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Originally Posted by JustShakey
Hi neutrino,
Those of us who do this work are not in it for the money, trust me. Drug discovery is a very long, very expensive process. It can take 20 or more years to develop a drug. Start ups are completely reliant on funding until they have their own drug. Most start ups don't make it and most leads (potential drugs) never come to anything.
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Oh, I didn't mean that all people working with this are in it for the money.
Definitely not. Sorry if I made it seem that way! Not even all companies are in it for the money. However, a lot of companies are and
that's the problem. I understand that companies want to invest in something that is profitable, of course, but when that stands in the way of important things like this it becomes a problem (in my opinion). Do you know what I mean?
May I ask what you're working with? I'm curious. This might be a stupid question but do you reckon there's anything an undergrad like myself can do to help? I can't let this go. This whole antibiotic resistance thing.