How does cancer know it’s cancer? At Jay Bradner’s lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1 — and instead of patenting JQ1, they published their findings and mailed samples to 40 other labs to work on. An inspiring look at the open-source future of medical research.
I suppose some would use this as an argument against the ‘greedy’ pharmaceutical companies; but I don’t see it that way. By sharing this research they’ve allowed these so called ‘evil’ corporations to compete for uses of the discovered molecule. Sharing medical information is clearly a method of strategy over science and seems to be mutually beneficial for all parties involved.
Politics and business aside, I’m extremely excited over the fact that a molecule has been found that makes cancer forget it’s cancer.
I’m starting to believe more and more that I’ll see this debilitating, disgusting, disease come to an end in my lifetime; and I praise God for the science that making it possible.
