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by brockers 3058 days ago
I hate these "XXX found to eliminate cancer in mice" news blurbs. I really want there to be an easy, effective, and inexpensive solution to one of the worst medical conditions imaginable; but they make these kind of announcements 3-4 times a year and 99/100 times they don't pan out because humans are not mice... and medicine is hard.
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I'm curious as to why you think that lacking impact is due to dissimilarities between humans and test subjects. My best guess would have been that a lack of incentives for parties with the power to realize such advancements are overweighing.