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Humans Have a Third Set of Teeth. New Medicine May Help Them Grow. (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Statements like this make me question why I even bother to subscribe to this forum.

Huntington's disease cured in 2025.

FDA throws out drug by March 2026.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Well that is a great example

The. BBC headline: CURED! CURED, I TELL YA!

Meanwhile in the article: its progression hasbeen slowed by 75%

Yeah, that is awesome still, but that is not cured. This sort of clickbait headlines are a prime example of the problem in /science and in science in general.

Everything needs to be a success, a revolution, something Mike dropping. Nobody wants gradual improvement anymore