> About 1/3 of drugs that show promise on mouse models are ever tested in humans. Do you have a citation? This seems totally off to me. In so far as the numb

> About 1/3 of drugs that show promise on mouse models are ever tested in humans. Do you have a citation? This seems totally off to me. In so far as the number refers to something real, I suspect "shows promise" must mean something much stricter than the threshold that this particular treatment has passed. That is, I would bet against a 2.5% chance that this particular study leads to an actual drug approved to treat pancreatic cancer.