A cancer trial’s unexpected result: Remission in every patient

Re:A cancer trial’s unexpected result: Remission in every pa... by Wowfunhappy on Monday June 06, 2022 @12:18PM (#31642378)

> We literally give industrial quantities of antibiotics to animals. So antibiotic preservation is not an honest reason to lock them up

We desperately need to stop doing that too, but at least it optimizes for bacteria that infects animals rather than humans.

I don't think you (and most other people) are anywhere near scared enough of returning to a world without antibiotics.

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Re:A cancer trial’s unexpected result: Remission in every pa... by hp48fan on Monday June 06, 2022 @01:47PM (#31643462)

"optimizes for bacteria that infects animals rather than humans."

But then there is horizontal gene transfer.

The world has a lot to be scared of. Ive had an easy life, save for one or two experiences that have dwindled what truly frightens me a lot:

- Dying after my kids (unless my kids have a tremendous disability. Then my fear is reversed)

- Facing God, if He exists. If He doesn't, the nothingness of space.

Pain was on the list, but a bone marrow biopsy knocked it off. A world without modern antibiotics doesn't scare me. Much anyway.

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