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Re:Potato farmers conquer a devastating worm with paper made... by vmception on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @02:44PM (#30519032)
Which suggests the funding going directly to cancer research remains the waste energy done in vain. When its just random other research that winds up having the most efficacy.
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Re:Potato farmers conquer a devastating worm with paper made... by pfdietz on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @03:54PM (#30519877)
There was a lot of research between "discovering this cool chemical has an effect on bacteria" and "it's now the standard treatment curing 85% of testicular cancers."
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Re:Potato farmers conquer a devastating worm with paper made... by dmos62 on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @02:48PM (#30519071)
I don't see a logical path from one to the other.
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Re:Potato farmers conquer a devastating worm with paper made... by s1artibartfast on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @06:59PM (#30521748)
What a short sighted commitment.

1) a lot of cancer research occurred between the random bacteria observation and viable chemotherapy.

2) ignoring the above, you still have too compare the success rate of funding cancer research vs random experiments.

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