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daxorid on Feb 21, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Doctors in China Lead Race to Treat Cancer by Edit...

> treating cancer is insufficient motivation

The fact that the US unnecessarily hamstrings cancer research over dubious moral qualms clearly indicates that yes, treating cancer is itself insufficient motivation in this country.

IntronExon on Feb 21, 2018 [–]

What dubious moral qualms are you referring to?

vkou on Feb 22, 2018 | [–]

Things like requiring drug companies to conclusively prove that their treatments actually work and don't kill people when used as intended.

IntronExon on Feb 22, 2018 | | [–]

How monstrous! I too yearn for the halcyon days of thalidomide.

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