• Yep. This.

      Same thing with reddit “hey there’s a cure for cancer and these ragtag students discovered this which will change the world!”

      5 years later

      “…”

      • @Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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        914 days ago

        Discovery gets bought for an obscene amount of money, NDA is signed, discovery is never spoken of again.

        • @Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world
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          1414 days ago

          This is very rarely the case. Almost always they come across some draw back, that makes it completely impractical, and 5-10-15- whatever, years pass without anyone overcoming said drawback.

          • @isyasad@lemmy.world
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            614 days ago

            Cancer treatment also has had lots of improvements but they aren’t newsworthy if they’re not the Cure to Cancer™️

            • @Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world
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              514 days ago

              Yeah, lots of people do not realize it is not one disease, it is unregulated cell growth, of many kinds, caused by many diseases.

      • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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        313 days ago

        Mostly because it was found not to be effective in trials, or it had some side effect that made it a bad idea. See thalidomide for an example of what happens when you don’t test properly.