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Medical progress has been insane in the last few years through technological breakthroughs. It's not out of reach to think that most types of cancers will be cu

by siva7 1y ago

Medical progress has been insane in the last few years through technological breakthroughs. It's not out of reach to think that most types of cancers will be curable 20 years from now on.

oulipo2 1y ago
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- kstrauser 1y ago
  This isn’t the place for that. Yes, the autism+Tylenol thing is infuriating, but there are nobler ways to express that opinion.
calewis 1y ago
I think its like WW2, loads of amazing tech came from war. Covid was a bit like that for bioTech.
singulasar 1y ago
Let's hope the defunding of medical research can stop so this can become true
- southernplaces7 1y ago
  The funny thing about phrases like that is that they often get repeated despite being devoid of factual content. We should indeed keep an eye out for the defunding of medical research but as even a few quick numbers from the NIH (at least speaking for the US) show, it hasn't generally been getting less funding year over year right up to the latest numbers. All the opposite actually. Increases in funding have shrunk slightly, but that's not the same as defunding. Similar stats apply almost globally in any relevant public funding context. After all, if there's one thing that everyone wants, from rich to poor, powerful or weak, it's to hedge against bad health and a shorter lifespan by whatever means available, and especially if those means involve throwing money that isn't even yours personally at something with publicity.. Even the most selfish politicians can usually get that through the fog of their self-interest. https://report.nih.gov/funding/categorical-spending#/ https://report.nih.gov/funding/categorical-spending#/
lawlessone 1y ago
it's great, it feels like the first mRNA vaccine opened a dam.
RataNova 1y ago
20 years for "most" cancers being curable still feels ambitious, but for many of the deadliest ones? It's not unrealistic

by siva7 1y ago

Medical progress has been insane in the last few years through technological breakthroughs. It's not out of reach to think that most types of cancers will be curable 20 years from now on.

oulipo2 1y ago

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kstrauser 1y ago
This isn’t the place for that. Yes, the autism+Tylenol thing is infuriating, but there are nobler ways to express that opinion.

calewis 1y ago

I think its like WW2, loads of amazing tech came from war. Covid was a bit like that for bioTech.

singulasar 1y ago

Let's hope the defunding of medical research can stop so this can become true

southernplaces7 1y ago
The funny thing about phrases like that is that they often get repeated despite being devoid of factual content. We should indeed keep an eye out for the defunding of medical research but as even a few quick numbers from the NIH (at least speaking for the US) show, it hasn't generally been getting less funding year over year right up to the latest numbers. All the opposite actually. Increases in funding have shrunk slightly, but that's not the same as defunding. Similar stats apply almost globally in any relevant public funding context. After all, if there's one thing that everyone wants, from rich to poor, powerful or weak, it's to hedge against bad health and a shorter lifespan by whatever means available, and especially if those means involve throwing money that isn't even yours personally at something with publicity.. Even the most selfish politicians can usually get that through the fog of their self-interest. https://report.nih.gov/funding/categorical-spending#/ https://report.nih.gov/funding/categorical-spending#/

lawlessone 1y ago

it's great, it feels like the first mRNA vaccine opened a dam.

RataNova 1y ago

20 years for "most" cancers being curable still feels ambitious, but for many of the deadliest ones? It's not unrealistic