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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, it's like if you lose the ability to walk, a wheelchair is the treatment, while spinal reconstruction would be the cure?

That just shows we’re nowhere near the technological advancement needed to develop actual cures—we’re still at the wheelchair stage for most illnesses.

[–] Maalus 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most of the answers to why a specific drug works are "we dunno but we tried it, compared it to people who didn't get the drug and these guys got better". Medicine is crawling right now and I would love to see it run.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Even going so far to use male mice for experimenting exclusively due to fluctuations of female hormones during cycle (which fuck up statistics)... In some cases leading to less effective medication for women than men.

Guesswork at best...