “sensory deprivation.


That’s kind of weird.


15 posted on 05/01/2018 1:31:07 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: PGR88

Maybe he drowned or suffocated?................

16 posted on 05/01/2018 1:31:29 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Billthedrill

Technically, by killing the body, he has killed the HIV virus. Or at least he’s quarantined it 6 feet under.


17 posted on 05/01/2018 1:31:32 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Red Badger

You posted to me just seconds before I posted the same thing to you.


18 posted on 05/01/2018 1:31:45 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Billthedrill

LOL!.........................


19 posted on 05/01/2018 1:32:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Actually, that would not surprise me.


20 posted on 05/01/2018 1:33:15 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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