RealPrinceJay t1_j6u41hx wrote
I feel like I keep hearing about these ways to beat cancer for years and years, but where do they go? Are they stuck in trial for decades?
Mrischief t1_j6uayiu wrote
It depends, showing promise in mice / or culture is one step. The next steps are harder, so yeeeeay for base science, but dont let it fool you to think it will be ready in a year (if memory serves, 5-10 years is the norm for drugs)
SuperiorOnions t1_j6uhv8e wrote
If humans had mice as pets the way we do dogs, we could do some wild stuff with all this technology
Mrischief t1_j6uzxq7 wrote
To be fair, the way we use experimental animals (and their service) is to have human like tissue with “faults” in them to get cancers etc. But for sure there would be some darn survivable mice and rats arouns
ProtoplanetaryNebula t1_j6wi5pj wrote
It's a bit like planting trees. The ones you plant today will be mature in 10-20 years (just as an example, I know there are fast growing trees), the more you keep planting the more trees there will be around.
Mrischief t1_j6x63t8 wrote
That analogy is good :)
Roseking t1_j6uoss9 wrote
One thing to keep in mind is that treatment for a lot has gotten better.
My mom just finished chemo for breast cancer and they talked to her a lot about how much better treatment is in a lot of cases than just 10 years ago.
shimmeringships t1_j6vhjzz wrote
Also, there are 100s of types of cancers, and many have subtypes. Even if we find one “cure” it will only work in a small percentage of cancer patients.
RealPrinceJay t1_j6vjzj6 wrote
Fuck cancer man, some bullshit. Why couldn’t it be simple
TheInuitHunter t1_j6ud87q wrote
Check this out if you got time to kill one day:
It is stock market related but it gave me a good idea of how the process works and how long it takes.
RealPrinceJay t1_j6ufp4l wrote
Appreciate the link!
LaziestScreenName t1_j6w28fh wrote
Many small biotech companies fall prey to predatory powers on the stock market and are basically shorted into oblivion. Which in turn makes it hard for said company to get funding from the appearance of not performing well as a good return. Then the company goes down and research halts and is dead in the water. Not the sole reason but one of them.
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