Originally posted by Sable
People will never see this.
That's always the fear. But I mean, if you look at progress in medicine, the general public DOES see a lot of new technologies and cures. For example, I have a buddy whose kid is alive right now bc of a medical procedure that didn't exist 10 years ago. He's a working man like the rest of us...not exactly in the 1%, so to speak.
So I guess it's a matter of how quickly it trickles down, and what hurdles are in the way. But yeah, it does seem like a lot of this is either premature announcements (that need years more testing and vetting to be medically sound, which likely requires funding), or it's never seen or heard from again.
Originally posted by Sable
I don't consider vaccines cures. I consider a cure a cure. Like you have aids now you don't.
Right, they're medically different things. But a vaccine can actually be better imo, because it has the potential to wipe out a disease from the populace, which has actually happened with numerous diseases that we have vaccines for.
Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]Did the article mention any of the side effects of the drug? [/B]
Says clinical trials on humans start next year. So, no. We don't have any data on it yet.