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A_Shadow t1_iskeh2x wrote

Reply to comment by gameartist3d in The Race to Make a Vaccine for Breast Cancer by AdmiralKurita

Just because something cures cancer in a petri dish doesn't mean it cures cancer in an actual human being.

Bleach kills cancer cells but we aren't drinking bleach are we?

And with 1000s of different drug companies worldwide all trying to get the edge on each other, they aren't trying to hide some secret miracle cure.

They would want to release it ASAP so that there is no competition to their products; holding on to it just allows other competitors to work on their R&D in the meantime and possibly make something better or cheaper.

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tim36272 t1_iskrtdm wrote

Yeah this is a rare time to praise capitalism. If your company has the "miracle cure" you might sell it for a million dollars a dose, but you're definitely going to sell it.

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