Eff Cancer - One step closer to a cancer free society

[dank69]

More promising results from mRNA vaccines, it seems they are now able to create a vaccine customized to your specific melanoma. Here's hoping this can be applied to all cancers and even other diseases in the very near future.

‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled

Excitement among patients and researchers as custom-built jabs enter phase 3 trial

www.yahoo.com

 

[Torn Mind]

Ill health is far too profitable for medicine to ever cure completely or give easy access to such a drug.

 

[manly]

F cancer, and RIP Bill Atkinson.

Bill Atkinson, Hypercard Creator and Original Mac Team Member, Dies at Age 74 - Slashdot

AppleInsider reports: The engineer behind much of the Mac's early graphical user interfaces, QuickDraw, MacPaint, Hypercard and much more, William D. "Bill" Atkinson, died on June 5 of complications from pancreatic cancer... Atkinson, who built a post-Apple career as a noted nature...

apple.slashdot.org

 

[lxskllr]

The cost of manufacture and testing will be around $1.3k. Cost to patient will be $170k.

 

[Brainonska511]

The cost of manufacture and testing will be around $1.3k. Cost to patient will be $170k.

Costs are pretty insane in the US, but part of how costs are decided (at least the list prices, and not the true prices people pay) is how much systems can save with X treatment vs existing standards. It isn't completely arbitrary. So how they decide to set a cost is often based on how much can be saved via reduced hospitalization, patients living the ability to work, people needing fewer ancillary meds...

At the same time, many people may not like healthcare as offered in some other countries, because their cost controls often come from telling companies "no". But then you never see the insurance company deny a claim because the doctor knows the med is not reimbursable, so they may not bother mentioning it.