# Some one said to me that biology and medicine have not really change in the past 30 years **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** science-math\ **Created:** [August 12, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-said-to-me-that-biology-and-medicine-have-not-really-change-in-the-past-30-years/1005593 "2024-08-12T05:00:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 42
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This reminds me of some the threads **sweat209** created about lack on progress on a whole lot of fronts, including fighting cancer. There’s some good information (unfortunately wasted on that user) in those threads. > [@Is the war on cancer an utter failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-war-on-cancer-an-utter-failure/701769): > > Is the war on cancer an utter failure? In the past 15 to 20 years have there been any progress ( or just little bit) ? Is there any new stuff in lab shown promising results. Some of these web sites probably biased information seem to say the war on cancer an utter failure.These web sites may be biased information. I don’t know enough about it to say otherwise. [http://rense.com/general9/cre.htm](http://rense.com/general9/cre.htm)[http://www.nanomedicinecenter.com/article/how-much-money-is-spent-on-cancer-research/](http://www.nanomedicinecenter.com/article/how-much-money-is-spent-on-cancer-research/) > [@Is the war on cancer an ‘utter failure’?: A sobering look at how billions in research money is spent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-war-on-cancer-an-utter-failure-a-sobering-look-at-how-billions-in-research-money-is-spent/653155): > > I just found this news article today messy around with different news sites . I think medical breakthrough are kinda strange now here why. -lots of breakthrough with cloning has of late -lots of breakthrough with tissue engineering -lots of breakthrough with genetic engineering -lots of breakthrough understating genes -lots of breakthrough with stem cell -lots of breakthrough with bioengineering Finding new drugs to fight cancer , motor neuron disease , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AL… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-one-said-to-me-that-biology-and-medicine-have-not-really-change-in-the-past-30-years/1005593)._