[HN Gopher] New nanoparticle therapies target two major killers
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       New nanoparticle therapies target two major killers
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2025-03-31 14:18 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.science.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.science.org)
        
       | pwdiscflatmajor wrote:
       | Science and AAAS are killers?
        
         | throwawa14223 wrote:
         | That's how I read the headline at first.
        
       | ceejayoz wrote:
       | I suppose we'll have to hope researchers overseas complete the
       | work.
       | 
       | https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/federal-funding-for-m...
       | 
       | > Federal support for mRNA vaccine research appears in jeopardy
       | after KFF Health News reported Sunday that officials at the
       | National Institutes of Health have directed scientists to remove
       | all references to the lifesaving technology from their grant
       | applications. All such research is now under direct scrutiny from
       | health secretary and long-time anti-vaccine advocate Robert F.
       | Kennedy Jr.
        
         | nimbius wrote:
         | Chinese scientists under the steadfast leadership of the
         | communist party of China will gladly undertake this important
         | scientific research.
        
           | rbanffy wrote:
           | There is a point to be made in favor of political stability.
           | 
           | One of the great things in Ireland is the list-based voting
           | that punishes extreme viewpoints and policies. OTOH,
           | sometimes we need politicians willing to make unpopular
           | choices, and our system makes that more difficult.
           | 
           | China, IIRC, has a different concept, one where a person
           | can't be a candidate to a position more than one level higher
           | than the highest one they were previously elected for. This
           | prevents anomalies like Trump, and seems to be a very
           | sensible approach (if coupled with a couple extra freedoms
           | and multiple parties).
        
       | moffkalast wrote:
       | _in mice_
        
       | fnord77 wrote:
       | so how long until clinical deployment?
        
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