c/science · by overstep8556@jlai.lu · 13d

Possible skin cancer vaccine shows promise in late stage trial. Moderna stock skyrockets

https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/general/possible-skin-cancer-vaccine-shows-promise-in-late-stage-trial-moderna-stock-skyrockets/ar-AA2atTmK

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DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 13d (3 replies)

And, those who knew about the announcement beforehand are making bank.

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 31 pts · 13d (2 replies)

Aka insider trading

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 13d (1 reply)

That’s legal in the US now, as long as you paid the subscription.

Tiral@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 11d

Sure, make 5 million get fined 500k and go about your way.

Thorry@feddit.org · 23 pts · 13d (1 reply)

It's so terrible that the stock jumps up on news like this. All of those assholes already rubbing their hands going: "Yeah, we're going to make so much money from cancer patients. Fuck yeah, bleed em dry the suckers".

Instead of a rational world where we make sure these kinds of companies or labs are doing good and have money to do their thing. But once a new drug is developed we make sure we can produce it cheap and safe in enough quantities for patients to get treatment.

There's absolutely no need for the insane profits we're seeing recently. We can run the world just on normal profits. The CEO would still be a millionaire, the fat cats would still be fat. But we can make sure everyone has access to stuff they need without going bankrupt. Or in civilized countries, without our collective money flowing into big pharma companies (and especially the owners, higher ups and shareholders).

As a species we've lost our damned minds.

terabyterex@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 12d

small correction.. this isnt for cancer patients. it's a vaccine. if you already have it, this wont take it away

renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net · 14 pts · 13d (10 replies)

This is hopeful news for people who unfortunately already have skin cancer.

However, even if this were to be successful and accessible, prevention is still always superior to treatment. Wear sunscreen folks! There’s like a million reasons why it’s good for your skin.

SolSerkonos@piefed.social · 9 pts · 13d (9 replies)

I had a lady tell me that sunscreen gives you skin cancer. She was a nurse that quit during COVID because she refused the vaccine. That was a miserable conversation.

renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net · 6 pts · 13d (1 reply)

I really hope she no longer works in healthcare.

SolSerkonos@piefed.social · 1 pts · 11d

No. Now she works with me. Happy days.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 12d (5 replies)

Most sunscreen formulas contain dihydroacetone, a which is known to damage DNA.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38867704/

The zinc or titanium ones are much safer. The right answer is avoid peak sun and wear sun clothing.

SolSerkonos@piefed.social · 3 pts · 11d (4 replies)

Is.. that study not about damaging DNA if inhaled? I do not often inhale sunscreen.

Plus, DHA is used for tanning. Not exactly sunscreen.

WolfLink@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 11d

It’s hard not to inhale a little if using the spray kind

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 11d (2 replies)

it's used in tanning lotions. If you smear chemicals on your skin, they get ingested.

Crush some garlic in the palm of your hand. You'll taste garlic.

SolSerkonos@piefed.social · 2 pts · 11d

Yeah, I'm not using tanning lotion. I'm not talking about that. And they might get ingested- I don't.. really agree with that, but even if that's true they won't get inhaled.

Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 11d

No, that's not how ingestion works

daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 11d

There is this football player, very famous, he was on the wining world cup team. That's a solar cream negationist.

He has videos saying that people needs to make solar callus taking sun all the time and they won't get cancer.

If you ask me he should be in jail, he is going surely to cause many deaths.

But here we are, the new crazy people bogus is that solar cream is somehow something bad.

acosmichippo@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 13d (4 replies)

yet somehow people think "big Pharma" is hiding "the cure for cancer" because they make more money from chemo and shit. "big Pharma" is not a monolith - the developer of the treatment (and stockholders) would make tons of money from it.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 11d

Cancer is over 300 different diseases.

ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 12d (1 reply)

But only until the patents expire. They'll run out of cancers to fix and then the money train is over. Not curing things pays off forever.

Also, if a cancer treatment that cures you is $200, 000, but a cancer treatment that might put you into remission or might cause you to die costs $175,000, your insurance company will only help pay for the $175k one.

Unless a CEO was recently shot.

ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 12d

When advantageous to your position, I am 100% sure that you would say that they only care about next quarter. But now companies care about decades in the future when oatents expire?

chunes@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 11d

I'll say this over and over until I'm dead.

If you want people to stop believing conspiracy theories about the health industry, stop making it so damn easy.

sudoer777@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 11d

Sweet another stock to invest in, wait this is about stocks correct?

antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -5 pts · 12d (10 replies)

And maybe now doctors can admit that the sun is beneficial to human health?

ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 12d (4 replies)

Huh? Are you an idiot?

antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 12d (3 replies)

Stay in the darkness indoors, it’s your choice my friend.

Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 11d (2 replies)