biohack in a school lab
I saw a thread about a possible project to become immortal-ish using replication incompetent virus carrying a transgene ... interesting;
http://forum.biohack.me/discussion/221/safety-concerns-in-using-replication-incompetent-hiv-based-lentiviruses-for-dna-tranduction./p1
sounds like one of the main issues is the $$$, as you'd likely need to buy many vials (aliquots?) to see any effect.
So I'm just wondering, if you wanted to do something like this, can't you make the stuff on your own?
Yes the OP talks about needing to buy purification kits etc. then, which would get very expensive, too... so.....
Why not just use a lab that already exists and has all the necessary equipment, like... at your school?
I mean if you have access to a university lab, can't you just say you are working on an independent research project (which is sort of true) and make a bunch of vectors, transgenes, or whatever, with all the lab tools and machines they have available for you? Isn't that the most cost-effective way?
And if you're not in school, can't you enroll in a 1 credit science course to get lab access...?
Or does it just not work like that? Like you'd get in trouble if you tried to do that? Sorry I have no clue, and I'm new to biohacking, and I'm not sure if most of you guys are Biology majors/researchers or what (I'm neither)...
http://forum.biohack.me/discussion/221/safety-concerns-in-using-replication-incompetent-hiv-based-lentiviruses-for-dna-tranduction./p1
sounds like one of the main issues is the $$$, as you'd likely need to buy many vials (aliquots?) to see any effect.
So I'm just wondering, if you wanted to do something like this, can't you make the stuff on your own?
Yes the OP talks about needing to buy purification kits etc. then, which would get very expensive, too... so.....
Why not just use a lab that already exists and has all the necessary equipment, like... at your school?
I mean if you have access to a university lab, can't you just say you are working on an independent research project (which is sort of true) and make a bunch of vectors, transgenes, or whatever, with all the lab tools and machines they have available for you? Isn't that the most cost-effective way?
And if you're not in school, can't you enroll in a 1 credit science course to get lab access...?
Or does it just not work like that? Like you'd get in trouble if you tried to do that? Sorry I have no clue, and I'm new to biohacking, and I'm not sure if most of you guys are Biology majors/researchers or what (I'm neither)...
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My school had nothing for lab equipment to use and most schools that you can just enroll in a 1 credit course are community colleges otherwise you need to be accepted and have great grades and testing scores.
Also my school wasn't a community school and it still didn't have much in the way of lab equipment.