Why this is a big deal:
this mRNA therapy instructs the body to produce the specific fingerprints of the person's tumor and trains the immune system to hunt and kill it.
First time in a Phase 3 trial.
One way cancer grows is by hiding from the immune system and turning off attacking T-cells. This mRNA therapy provides the tumor's genetic fingerprint so that the immune system can train T-cells to identify the cancer. Keytruda then removes the brakes that cancer had put on the T-cells enabling them to eliminate the cancer.
@catturd2@elonmusk It is just a shame that @elonmusk keeps making Starlink worse for his user base. Punishing early adopters by removing global roaming and nerfing low priority. Tech should get better and cheaper, not more expensive and worse. It's a disappointment.
This is a fantastic little illustration of money and purchasing power. A 10-cent Australian coin sitting beside an ordinary steel washer.
At Bunnings today: 50 ร M8 zinc-plated washers: $8.60 = 17.2ยข each
Buy one galvanised M8 washer: 20ยข
Buy 200 zinc-plated M8 washers: $15.75 = 7.9ยข each
So depending on how you buy them, an ordinary washer can literally retail for considerably more than the face value of the 10-cent coin sitting beside it. Of course, drilling holes in coins isnโt the answer, but the picture makes a serious point. The coin hasnโt become smaller and the washer hasnโt become extraordinary itโs the purchasing power of our money has changed. Inflation isnโt just prices going up, itโs your currency actually buying less.