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|caption = Desire Dubounet at the 2010 Biofeedback & Wellness Congress
|caption = Desiré Dubounet at the 2010 Biofeedback & Wellness Congress
|birth_name = William Charles Nelson
|birth_name = William Charles Nelson
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|6|19}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|6|19}}
|birth_place = [[Warren, Ohio]], the United States of America
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|residence = [[Budapest, Hungary]]
|nationality = American
|alma_mater = [[Youngstown State University]]<br />[[Southeastern Louisiana University]]
|alma_mater = [[Youngstown State University]]<br />[[Southeastern Louisiana University]]
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|known_for = Alternative medicine
|known_for = Designing and selling [[Radionics]] devices
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'''Desiré D. Dubounet''' (born '''William Nelson''' 19{{nbsp}}June 1951) is an American alternative medicine practitioner currently living in [[Budapest]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/how-one-mans-invention-is-part-of-a-growing-worldwide-scam-that-snares-the-desperately-ill/|title=How One Man's Invention is Part of a Growing Worldwide Scam That Snares the Desperately Ill|last=Willmsen|first=Christine|date=18 November 2007|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=14 March 2016|via=}}</ref> Dubounet's website has made the claims that she invented "quantum medicine," discovered the "Xrroid process, subspace and the trivector field."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/meet-desire-dubounet.html|title=Meet Desiré Dubounet: Prolific Gadget Patenter and Healing Space Medicine Drag Queen YouTube Starlet|last=Jardin|first=Xeni|date=2 September 2010|website=Boing Boing|publisher=|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>
'''Desiré D. Dubounet ''' (born '''William Charles Nelson'''; 19{{nbsp}}June 1951<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=Professor of Medicine Desiré Dubounet's Bio |url=http://desiredubounet.net/useruploads/desire_dubounet_bio.pdf |website=desiredubounet.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201123939/http://desiredubounet.net/useruploads/desire_dubounet_bio.pdf |archive-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref>) is an American alternative medicine inventor, filmmaker and performer currently living in [[Budapest]].<ref name="Seattle Times">{{Cite news |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/how-one-mans-invention-is-part-of-a-growing-worldwide-scam-that-snares-the-desperately-ill/ |title=How One Man's Invention is Part of a Growing Worldwide Scam That Snares the Desperately Ill |last=Willmsen |first=Christine |date=18 November 2007 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=index.hu-2008>{{cite news |title=Félnek tőlem, olyan jó filmeket csinálok |url=https://index.hu/kultur/cinematrix/ccikkek/desir0731/ |work=[[Index.hu]] |date=31 July 2008 |language=hu|trans-title=They’re scared of me, I make such good movies
}}</ref> Dubounet developed the pseudoscientific [[Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid]], an [[energy medicine]] device that is considered to be dangerous to health and has been described as a [[Confidence trick|scam]].<ref name="Seattle Times"/><ref name="Barrett">{{Cite web |url=http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/xrroid.html|title=Some Notes on the Quantum Xrroid (QXCI) and William C. Nelson |last=Barrett |first=Stephen |website=Quackwatch |date=12 July 2009 |access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Dubounet created the [[Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid|EPFX]] system in the late 1980s which she supposedly claimed could diagnose and eliminate [[Disease|diseases]] including [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] and [[cancer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zagria.blogspot.com/2008/05/desir-dubounet-1951-inventer-fraudster.html|title=Desiré Dubounet (1951 - ) {{sic|invent|er|expected=inventor|nolink=yes}}, fraudster, genius, Maitreya, singer, film-maker, LGBT activist.|last=|first=|date=5 May 2008|website=A Gender Variance Who's Who|publisher=|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> However it is important to note that in the disclaimer of the EPFX clearly states that "The bioenergetics evaluation with the EPFX is not a method of diagnosing nor are the suggested remedies designed to replace any of the medications or treatments currently being provided by a physician." <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.drnikookar.com/pages/epfx/disclaimer|title=Dr. Tahmineh Nikookar, DTCM: R.A. {{!}} Lions Gate Health Centre|website=www.drnikookar.com|access-date=2016-03-16}}</ref> Some people chose to use the EPFX system instead of seeking or continuing [[Health care|medical care]] and some died as a result.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tl0kM70L5pgC&lpg=PA205&dq=%22desire%20dubounet%22&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=%22desire%20dubounet%22&f=false|title=Dr. Joe's Health Lab: 164 Amazing Insights into the Science of Medicine, Nutrition and Well-being|last=Schwarcz|first=Joe|publisher=Doubleday Canada|year=2011|isbn=978-0385671569|location=|pages=205}}</ref> The [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] asked in 1992 that Dubounet stop claiming that the EPFX could diagnose or cure diseases, but she did not and in 1996 was indicted on nine counts of felony [[fraud]], none of which were in relation to the EPFX.<ref name=":0" /> Dubounet has since left the [[United States]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/11/16/2004018337.pdf|title=USA v. Nelson|last=|first=|date=|website=U.S. District Court District of Columbia|publisher=|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> Dubounet is also involved in [[Homeopathy|homeopathic medicine]], receiving a patent for her process in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/xrroid.html|title=Some Notes on the Quantum Xrroid (QXCI) and William C. Nelson|last=Barrett|first=Stephen|date=|website=Quackwatch|publisher=|access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> Despite the felony charges and the FDA charges against the EPFX, more than 10,000 of the devices sold in the United States alone.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dJaA7aN6GdAC&lpg=PA121&dq=%22william%20nelson%22%20epfx&pg=PA121#v=onepage&q=%22william%20nelson%22%20epfx&f=false|title=Science Left Behind: Feel-Good Fallacies and the Rise of the Anti-Scientific Left|last=Berezow|first=Alex|last2=Campbell|first2=Hank|publisher=PublicAffairs|year=2012|isbn=9781610391658|location=New York|pages=121}}</ref>
Dubounet developed the pseudoscientific [[Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid|EPFX]] device in the late 1980s which supposedly claimed could diagnose and eliminate [[disease]]s including [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] and [[cancer]].<ref name="Seattle Times"/><ref name="Marketplace">{{Cite episode |title=Miracle Makers or Money Takers? |episode-link= |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1353347256 |access-date= |series=[[Marketplace (Canadian TV program)|Marketplace]] |series-link= |first= |last= |network=[[CBC Television]] |station= |date=January 30, 2009 |season=36 |series-no= |number=4 |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}}</ref> The EPFX device is described as balancing [[Energy medicine|"bio-energetic" forces]]; bio-energetic forces do not exist.<ref name="Barrett"/> Some people died after using the EPFX system instead of seeking or continuing [[Health care|medical care]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tl0kM70L5pgC&q=%22desire+dubounet%22&pg=PR3 |title=Dr. Joe's Health Lab: 164 Amazing Insights into the Science of Medicine, Nutrition and Well-being |last=Schwarcz |first=Joe |publisher=Doubleday Canada |year=2011 |isbn=978-0385671569 |pages=205}}</ref>


In 1992 the [[United States Food and Drug Administration]] ordered Dubounet to stop claiming that the EPFX could diagnose or cure diseases, but she did not; in 1996 she was indicted on nine counts of felony [[fraud]], though none were in relation to the EPFX.<ref name="Seattle Times"/> Dubounet has since left the [[United States]].<ref name="Seattle Times"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/11/16/2004018337.pdf |title=USA v. Nelson |website=U.S. District Court District of Columbia |access-date=14 March 2016}}</ref> Dubounet is also involved in [[Homeopathy|homeopathic medicine]]; she received a patent for a process for manufacturing homeopathic "remedies" in 1997.<ref>{{cite patent |country = US |number = 5603915 |status = patent |title = Process for Manufacturing Homeopathic Medicines |gdate = February 18, 1997 |fdate = March 22, 1994 |invent1 = Nelson, William |invent2 = Kiely, Carmel }}</ref> At least 10,000 EPFX devices have been sold in the United States.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/scienceleftbehin00bere |url-access=registration |quote=william nelson epfx. |title=Science Left Behind: Feel-Good Fallacies and the Rise of the Anti-Scientific Left |last1=Berezow |first1=Alex |last2=Campbell |first2=Hank |publisher=PublicAffairs|year=2012 |isbn=9781610391658 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/scienceleftbehin00bere/page/121 121]}}</ref>
Desiré continues to live in [[Budapest]] with her family. She has four children Daniel, Kara, Destiny, and Sterling. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.holistica-cuantica.com/biografia.html|title=Historia del Dr. Nelson y el SCIO|website=www.holistica-cuantica.com|access-date=2016-03-16}}</ref>

Dubounet lives in [[Budapest]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.holistica-cuantica.com/biografia.html |title=''Historia del Dr. Nelson y el SCIO'' |website=www.holistica-cuantica.com |access-date=2016-03-16 |archive-date=2016-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217161737/http://www.holistica-cuantica.com/biografia.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and performs at the nightclub Bohemian Alibi.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Horwitz |first1=Jeff |title=Miracle Machines: William Nelson |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/news/miracle-machines-william-nelson/ |work=The Seattle Times |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=18 November 2007}}</ref> and produced and starred in the English-Hungarian comedy ''The Story of F***''.<ref name=index.hu-2008/><ref>{{cite news |title=Győzike megy csak Cannes-ba? |url=https://index.hu/kultur/cinematrix/ccikkek/story1205/ |work=[[Index.hu]] |date=8 December 2007 |language=hu|trans-title=Is your victory just going to Cannes?}}</ref> Dubounet also directed the erotic comedy ''Paprika Western''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Magyarországi transzvesztita lett a sydney-i melegfesztivál győztese |url=https://hvg.hu/itthon/20070308_transzvesztita_parade |work=[[hvg.hu]] |date=8 March 2007 |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hajnal |first1=Hudák |title=Csöcsvillantás a köbön |url=https://velvet.hu/szex/muff0512/ |website=[[velvet.hu]] |language=hu |date=12 May 2006}}</ref>


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* [http://www.desiredubounet.net/ Official site]
* [http://www.desiredubounet.net/ Official site]
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Latest revision as of 07:05, 4 January 2024

Desiré D. Dubounet
Desiré Dubounet at the 2010 Biofeedback & Wellness Congress
Born
William Charles Nelson

(1951-06-19) 19 June 1951 (age 73)
Warren, Ohio[1]
CitizenshipUSA
Alma materYoungstown State University
Southeastern Louisiana University
Known forDesigning and selling Radionics devices
Scientific career
FieldsRadionics

Desiré D. Dubounet (born William Charles Nelson; 19 June 1951[1]) is an American alternative medicine inventor, filmmaker and performer currently living in Budapest.[2][3] Dubounet developed the pseudoscientific Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid, an energy medicine device that is considered to be dangerous to health and has been described as a scam.[2][4]

Biography

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Dubounet developed the pseudoscientific EPFX device in the late 1980s which supposedly claimed could diagnose and eliminate diseases including AIDS and cancer.[2][5] The EPFX device is described as balancing "bio-energetic" forces; bio-energetic forces do not exist.[4] Some people died after using the EPFX system instead of seeking or continuing medical care.[6]

In 1992 the United States Food and Drug Administration ordered Dubounet to stop claiming that the EPFX could diagnose or cure diseases, but she did not; in 1996 she was indicted on nine counts of felony fraud, though none were in relation to the EPFX.[2] Dubounet has since left the United States.[2][7] Dubounet is also involved in homeopathic medicine; she received a patent for a process for manufacturing homeopathic "remedies" in 1997.[8] At least 10,000 EPFX devices have been sold in the United States.[9]

Dubounet lives in Budapest,[10] and performs at the nightclub Bohemian Alibi.[11] and produced and starred in the English-Hungarian comedy The Story of F***.[3][12] Dubounet also directed the erotic comedy Paprika Western.[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Professor of Medicine Desiré Dubounet's Bio" (PDF). desiredubounet.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Willmsen, Christine (18 November 2007). "How One Man's Invention is Part of a Growing Worldwide Scam That Snares the Desperately Ill". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Félnek tőlem, olyan jó filmeket csinálok" [They’re scared of me, I make such good movies]. Index.hu (in Hungarian). 31 July 2008.
  4. ^ a b Barrett, Stephen (12 July 2009). "Some Notes on the Quantum Xrroid (QXCI) and William C. Nelson". Quackwatch. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Miracle Makers or Money Takers?". Marketplace. Season 36. Episode 4. January 30, 2009. CBC Television.
  6. ^ Schwarcz, Joe (2011). Dr. Joe's Health Lab: 164 Amazing Insights into the Science of Medicine, Nutrition and Well-being. Doubleday Canada. p. 205. ISBN 978-0385671569.
  7. ^ "USA v. Nelson" (PDF). U.S. District Court District of Columbia. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  8. ^ US patent 5603915, Nelson, William & Kiely, Carmel, "Process for Manufacturing Homeopathic Medicines", issued February 18, 1997 
  9. ^ Berezow, Alex; Campbell, Hank (2012). Science Left Behind: Feel-Good Fallacies and the Rise of the Anti-Scientific Left. New York: PublicAffairs. pp. 121. ISBN 9781610391658. william nelson epfx.
  10. ^ "Historia del Dr. Nelson y el SCIO". www.holistica-cuantica.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  11. ^ Horwitz, Jeff (18 November 2007). "Miracle Machines: William Nelson". The Seattle Times. Associated Press.
  12. ^ "Győzike megy csak Cannes-ba?" [Is your victory just going to Cannes?]. Index.hu (in Hungarian). 8 December 2007.
  13. ^ "Magyarországi transzvesztita lett a sydney-i melegfesztivál győztese". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 8 March 2007.
  14. ^ Hajnal, Hudák (12 May 2006). "Csöcsvillantás a köbön". velvet.hu (in Hungarian).
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