🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPlastic-eating insect discovered in Kenyatheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down11cross-posted to: jingszo@lemmy.world
arrow-up1292arrow-down1external-linkPlastic-eating insect discovered in Kenyatheconversation.com🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: jingszo@lemmy.world
minus-squareSpruceBringsteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·2 months agoThis is one of those stories that pops up every year and nothing is ever done with it.
minus-squareDoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down3·2 months agoYep. 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 “…”
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 months agoDiscovery gets bought for an obscene amount of money, NDA is signed, discovery is never spoken of again.
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoThis 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.
minus-squareisyasad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoCancer treatment also has had lots of improvements but they aren’t newsworthy if they’re not the Cure to Cancer™️
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYeah, lots of people do not realize it is not one disease, it is unregulated cell growth, of many kinds, caused by many diseases.
This is one of those stories that pops up every year and nothing is ever done with it.
Yep. This.
5 years later
Discovery gets bought for an obscene amount of money, NDA is signed, discovery is never spoken of again.
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.
Cancer treatment also has had lots of improvements but they aren’t newsworthy if they’re not the Cure to Cancer™️
Yeah, lots of people do not realize it is not one disease, it is unregulated cell growth, of many kinds, caused by many diseases.