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This language seems to be really gaining popularity. I believe this is the third or fourth time I've seen a cancer treatment referred to as a Trojan Horse. I ha
by PakG1 7y ago
This language seems to be really gaining popularity. I believe this is the third or fourth time I've seen a cancer treatment referred to as a Trojan Horse. I have some stock in such a company, they're about to start Phase 2 clinical trials. It's a great time for cancer treatments in that I don't think there's ever been as much positivity as now about our chances to effectively treat various types of cancers. There's been lots of great progress. As someone who's father had to go through multiple cancer surgeries, I hope the day comes when we can consider cancer not much a bigger deal than the flu. Probably still a pipe dream, but it's a nice dream.
- rolltiide 7y agoOut of curiosity If your company is a for profit share company making inroads in this, then what is the point of donating money when the real progress seems to happens on the invested money looking for returns
- cannonedhamster 7y agoYou're typically donating to patient treatments, which are very expensive, and most treatment options don't work out long term if you're at the point where you're on clinical trials. There's also a lot of pure research into cancer itself.
- PakG1 7y agoFor profit companies can't spend funds on doing foundational research. There's no financial return on that. So foundational research is left to the universities and foundations. Biotech ventures only can focus on treatments.