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That just reads like fundamental research. I come out of IBM Research. Trying out ideas that no one thinks will go anywhere is just what you do. And when you succeed, it takes a while to convince anyone in the bureaucracy that there’s money to be made out of it, so things don’t go instantly from good idea to commercial. And in the case of medical, to the forefront of use. Fear of lawsuits and prevalence of lawyers slows down everything.
Some situations may well exist where people of bad character find financial reasons to hold back good ideas, but I’d bet they’re few and the majority of situations is just hidebound bureaucracy and fear of lawsuits.
But think of the relative simplicity and efficacy (specificity to tumor cells) compared to mucking about with radiation or small differences in oncological internal biochemistry.