2011-08-14, 09:06 PM
C0SA Wrote:In other news... have you guys heard about the new possible cure of cancer? That it's not being researched further more because it's too cheap and no one would make a profit from them... pineapple this planet and it's people...
Cancer is not one single disease: Cancer is a large group of very different diseases. There will likely never be one cure for cancer. That's just not how cancer works. Not even "breast cancer" is one type of cancer, it's many types requiring different treatments. Secondly, cancer research is big business - there's always a way to make money off something that works, and either way, there are plenty of governmental grants in a lot of countries specifically geared towards such research should the pharmaceutical companies not want to fund it.
Also see this post from the Respectful Insolence blog by David Gorski (a breast cancer specialist): http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/0..._again.php and the links to his numerous posts about the same topic earlier.