Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses.

Sharing because I found this very interesting.

The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has a DIY design for a home lab you can set up to reproduce expensive medication for dirt cheap, producing medication like that used to cure Hepatitis C, along with software they developed that can be used to create chemical compounds out of common household materials.

  • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    True! Hopefully, their tools are able to suggest ways to safely produce those meds, too.

    Also, I strongly hope they’ll build something able to accurately verify that processes went through as intended, with the desired product present and no known harmful compounds formed. Chemistry is full of surprises…

    • JovialMicrobial@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      That would ideal! Also it’d be good if it didn’t accidentally explode like meth labs tend to. Like you said, chemistry isn’t easy, but if this thing can work it’d make us far less dependent on greedy insurance companies and corrupt pharma companies.