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Phoenix5869 t1_j1mqlbz wrote

Reply to comment by pigeon888 in 100% Survival – Tiny Swimming Robots Can Treat Life-Threatening Cases of Pneumonia by pigeon888

Claiming to have working reliable nanobots is up there with claiming to have the cure for cancer, paralysis, alzheimers, diabetes etc. Also its in mice which doesn't translate to humans a lot of the time

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pigeon888 OP t1_j1mrewn wrote

Ye I posted it with the orginal headline of the article which does overhype the research results.

Still, it is on the forefront of the tech atm.

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Nerdler17 t1_j1mtrzw wrote

That's not comparable in the least.

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Phoenix5869 t1_j1muslk wrote

They've been talking about nanobots since the 2000s and it still hasn't materialized. Same with cancer, diabetes etc. We keep hearing about "miracle cures" and yet nothing seems to come of it.

downvote me all you want but it wont make it any less true :)

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pigeon888 OP t1_j1mvftp wrote

Well if you broaden the lens to nano-technology then there have been impressive applications, such as mRNA Covid Vaccines and a even a few Cancer success stories.

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Nerdler17 t1_j1mvtdb wrote

Doesn't mean they are comparable discoveries.

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Ishynethetruth t1_j1pz5cs wrote

You are right. There are people making billions by preventing a disease why would they cure it. These announcements are not for us and for their donations services. I’m sure they can use more money

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turnip_burrito t1_j234718 wrote

The cure for cancer has been found? Source?

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turnip_burrito t1_j238tdw wrote

This is all hypoheticals, it means very little.

Here's more hypothetical imagining: I have never heard any academic talk about a cure for cancer. I don't know how such a secret could ever stay secret in such a large community when the prestige and moral smugness of any individual that spreads it, even secretly, would be immense. I can also imagine world leaders have regular cancer screenings and tend to catch it early, but I also don't know the average age of cancer deaths and rates of remission, rates of world leaders. It could be believable that they survive for these reasons, I imagine.

Now we've both imagined reasons for why and why not a cancer cure would remain secret.

What about the facts? Cancer is scientifically caused by a whole bunch of different things, and is very complex. We are still publishing new research (leading world class research) on understanding the mechanisms, and confused and scratching our heads in many cases. Labs worldwide basically burn money to research this. Biochemistry is a bitch and a half to understand, and another bitch and a half to develop technology for.

In order to believe "a cure for cancer" only available secretly to the elites exists and is being withheld for commercial reasons, I want a source, not hypotheticals. What is the name of the cure? How does it work? Prove it or no one will believe it exists.

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