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Re:Can mRNA Vaccines Defeat Herpes? by refurb on Monday November 22, 2021 @08:43AM (#29306195)
This has nothing to do with scientist motivations and everything to do with scientific advancement.

If you think you scientists have multiple options in front of them and can pick the most financially opportunistic one, you have no idea what R&D is like

I’ve been in the lab, have you?

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Re:Can mRNA Vaccines Defeat Herpes? by PedroBatista on Monday November 22, 2021 @09:03AM (#29306359)
Did you understood this expression? - "Even trees can only grow where the gardener lets them."
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Re:Can mRNA Vaccines Defeat Herpes? by refurb on Monday November 22, 2021 @09:57AM (#29306915)
Considering research “paths” are often measured in decades I’d be massively impressed if a scientist could guess what would be profitable 20 years from now.
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