Bucking FDA, Peter Thiel funds “patently unethical” herpes vaccine trial

Enlarge / Entrepreneur Peter Thiel. (credit: Getty | Alex Wong ) Heavyweight tech investor and FDA-critic Peter Thiel is among conservative funders and American researchers backing an offshore herpes vaccine trial that blatantly flouts US safety regulations, according to a Monday report by Kaiser Health News. The vaccine—a live but weakened herpes virus—was first tested in […]