fourteenrhinos

For future reference, the preparation for reporting trial data and submission to regulatory agencies typically happens in parallel. Both activities take time and the company is highly motivated for both to happen as quickly as possible.

In practice, data for new cancer treatments is usually published 6-12 months before approval. There are definitely exceptions, especially where the drug is already approved and the data is supporting a new use, but that is not the norm for new drugs.

There are other factors too e.g. it can take time to make commercial drug supply available. In this specific case how Merck/Moderna will scale the boutique manufacturing process for a much larger number of patients while maintaining the speed they need for the treatment to work is a major question.

Again, the company is extremely motivated to do all of this as fast as possible. In addition to the points raised elsewhere in this chain.

I have been on several flights in the last couple of years where the flight attendants have asked that no one open/consume peanuts or peanut snacks while on board due to a passenger with a severe allergy.

All considering for the person affected (and my desire to not end up at an alternate airport for hours/overnight) has always seemed like an easy thing to do.

Relevant here is the relatively unknown(by modern standards) Hugo Award winner The Terminal Experiment by Robert Sawyer.

Man invents a high resolution brain scanner and is able to identify the exact moment of death. Book largely explores the implications of that and the existence of this tech, all wrapped up with a murder mystery.

Not the best cyberpunk I’ve ever read but a solid read if you find this premise interesting.

Can you elaborate on why having the phone removed was itself a source of pride?

I do appreciate the hacking around aspect, particularly with respect to old phone systems, but having a free student phone removed seems like it would be a bad thing for everyone, no?

Thank you for sharing this--I was also confused by the hand photos but viewing them again with this reference point gave me a new appreciation for the entire work!