Thorn
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That is correct. You'd also have to consider the vast number of people who are working on different aspects of cancer. I posted before, probably earlier in this thread, that cancer is a catch-all term that includes many different types of malignancies that have different origins, affect different organs, and have very different responses to treatments. The "cure" itself may end up being a gene treatment; for now we just have to address the symptoms and whatever we can do to limit those factors that can trigger the onset of a malignancy.
The common cold is a virus that, like the flu, mutates very quickly and thus we haven't been able to develop an effective vaccine. There are a host of preventatives (get adequate rest, take Vitamin C supplements, minimize your physiological stress -- e.g. cold exposure, as well as other forms of stress, which can weaken an immune response). Treatments for cold symptoms also seem to be quite effective, though you do have to find the one that works for you.
So far as marijuana goes, from a scientific point of view the situation is in part the same as with cancer and other biological research. There are too many people working on this, and publishing in scientific journals -- nothing is being suppressed. This stuff is funded either by NIMH or NIDA, depending on which institute you apply to for funding.
Frankly, the prospect of a Nobel prize is far more attractive to a scientist than anything the corporate world could offer.
