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Not picking you out specifically, just this post caught my eye. We have (essentially) cured certain types of cancer. Testicular for men, skin melanoma in gener
by RogerL 13y ago
Not picking you out specifically, just this post caught my eye.
We have (essentially) cured certain types of cancer. Testicular for men, skin melanoma in general, Hodgkin's lymphoma in young people. We are making tons of progress in cancer research, and we are making tons of difference in both quality of life, length of life, and survivability. Heck, my mother died of cancer, one with bad statistics, but it was almost entirely painless, and the treatment was by and large not horrible. That wouldn't have been true just a few decades ago.
- rorrr2 13y ago"We"? Some cancers have been cured, not by programmers, but by huge well funded teams of researches - biologists, chemists, administrators, lab technicians, interns, etc. Sure, you could join such a team and possibly end up being a part of the cancer cure, if you're lucky. That's quite different from what we see with solo projects and startups.