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From August 20th to 26th, a cohort of young men and women took a journey to the Honduran island of Roatán. But it wasn't just any tourist trip. This group of friends travelled from the United States to participate in the first clinical trial for an experimental genetic editing therapy in the Caribbean Island's semi-autonomous zone called Próspera. For years, Mac Davis, Walter Patterson, and Tristan Roberts have worked on medical treatments including gene therapies in the United States, largely escaping the purview of the FDA by experimenting on themselves. High profile experiments they attempted included gene therapies for HIV and Herpes in 2017 and 2018, which caught the attention of international media and spawned programs on Netflix and Showtime. Those experiments were put on hold following the high-profile but unrelated death of their partner and investor at the time, Aaron Traywick. In the time since then, Davis, Patterson, and Roberts have founded MiniCircle Inc and changed their approach. The team has been focusing on Follistatin, a naturally occurring protein found in all humans. The team believes that if provoked to create more of it, a body could gain superior health outcomes like increase in bone density, muscle development, weight loss, and life span augmentation. While Patterson and Davis have experimented on themselves with the Follistatin treatment, this time, they want to take their experimentation to the next level. Unable to feasibly run clinical trials through the FDA's regulatory process, they assembled the first cohort, and brought them to Roatán. The first cohort includes one person who took the therapy before the rest of the group, one prominent influencer who wished to remain off the record during the trip, and then four friends of MiniCircle: Megan Hill (an investor in the company), Dylan McGrath (a martial artist), Stephanie Grace "Tep" Rowe Arriola (a scientist), and Alec Spier (another martial artist). The cohort met with Trey Goff, Chief of Staff & Chief Marketing Officer for Próspera, the semi-autonomous zone. The trip lined up with a wellness week being hosted at the Prestine Bay Resort, a business recently absorbed into Próspera. The event was put on by the GARM clinic, who would administer the gene therapy. As the documentary shows, the cohort's journey in Roatán was a hybrid between an opportunity to receive the gene therapy itself and a vacation. "It's experimental medical tourism," Patterson explained. Six subjects were administered gene therapy in the first cohort, hoping their bodies will produce more Follistatin. By the conclusion of Phase 1 trials in August 2023, MiniCircle Inc plans to have administered the gene therapy on 50 participants under the supervision of an Institutional Review Board (IRB). Following IRB approval, MiniCircle plans to conduct a Phase 2 trial with 250 participants. By the end of Phase 3, MiniCircle hopes to have included 1500 participants in their Follistatin gene therapy trial. Written, filmed, produced, and edited by Ford Fischer With Additional Footage by Alejandro Alvarez Special Thanks to Patreon Contributors who supported News2Share as this project was in production: Jessica M, Judith Lucca Shane, Richard Graham, Dustin Gagne, Lee Enochs, Robert Caputo, Debbie Cohen, Alan M Ortiz, Anthony Rice, Brian Ellison, Carla Chickedantz, Dan Johnson, Daniel Blanchat, Dave Stephens, Eric Bideganeta, Glenn Klaus, Jesse Henning, Jessica Wurdeman, Joanna Roye, Jonathan Lloyd, Joshua Demeo, Josselyn Ebanks, Kathleen Snyder, Linda Wooten, Mitchell, mr snrub, Noel Van Ness, Paula Miller, Randy, Ron, Samson, Stephen Bunting NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION Please contact Ford Fischer at fordfischer@news2share.com or call (573) 575-NEWS to license video. Photos and additional footage may be available upon request. Support News2Share on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FordFischer See more at http://News2share.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNf8hlWgUV8

State Representatives from around the country spoke in DC this morning to demand President Biden "pick a side" by condemning the senate filibuster and using his position to advocate congress pass the "For the People Act." Speakers included Reps Jasmine Crockett (TX), Ron Reynolds (TX), Artis J. McCampbell (AL), London Lamar (TN), Donna McLeod (GA), and Reverend Jesse Jackson. Filmed by Ford Fischer NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION Please contact Ford Fischer at fordfischer@news2share.com or call (573) 575-NEWS to license video. Photos and additional footage may be available upon request. Support News2Share on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FordFischer Special Thanks to Patreon Contributors Ardel David, Dustin Gagne, and Emily Molli See more at http://News2share.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDVAzhWEvE

WASHINGTON —“Rest in peace to the birds and trees,” chanted a group calling themselves Extinction Rebellion. “Rest in peace to you and me.” What some researchers have dubbed the sixth mass extinction has activists scrambling to save a crumbling biosphere and make species preservation a central tenant of the emerging climate justice movement. One such group, Extinction Rebellion, drew thousands to London on Oct. 31 to highlight environmental devastation, pollution and species loss. Blocking bridges and sitting-in on the Houses of Parliament, Extinction Rebellion now boasts chapters in 35 countries around the world, including 30 in the U.S. In its first national day of action, the young group sought an honest conversation on climate change and a “wider ecological emergency” from governments, communities and the media alike. NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION Please contact Ford Fischer at fordfischer@news2share.com or call (573) 575-NEWS to license video. Photos and additional footage may be available upon request. Support News2Share on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FordFischer Special Thanks to Patreon Contributors Robert Caputo, and Lee Enochs See more at http://News2share.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9CGkNzMmtQ