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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:52 AM Original message |
WP: Cancer Research in Danger |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:00 AM Original message |
It's a big deal here |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's another misleading hype. Everytime resesarchers want more pay |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. What pay? About only 5-15 % of grants get funded now. |
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Sacajawea (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Would you like to be offered $27,000 a year with 18 years' experience |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You are so right. All that money IS NOT going to the folks doing the |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. With the budget cuts, you won't have |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. sick people are a drain on the empire |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. So are "researchers." n/t |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Well, it's true. Research is not necessary. Education is not |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 03:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Neanderthals (and Cro-Magnon) DID manage perfectly well |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
54. My father in law is participating in a program that is about to lose its |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Leave all the research up to Big Pharm! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Big Pharma isn't interested in curing disease |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. The pharmaceutical companies are not taking away NIH money. |
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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Bushco plan to fix Social Security |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The Pres must be scared to death that someone might find a drug that will |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. I think he could care less whether someone can find a cure or not. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I don't think he would care about them personally either ,but |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Bush needs money to fight in endless wars. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. When it has to do with Research then Bush would kill it!!! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. He is already doing a hell of a job in destroying research. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Don't compete with big Pharma. The market will take care of cancer - |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. At least when one has cancer it's almost certain that one knows |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Big pharma doesn't look for cures, only treatments. |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I don't buy that. |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yes, I'm aware of all of that. But most of the basic research into drugs |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The pharmaceutical companies are unfortunately meeting their |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Thanks, megatherium. I think we agree more than disagree. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. What on Earth do pharmaceutical companies have to do |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Like all government branches that have brilliant public servants & expert |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Bushies know it's cheaper for cancer sufferers to die |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. This has been today's "Culture of Life Moment" |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Trouble is, Cancer's kind of a sacred cow |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The only sacred cow for Bush is department of defense. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Cancer is a Sacred Cow until you get it. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. If more was spent on wellness oriented research & initiatives |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. All NIH budget is a drop in a bucket compared to what we |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. The problem is the limited resources for science & health. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. All research is in danger. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. it is all about the Pill Corporations preventing ANY CURES so they can |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. The pill corporations have nothing to do with it. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. it is both, campaign contributions were forcing cuts before the war |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Before the war, NIH had no cuts. It's budget had doubled under |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Big Pharma doesn't want cures and vaccines. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It doesn't have anything to do with big pharma. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
38. They really do want to kill us, don't they? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. Settle, people! |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. I realize that this is a rotten thing to say, but... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. We are spending the money elsewhere-Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 10:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You are not going to save a lot of money on cancer research. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. "Development of adeolescents into adulthood (especially boys)"...WTF does |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. Curious. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
51. Faith-based science and privatized research. What a surprise. |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-08-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
53. the smart people of Europe or Japan should be doing this |
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