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SPark wrote:
*laughs* Now I think maybe you are being too cynical!
Maybe he wrote it because he felt that singling out the possible obstacles in the way would prompt more people do do something about it? After all, I didn’t post and pass along the two totally positive articles on it that I saw before seeing this one, did I? I read them, went “cool, I hope that works out,” and thought nothing more of it.
But seeing somebody telling me this great cure needed to be brought to people’s attention, needed me to do something about it, prompted me to share the news.
Perhaps that was the intended result? Bad news travels faster, after all!
You make an excellent point and yes my comment was rather cynical of me *chuckle* I can be cynical with the best of them!
SPark wrote:We can create a cynics club then. Anybody else want to join?
Anyone who is interested is going to think we are just asking to be polite 😉
I guess I would join. I think the writer of that article is way off base and fuelled the article from emotion instead of basic facts. Before any drug can be offered it needs to go thru extensive double blind studies, not to mention FDA approval. Plus, let’s not forget that pharma companies back other drugs then just the biggies that still have thier patents. Take Novartis for example, they fund veterinary drugs, contact lenses, and many many over the counter(OTC) medications.
My husband works for a pharma company so I see the other side of things too.
I sent the link to our resident “scientist”, one of the translators who specializes in the very medical stuff, and she had heard of it through a scientific TV program (Découverte), so the word is out there!
Pharmas will definitely research this at one point, I’m sure. The problem with stuff like that is that it look very promising, but then studies show that it’s not as effective as anticipated or too many side effects, etc. I work for a research pharma company, and it’s actually very common for a promising compound to end up in the “garbage”. Very discouraging for researchers…
But once in a while, a true breakout is made. Let’s hope this is one of those.
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmBut they’re already using this on humans to treat something else.
How many bad side effects could it have, if it’s already been approved for a different use?
SPark wrote:But they’re already using this on humans to treat something else.
How many bad side effects could it have, if it’s already been approved for a different use?
It could be anything, since we don’t know the specifics, but I can hazard a guess that if the treatment lengths are different, any drug can be beneficial for one period of time but dangerous or even lethal after that. Or it could be safe when used topically but could cause damage if ingested or placed internally, which would be necessary to treat organ cancers.
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