Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWith all the awareness and all the money given to curing cancer how come we never hear about scientists making at least incremental steps to cure it?message-squaremessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down13
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWith all the awareness and all the money given to curing cancer how come we never hear about scientists making at least incremental steps to cure it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squarekalapala@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 month agoYou probably live in some sort of a bubble as there’s news about new medications and treatments more than ever.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoI understand that those are meant to maintain it. I meant actually curing all types of cancer as a whole.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoTo put a slightly different spin on what the other guys said: Saying “cure all cancer” is like saying “cure all germs”. There’s just so many kinds and causes. It’s not one thing.
You probably live in some sort of a bubble as there’s news about new medications and treatments more than ever.
I understand that those are meant to maintain it. I meant actually curing all types of cancer as a whole.
To put a slightly different spin on what the other guys said:
Saying “cure all cancer” is like saying “cure all germs”. There’s just so many kinds and causes. It’s not one thing.