John Carreyrou

A Start-Up Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. Then Patients Began Dying. Two U.S. companies teamed up to treat cancer patients using an unproven blood filter in Antigua, out of reach of American regulators.

Compelling story by the amazing @johncarreyrou.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...

ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died. Two U.S. companies teamed up to treat cancer patients using an unproven blood filter in Antigua, out of reach of American regulators.

“I don’t know of any other treatment available in the world, on this planet, that can do better stuff,” Dr. Ilic claimed

Of the more than 20 patients treated in Antigua, The Times has identified at least six who have died

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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...

I bet you thought your job exposing dodgy blood testing startups was done

ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died. (Gift Article) Two U.S. companies teamed up to treat cancer patients using an unproven blood filter in Antigua, out of reach of American regulators.

New: Two US companies lured cancer patients to a Caribbean island to undergo an unproven medical procedure outside the jurisdiction of American regulators. Then patients began dying. Big NYT investigation from @johncarreyrou.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...

ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died. Two U.S. companies teamed up to treat cancer patients using an unproven blood filter in Antigua, out of reach of American regulators.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b... A San Francisco Bay Area startup. A medical device involving blood. Sound familiar?… Actually, it’s not. No Stanford dropout and no black turtleneck but a lot of questionable claims and some dead patients.

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Lessons from a mass shooter's mother A decade after her son committed a massacre, Chin Rodger is on a quest to help prevent the next tragedy.

Many of us are focused on all that may come next from the election. I'm also focused again on emerging solutions for preventing mass shootings, about to give a keynote on this 2-year investigation at NABITA's annual conference

Lessons From a Mass Shooter's Mother www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

Giants demote Jones to QB3, tab DeVito to start The Giants have benched the struggling Daniel Jones and are expected to name Tommy DeVito as their new starting quarterback.

About time! www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

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