Sorry, insufficient clarity: i could see you were advising on heading off a potential risk, but i rather think that *if* it transpires that any scientists would only respect Alex's lungs if Alex conducted an ad-hoc one-person experiment using their own body - given there is sufficent peer-reviewed material easily available to suggest that Alex's problem is *plausible* if not yet conclusively documented - then said scientists would be dicks, and their opinion of dubious reliability.

I mean, it might happen. But it would not be scientifically valid, or indicative of reasonable critical thinking on the part of said scientists.