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Re:Death of a startup founder (2016) by majos on Friday July 27, 2018 @09:35AM (#17625830)
I hope this doesn't sound callous, but is there anything (beyond pancreatic cancer's aggressive mortality rate) to suggest that the disease is somehow "ripe" for increased research funding?

"How much money should we spend on cancer research?" has been in the HN aether lately, so I'm curious.

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Re:Death of a startup founder (2016) by melling on Friday July 27, 2018 @10:08AM (#17626040)
No one said the time is ripe or that it would be easy. It’s simply a deadly disease that really doesn’t get much attention:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pancreatic-cancer-research-fund...

The US economy is $15 trillion. Beyond federal tax dollars there are likely other ways to incentivize research.

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