RiverDog wrote:Incredible breakthrough. Now, their next task will be gaining the confidence and trust of the African American and Hispanic communities. There's so much disinformation whacky conspiracy theories out there, and I suspect that they'll be more rumors and speculation that will start circulating about this one. The covid vaccines showed us how much mistrust and lack of understanding exists, particularly in the minority communities.
This could be a revolutionary break through as it could lead to cures or treatment for other genetic diseases that affect more people than sickle cell, like Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosus, etc.
This is a good example why I do not want to see drug prices regulated and profits of the evil "Big Pharma" restricted as there has to be a healthy profit motive in order to encourage companies to plop the millions of dollars of research and development into new medicines like this one. They have to make plenty of money on the drugs that successfully make it to the market to cover the costs of those that don't. These drugs are being developed by companies based in this country:
Over the past half century, the United States has been the birthplace of the majority of the world’s biomedical innovations.[1] Despite a global slowdown in the development of new medical interventions, due to the scientific shift towards more complex biologic treatments, innovation in the U.S. has remained relatively steady thanks to strong financial incentives to invest in research and development (R&D).https://www.americanactionforum.org/wee ... s-country/
American medical system is already regulated, badly. It's terrible right now. Sorry, I don't agree. Companies would still produce cures. Rich people and their kids get sick too. Money won't stop.
The reason America has been the big cure place is we may have a s*** lower education system, but we have an amazing university system. The CRSPR tech was developed in universities around the world. Many of these cures you tout as American made were developed around the world. They were commercialized in America because the American system pays the most money. The cures still make it around the world.
The two women that received the Nobel Price for gene editing. Both worked in many public universities and laboratories around the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Charpentierhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_DoudnaYou are basically advocating that people die if they can't afford these cures. That some person with a child with sickle cell should watch their child die or suffer if they can't afford this cure because you want an unregulated system, when you have little proof that the unregulated system we have now is what brings about these cures. Really, it just brings about immense profits for a handful of companies.
The cures are developed by scientists and organizations around the world. Europe is a huge place for cures to be developed as well. Cures depend less on how much money is circulating and more on how good your upper level university system is.
Even when one studies that chart, it doesn't take into account that the contributions come from a worldwide collective and that the United States is often taking credit for developments from a worldwide investment in research that gets monetized in America, often to the detriment of Americans who have trouble affording advanced therapies and medical care due to their terrible insurance system and inefficient, problematic regulation.
Sorry man, Sweden or German-style medicine is a far better way to go. Their people get better or at least equivalent care without the insane insurance system we use in America. I hope for regulation. I'm not happy that the Democrats have positioned themselves to be so crazy that they can't get anything done because they're busy worrying about people being misgendered, overselling environmental Armageddon, and defunding the police instead of coming up with a well-designed personal, portable insurance system that would help working Americans better afford medical care. And the Republicans have zero interest in better medical care for Americans. They would rather let the wealthy make their dough, get their kids fixed, and then let the working class go bankrupt getting sick.
I know this is another one of those subjects we'll never agree on. I would vote for a candidate that pushed through a Swedish-style medical system. Swedish has tons of billionaires and wealthy people. They are a well run, efficient country supporting their working people far better than America.
I invest in biotech quite a bit. Biotech companies from all over the world and often multinationals employing scientists from around the world. Medicine is a global business and Americans are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to health insurance.