• DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Yep. This.

    Same thing with reddit “hey there’s a cure for cancer and these ragtag students discovered this which will change the world!”

    5 years later

    “…”

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      Mostly because it was found not to be effective in trials, or it had some side effect that made it a bad idea. See thalidomide for an example of what happens when you don’t test properly.

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      Discovery gets bought for an obscene amount of money, NDA is signed, discovery is never spoken of again.

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        This is very rarely the case. Almost always they come across some draw back, that makes it completely impractical, and 5-10-15- whatever, years pass without anyone overcoming said drawback.

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          Cancer treatment also has had lots of improvements but they aren’t newsworthy if they’re not the Cure to Cancer™️

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            Yeah, lots of people do not realize it is not one disease, it is unregulated cell growth, of many kinds, caused by many diseases.