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The most promising way would be to stop funding research if it is not done correctly and stop allowing people to publish papers with “play” research. No more us
by danieltillett 11y ago
The most promising way would be to stop funding research if it is not done correctly and stop allowing people to publish papers with “play” research. No more use of inbred mice lines, more more injecting known cancers (only use natural cancers), no more testing of treatments that have no chance of working in humans.
The best suggestion I have seen is to make better use of all the millions of pets we have. Dogs and cats get cancer that is very similar to human cancer (much more so than mice) and these are all natural cancers. We need to encourage people to sign up their pets for cancer treatment and conduct many more trials in pets. The fact that we don’t do this at any scale is a sign that we are not too serious about curing cancer.
- agumonkey 11y agoInvolving people to treat their pet with current medicine looks like borderline impossible. If people think their dog will suffer they will skip that. And research funding is probably conservative, since mice is the 'less bad' idea, money flow this way. Some competition may help changing habits.
- danieltillett 11y agoThere pet is already suffering - it has cancer after all. The alternative in most cases is to put the dog down. More importantly this question has already been asked by researchers and most people are happy for their pets to participate in such trials especially when they know they are really helping cure cancer.
- agumonkey 11y agoAight then, my folk-understanding was off. Hoping it will help making steps.