Cancer research is amazing:

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8. If one is wealthy or possesses amazing insurance coverage, it matters. Yes, it's an amazing technology but will...

...only reflect the value of human life in the sphere of extreme inequality.

I have peripherally studied the science in connection with my job, but no, it's not ready for the general public.

There are a number of treatments of this nature, including certain forms of gene therapy, on which I have worked.

It is very difficult to understand the economics of a treatment that costs close to a billion dollars to develop, when considering all of the regulatory and experimental needs involved for a treatment that may involve just a few injections to cure a disease for a single patient. From an ethical standpoint one is troubled to understand denying a curative treatment to anyone based on cost, but I confess, I like to be paid, I need to be paid, for what I do.

These types of products are known as "one and done."

For most of the world, this "breakthrough" won't matter. I actually have a huge problem with the abuse of the word "breakthrough" not just in the medical field, but in the energy field as well. In the end, it can lead to magical thinking. The way the media reports science is often disturbing to me.