So, on this absurd nonsense coming out of the Daily Mail and Seven News This Is PRELIMINARY Researchpic.twitter.com/1qMu0Ocs9t
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So, on this absurd nonsense coming out of the Daily Mail and Seven News This Is PRELIMINARY Researchpic.twitter.com/1qMu0Ocs9t
Health Nerd Retweeted 7NEWS Brisbane
You can even see that in the interview with the lead academic here. Note how he steadfastly steers clear of any claim beyond "we've seen some cool stuff in our labs"https://twitter.com/7NewsBrisbane/status/995950047530369026 …
Health Nerd added,
Every time a cool new molecule with interesting lab results comes out, we get stories about how it's going to Prevent All Diseasepic.twitter.com/76UTTVxGwF
In a decade, we may be seeing one or two interesting treatments from these pre-clinical trials in cells in petri dishes Only about an 8% chance of that, but it's a chance
Nonsense quotes like this are irresponsible. The media loves them because it's an authority making a grand claim, but the reality is that this molecule will almost certainly go on to be another marginally effective treatmentpic.twitter.com/kcTgJKoUMq
What's FAR MORE LIKELY than these scientists discovering the holy grail of medicine is that they've discovered another cool molecule that does interesting things in a lab, but which has limited/no therapeutic benefit in actual living people
Also worth noting that the current news stories appear to not be based on any new research, it's basically just a marketing promotion by the lab to capture fundingpic.twitter.com/WABpBfj8NN
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