"Our cancer-killing pill is like a snowstorm that closes a key airline hub, shutting down all flights in and out only in planes carrying cancer cells," says the professor who has been developing the new drug over the past 20 years.
On the one hand, yes. The media always reports on the latest discoveries as miracle cures, even when they’ve only been tested on mice or in vitro and it’s still far far too early to tell if they’ll work in humans.
On the other hand, cancer is no longer a death sentence. Not so long ago it was. Now most people survive cancer, in some countries survival rates have gone up by as much as a third since 2000. And that’s not just due to prevention. Advanced cases, which were once considered terminal, are now curable.
On the one hand, yes. The media always reports on the latest discoveries as miracle cures, even when they’ve only been tested on mice or in vitro and it’s still far far too early to tell if they’ll work in humans.
On the other hand, cancer is no longer a death sentence. Not so long ago it was. Now most people survive cancer, in some countries survival rates have gone up by as much as a third since 2000. And that’s not just due to prevention. Advanced cases, which were once considered terminal, are now curable.