"Chris Buck isn't your typical home brewer - he's a virologist at the National Cancer Institute, known for discovering several human polyomaviruses, a family of viruses linked to cancers and serious infections in people with weakened immune systems. Buck's day job involves developing vaccines against these viruses, but he took things in an unexpected direction: using yeast engineered to produce viral proteins, he brewed a beer that delivered those proteins orally."
"Buck's vaccine beer isn't a government-sanctioned product - he brewed it in his kitchen and drank it himself as part of a self-experiment. After consuming multiple batches, including his brother and other family members, blood tests showed they produced antibodies against some types of the virus without apparent side effects. To share his work, he posted the brewing method and results on open science platforms, though these findings haven't been peer-reviewed - meaning the wider scientific community hasn't yet vetted the data formally."
A virologist at the National Cancer Institute engineered yeast to produce polyomavirus proteins and used that yeast to brew beer intended to deliver those proteins orally. The brewer consumed multiple batches himself and included family members in self-experiments; blood tests reportedly showed antibody responses against some polyomavirus types without apparent side effects. The brewing method and results were posted on open science platforms but have not undergone peer review. Experts caution that the data derive from a very small, uncontrolled sample and stress the need for formal clinical trials due to safety and public-trust implications.
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