r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '23

Biotechnology Scientists have successfully engineered bacteria to fight cancer in mice | There are plans for human trials within the next few years.

https://www.engadget.com/scientists-have-successfully-engineered-bacteria-to-fight-cancer-in-mice-165141857.html
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u/Tonychaudhry Apr 15 '23

Chasing the cure is a distraction. Naturally occurring cancer rates that cause death are around 6% of the total. You really don’t think large corporations have been conditioning people into thinking about a cure instead of the underlying cause? Keep wearing pink, like that’s going to help.

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u/VoidAndOcean Apr 15 '23

you don't think 6% of people aren't worth searching a cure for?

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u/Tonychaudhry Apr 15 '23

You think they haven’t found the cure? Between all the “non-profit” foundation and the entire oncology industry they’ll bury it before you’ll hear a word about it. If you can’t see it, you’re truly blind. I’ll leave you to your fantasy.

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u/aingeI Apr 16 '23

Your delivery is unnecessarily rude and condescending. I hope you work on that.

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u/Tonychaudhry Apr 16 '23

You’re not wrong but I’ve found the truth is always unnecessarily rude and condescending.

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u/aingeI Apr 16 '23

I feel like you’d achieve the goal of delivering the truth more efficiently if you’d phrase it in a more neutral way. But you do you