• Aquila@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Can’t wait to see what bullshit conspiracy theory people make up about this like 5g causing cancer or vaccines autism lol

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      6 months ago

      You can’t afford it now. This tech is going to be something people can do in their sheds within a decade.

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    6 months ago

    Exa-cel, also known by its brand name Casgevy, received its first regulatory approval on Nov. 16, 2023 from the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to treat two debilitating blood disorders: sickle-cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later approved the therapy as a treatment for both disorders.

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    6 months ago

    Now lets watch this technology become prohibitively expensive unless you plunge into a millionaire debt.

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      5 months ago

      It’s prohibitively expensive now because it’s new. Why do you think it will only get more expensive?

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        5 months ago

        Because capitalism and corporations don’t care about the progress of humanity, they only care about making more money.