[anamax]

> I don't think it's crazy to think that there are many influential people and organizations that have a strong interest in seeing that we avoid potential cures for common diseases.

I do.

How about some evidence show that this has happened more than a handful of times in the last 20 years?

Note a company refusing to fund a competitor is NOT evidence of "avoid potential cure". Heck - a company refusing to fund something for eany reason is not evidence.

The act that you need to document must be someone going out of their way to block something, not merely refusing to help.

[detst]

I was simply making a point that there are people that have a strong financial interest that a cure would compromise. That's simply a fact. I didn't go any further than that because I'm sure I'm less qualified to do that than many others here.

My cynical side might think that there are people that would go a long way to protect their financial interests.