John Carreyrou

@johncarreyrou.bsky.social

New York Times reporter and bestselling author of "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup." Send story tips to john.carreyrou@nytimes.com

I am certainly not your target audience but fwiw you convinced me! (I also learned that although I’m not yet 50, the second space after that first sentence suggests otherwise.) The best way to prove something is often by accretion of independent pieces of evidence; this article is a great example.

“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 @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.

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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. (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.

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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.

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.

nytimes.com

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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...

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.

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