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tonymmorley OP t1_itu51sr wrote

Reply to comment by Mokebe890 in Merck pays Moderna $250m for personalized cancer vaccine by tonymmorley

Well, there's some good news hidden in the data. Cancer rates will continue to rise, this is largely due to an aging population with a high life expectancy. On average, cancer is still a +50 disease. The fact that we're still making progress with an aging population is indicative of more progress than it looks. Travel back 100 years, and cancer rates were not as high, not because it was a synthetic chemical-free world, but rather because average life expectancy was not as high.

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Mokebe890 t1_ituamvx wrote

Sure, and by no mean Im not happy about that. But we won't get much further with simple medicines. mRNA tech and tweaking our genes will prevent and treat cancer, which no lifestyle adjustments, medicine and other stuff will achieve.

Universally, the best way would be to adress aging itself as root od every disease and just cure aging as disease, reversing our bodies to youthfull state.

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Elibomenohp t1_itw7skc wrote

If you keep spreading the good word then you are going to drive demand up and price yourself out of tinfoil.

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LayerTasty t1_itw9bsl wrote

and why would i need tin foil? i cook on cast iron

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Mokebe890 t1_itwzkx1 wrote

Holy crap you really believe that? Cancer is literally random mutations that occur in your body through DNA malfunction. And pretty everything alters it, even your body as your age because there is more replication errors.

All you have to do is bioengineering body to youthfull state and fight cancer by repairing DNA, not some nature bullshit you say.

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Electrical-Bed8577 t1_itwnc4u wrote

"A +50 disease"? That's just because they keep saying, "you're too young to have that!" and finally diagnosing it 30 years later when it's totally obvious and maybe too late to do anything about it.

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