Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria

Post by jjallen » Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 5:52 PM UTC

jozvolskyef wrote: post #109

A conversation with my friend who was a dentistry student, ~2013. > [The friend, let's call her L, trying to dissuade me from drinking some fizzy drink] > J: But I won't get a cavity if the liquid doesn't touch my teeth. > L: Cavities are caused by the ensuing low ph environment, not by contact with teeth > J: Does that mean I can drink as much of it as I want as long as I rinse my mouth with water afterwards? > L, w…

Post by unsupp0rted » Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 5:53 PM UTC

imjonse wrote: post #77

They have a pitch deck lamenting 90% of US adults have cavities, and they are 2x likely to get untreated if you are poor, then propose to market this for 20k$/dose. Saving the world, again, startup style.

Post by jefftk » Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 5:56 PM UTC

boredpeter wrote: post #105

imjonse wrote: post #77

They have a pitch deck lamenting 90% of US adults have cavities, and they are 2x likely to get untreated if you are poor, then propose to market this for 20k$/dose. Saving the world, again, startup style.

$20k per dose Jesus H Christ. Rent seeking galore. Hopefully the patent has run out by now and others can get in on the action and make it affordable. There’s no way in hell this could possibly cost $20k. Is capitalism ever going to produce innovation that’s affordable to regular people again and not just benefiting the profiteering VC parasite class?

Post by anticensor » Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

konschubert wrote: post #118

queuebert wrote: post #80

The FDA requirements for the original clinical trial were wild: "...the FDA required them to find a cohort of 300 healthy 18-30 year olds who lived alone, not near a school zone, and had fully removable teeth." I can see why this makes sense, but no wonder they failed at enrolling the cohort.

Why the "not near a school zone"?

Post by luminouslow » Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

unsupp0rted wrote: post #121

bastawhiz wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Longevity biotech came from a similar milieu and has been doing very well They're doing well numerically when it comes to funding but is there anyone who has actually lived materially longer as a result of the field?

Ray Kurzweil will outlive us all, if taking 200 pills a day works: https://www.wired.com/2008/03/ff-kurzweil/#:~:text=He%20is%2... .