Eradicating Hepatitis C with BioTerrorism
Presents an automated chemical synthesis pathway on open hardware to produce low-cost antiviral treatments and bypass drug monopolies.
Summary
Addressing Preventable Viral Deaths
Hepatitis C causes hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths annually despite the existence of highly effective curative antiviral medications like Sofosbuvir.
Overcoming Patent and Monopoly Barriers
Exorbitant drug pricing by patent holders restricts access to life-saving medications, motivating open-source alternatives for chemical synthesis.
Automated Chemical Synthesis on Open Hardware
Demonstrating the MicroLab open-source automated reactor shows how digital literature assistants generate executable synthesis code to produce pharmaceutical tablets for a fraction of commercial costs.
Ethics of Decentralized Medical Manufacturing
The intersection of intellectual property laws and humanitarian medicine highlights the growing right-to-health movement within biohacking communities.
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