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On day 1 of my undergrad anatomy class, my professor told us about a cure he developed for Parkinson’s. He showed us footage of debilitated patients that were f
by LapsangGuzzler 3y ago
On day 1 of my undergrad anatomy class, my professor told us about a cure he developed for Parkinson’s. He showed us footage of debilitated patients that were fully functioning after a year of his treatment. He thought it would be his ticket into the history books, but when he courted the pharma companies to commercialize his research, nobody wanted it because according to him, treating Parkinson’s was more profitable than curing it. He was so bitter that he spent every first lecture of every class he taught telling his story and showing the videos of his research.
I say all of this because I hope a functional cure for diabetes is found and sticks around because what pharma companies are doing to insulin-dependent people (among many others) is just criminal. It makes me wonder why we don’t hear about cures more often.
- SomeHacker44 3y agoAs someone who knows some.people woth Parkinson's, please share some.links or details. thanks! (mobile )
- zephyrthenoble 3y agoWhat's the name of this professor? I would love to look up their research.
- jc_811 3y agoExtraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
- hedora 3y agoThis sort of thing isn't without precedence. For instance, there was a commercialized Lyme Disease vaccine back in the 1990's, but anti-vaxxers kept hitting the manufacturer with nuisance suits, so they withdrew it from the market. I wonder if the patents have expired yet. Maybe someone could make a generic version? There's a lot of money going into creating a new vaccine, since that would be more profitable, but there's nothing wrong with the old one. https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/prev/vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/prev/vaccine.html I agree that some sort of evidence for the Parkison's cure is needed. Presumably the professor has created a web page, etc, at this point.
- pohl 3y agoAnecdotes of this form without specifics (what school, what years, which professor, what research) always have an untrustworthy odor.
- the_lonely_road 3y agoA large number of people working in specific areas of disease research and study, especially at the pharma companies, are doing it because they or someone they love dearly suffers from or died from the disease. How would all of these people be kept quiet?
- dennis_jeeves1 3y ago>A large number of people working in specific areas of disease research and study, especially at the pharma companies, are doing it because they or someone they love dearly suffers from or died from the disease. Conviction and being smart are totally different things. There are more people with convictions than smart. What do you expect if nearly every doc/practitioner that does things outside of the established ideology is labeled as a quack?
- dennis_jeeves1 3y agoSeconding zephyrthenoble request - can I have more details. Email on profile if it's not to be made public.