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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-27-09 03:35 PM
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2. Who is "they"?
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  -do you think they want to cure cancer? spanone  Jun-27-09 03:26 PM   #0 
  - Drug companies  Andy823   Jun-27-09 03:34 PM   #1 
  - Who is "they"?  Telly Savalas   Jun-27-09 03:35 PM   #2 
  - My question exactly  donheld   Jun-27-09 04:23 PM   #9 
  - Animal rights activists?  timtom   Jun-27-09 04:55 PM   #12 
  - Drug companies  Raine   Jun-27-09 09:22 PM   #21 
  - only if it can be marketed and profitted from.  SmileyRose   Jun-27-09 03:38 PM   #3 
  - Follow the dollars...  Frustratedlady   Jun-27-09 03:46 PM   #4 
  - Way too much money to be made in cancer. Big pharma would fold...n/t  monmouth   Jun-27-09 03:56 PM   #5 
  - Now that is really paranoid.  timeforpeace   Jun-27-09 04:02 PM   #6 
  - Nonsense  LeftishBrit   Jun-27-09 04:20 PM   #8 
  - yes- read up on the different ways cancer occurs and how hard it is to get rid of  stray cat   Jun-27-09 04:10 PM   #7 
  - do you think they want to prevent cancer????nt  create.peace   Jun-27-09 04:47 PM   #10 
  - They want to treat cancer, not cure it.  backscatter712   Jun-27-09 04:54 PM   #11 
  - A Moot Point  tucsonlib   Jun-27-09 05:08 PM   #13 
  - Cure? No. Peddle expensive, life-long treatment meds? Yes.  Sal Minella   Jun-27-09 05:35 PM   #14 
  - The big bucks are in long term treatment, so I find it unlikely, at least until we have single payer  Edweird   Jun-27-09 05:41 PM   #15 
  - For the most part, cancer research seems to be devoted to:  Berry Cool   Jun-27-09 08:34 PM   #16 
  - For me it comes down to one thing - Greed  TatonkaJames   Jun-27-09 08:40 PM   #17 
  - That's the same loony conspiracy theory behind global warming denial.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Jun-27-09 08:41 PM   #18 
  - You mean like Gardasil. It prevents the most common cervical cancers in women.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Jun-27-09 08:44 PM   #19 
  - Only if there's money in it  Raine   Jun-27-09 09:19 PM   #20 
 

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