
#AskAbhijit 108: Science, Physics, Tech, AI
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Is There a Cure to Cancer?
A new drug seems to a cure all cases of a certain kind of cancer, may be rect cancer. The reason why the pharmacygical industry would not want to release a cure to cancer, if it has been found, is because they are about making money. You cure disease once and for all, then you gain money only once. But if you keep on treating various symptoms, then you can keep on getting recurring payments from a person, from a patient, or a period of many years. There's still much more data that we need to see before we can come to any such conclusion. So that's my view on this. Scepticism, but hopeful scepticism, right?
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