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Case #17: Every Cure Pt.1 (Dr. David Fajgenbaum)

2024/7/23
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David Fajgenbaum, a medical researcher, faced critical illness and failed treatments, leading him to take drastic measures to save his own life by testing drugs on himself.

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Dr. David Fajgenbaum, once a college quarterback and competitive weightlifter, turned medical researcher, was the picture of health until he became critically ill at the age of 25. After all available treatments failed to keep him out of the ICU, David, with his friend Grant’s help, races to save his own life, repurposing existing drugs to find a cure.

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