This how medical studies work, because of ethics. First they prove it works on animals, which they did with great success. But before testing it works on humans, they must first confirm it is not dangerous, before they can ethically test for actual efficacy on a larger cohort.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I understand that's the sequence of events, but, my point is that this isn't worthy of a headline, not yet.

A safe drug that doesn't work doesn't matter. It only matters once it's proven safe and effective.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 12 points 2 days ago

It was successful on other primates, the chance that it will work exactly the same on humans is very high and worth the headline.