Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed

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    1 year ago

    It’s a clash between scientists needing to be optimistic about their findings to maintain funding and real people needing it asap. We need to fund more medical research outside of for-profit corporations and increasingly expensive academia

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      Imagine if the research and development of treatments and vaccines for endemic pathogens and genetic disorders were… you know… socialized

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        I hear this argument all the time, but the majority of the major research comes from the US [1]. My inclination is that, because the US is for-profit, the cures are developed faster and the science is here. The socialized nations lack, it’s a fact, and it’s certainly not for a lack of resources

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      It seems like the COViD model worked pretty well. One of these days I’d like to better understand the process, but I believe it was something like ….

      Vaccine developed by private companies but with a lot of government funding but more importantly, massive contracts at a fixed price.

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      Outside of for-profit corporations and outside of academia? So neither the private sector nor the public sector? Who should do medical research then?