• mearce@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    Capitalism or not the claim would be true, chronic diseases are defined by their lack of effective cure.

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      8 months ago

      Completely true. But there would be fewer of them.

      It’s crazy that when my research team comes up with a therapeutic target we believe might lead to curing a disease, we get crickets from drug companies. But when we present therapeutic targets for long term treatment, we get lots of interest.