Sunday, February 11, 2007

Madman or hero? The medical maverick who let 50 hookworms burrow into his arm


Sometimes a researcher will go beyond the beyond. Aussie Professor Barry Marshall is one example. He swallowed his own experimental remedy against the advice of his peers. He and his partner won this years' Nobel Price for medical research.

Take a look at another wild man of science here. he went way beyond simple experimental drug taking...

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