Aaron Traywick

Aaron Traywick was a medical innovator, and life extension activist, in the transhumanism and biohacking communities. He sought to develop gene therapies[3] to make inexpensive treatments available for incurable conditions such as AIDS and the herpes simplex virus.[4][5] His lack of any medical training and his unconventional methods—such as broadcasting an associate injecting himself with an “untested experimental gene therapy”, then later doing the same to himself in an onstage public demonstration—drew widespread criticism. At just 28, Traywick was among the most infamous figures in the world of biohacking—the grandiose CEO of a tiny company called Ascendance Biomedical whose goal was to develop and test new gene therapies without the expense and rigor of clinical trials or the oversight of the FDA. [Atlantic 18]
* December 19, 1989[2] – April 29, 2018
* Media: He was featured as a subject in an as-yet unreleased documentary film directed by Ford Fischer: «Transhuman: Biohackers and Immortalists»; «Late Aaron Traywick: Previously Unreleased Interview on Biohacking, Transhumanism» 32,046 views 163 9 SHARE News2Share Published on Apr 30, 2018