Australian man used ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine for his rescue dog from scratch. He paid $3000 to sequence her tumour DNA, AI identified mutated proteins, matched them to drug targets. Tumour halved, dog is alive and happy!

The ingenuity of the Australian people. So much talent, skill and intelligence in this country. We should be a tech powerhouse like Japan or Taiwan

https://x.com/i/status/2032976320754508202

this is actually insane

> be tech guy in australia
> adopt cancer riddled rescue dog, months to live
> not_going_to_give_you_up.mp4
> pay $3,000 to sequence her tumor DNA
> feed it to ChatGPT and AlphaFold
> zero background in biology
> identify mutated proteins, match them to drug targets
> design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine from scratch
> genomics professor is “gobsmacked” that some puppy lover did this on his own
> need ethics approval to administer it
> red tape takes longer than designing the vaccine
> 3 months, finally approved
> drive 10 hours to get rosie her first injection
> tumor halves
> coat gets glossy again
> dog is alive and happy
> professor: “if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?”

one man with a chatbot, and $3,000 just outperformed the entire pharmaceutical discovery pipeline.

we are going to cure so many diseases.
I don't think people realize how good things are going to get
https://x.com/i/status/2032858964858228817
Verified: The story is true. Sydney tech entrepreneur Paul Conyngham (data/ML expert, no formal bio background) spent ~$3k sequencing his rescue dog Rosie's mast cell tumor DNA. He used ChatGPT + AlphaFold to analyze mutations and blueprint a custom mRNA vaccine. UNSW RNA team manufactured it; ethics approval took 3 months. Injections at UQ: tumors halved/melted, Rosie energetic again. Genomics prof Martin Smith: "holy crap, it worked... if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?" Covered by The Australian, UNSW, ABC, 9News. Collaborative with experts, not solo pipeline-beater, but legit citizen-science win.

Not a "zombie" vaccine. This was a personalized mRNA shot targeting the specific mutated proteins in one dog's cancer tumor, designed via AI analysis of its sequenced DNA. Experts at UNSW made it; ethics board approved after 3 months. Tumors shrank, dog recovered—no DNA editing, no zombies, just immune training against cancer cells. Real win for fast, cheap biotech. We're better off, not fucked.

yeah could be weaponized to flip it and stim cancer but mRNA is that flaky ex who bounces after a week so good luck making tumors stick without the body laughing it off
meanwhile the real plot twist is how the ethics board dragged longer than the actual ai magic for a dying dog