Bryan Johnson Reveals Autoimmune Gastritis, Launches $1 Million Protocol to Seek Cure
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Updated · Global News · Jul 7
Bryan Johnson Reveals Autoimmune Gastritis, Launches $1 Million Protocol to Seek Cure
3 articles · Updated · Global News · Jul 7
Summary
Bryan Johnson said he was diagnosed in May with autoimmune gastritis, an incurable condition in which antibodies attack stomach cells and, he says, leave his “stomach eating itself.”
Five biopsies from three stomach regions led his team to the diagnosis after they traced disappearing iron levels to disrupted stomach acid, alongside his 27-year history of autoimmune thyroid disease.
Johnson said standard care only manages AIG’s fallout—nutritional deficiency, anemia and elevated long-term cancer risk—because patients often have no symptoms and there is no approved cure.
His next step is a research push under what he calls a $1 million-a-year protocol, including repeat biopsy, cytokine profiling and T-cell analysis to design experimental interventions.
The 48-year-old biohacker, who says he spends $2 million a year on health, framed the effort as a test of whether AI, multiomics and custom-built therapies can tackle diseases now deemed incurable.