[zer8k]

Given the importance of this medication and it's promising initial data I have no idea why it's not given "warp speed" clearance. We cleared mRNA technology almost overnight in response to the pandemic. I feel like society as a whole has collective amnesia on how this happened. A relatively novel strategy to rapidly produce a vaccine in response to a pandemic was trialed essentially on a global scale. The phase 1/2/3 trials may as well have not existed.

It seems strange to me that we can't give such an important novel drug the same treatment. The population size is smaller than global and the effect would be huge. I would seriously doubt anyone stricken with cancer would hesitate to agree to the same "experimental treatment" paperwork we all got when we were vaccinated.

[mrguyorama]

The reason is that the PR department of most bio labs say they have cured cancer every other week.

We have MOUNTAINS of things that stop cancer in mice and sometimes other animals, that don't or won't pan out.

The superconducting results are much closer to if this paper was a small scale human study. Then you would likely see the same kind of "open all the floodgates" ramp up of effort.

[danielvaughn]

Agreed; it should at least match the energy devoted to superconductivity.

[sp332]

Well if that's what you're looking for, Martin Shkrelli is spitefully publishing a bunch of related molecules to deny prior art claims. https://twitter.com/wagieeacc/status/1687137621699436552