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Originally Posted by vienna

As with most matters dealing with human health, look for the money: if there is a way to monetize the results of the experimentation, be assured the big pharma concerns will be there with open checkbooks to finance profitable results, exclusively patent profitable results, and maximize the rate of return for maximum profits. What almost inevitably and invariably results is a vastly overpriced end-product, excluding the benefits from those without sufficient economic standing and/or without sufficient insurance coverage to provide for the therapy. If the past foretells the future, it will be the "haves" in good health and the "have nots" suffering. Also, be assured the medical practitioners and insurance companies will squeeze the patients for all they can get also...


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Sad but true.