Everything else aside, there was absolutely no way that this was going to work. Injecting plasmids under your skin and expecting it to change your genes is like pouring nitrous oxide on your steering wheel and expecting your car to go faster.

Even if by some miracle all of the exposed cells had decided to incorporate these random, bacteria-looking rings of DNA from the interstitial fluid into their nuclei, IT WAS INJECTED INTO THE ADIPOSE TISSUE OF HIS SKIN. ADIPOSE TISSUE DOES NOT MAKE ANTIBODIES.

I'm baffled how anyone with an ounce of expertise thought this would do anything.