Helicobacter pylori was in many ways a well-understood entity just by virtue of being a bacterium, and was treatable with antibiotics. Meddling with growth fac

Helicobacter pylori was in many ways a well-understood entity just by virtue of being a bacterium, and was treatable with antibiotics. Meddling with growth factors and chromosome structure systemically is hardly going to be reversible in anywhere near as controlled a way, and could well end up hurting her (and others who may decide to follow the example), potentially hurting her in a life threatening way by inducing cancer. Then there's the abstract damage from reckless human experimentation on attitudes and community reactions. Early failures with gene therapy probably delayed the clinical use about a decade. We don't need more of that, and we don't need more excuses for people to dismiss life extension as a crackpot venture. I hope she turns out at least unharmed. Got to admit the case study could prove to be interesting.