Comment on FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use CRISPR

chitak166@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SCB@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Emergent tech always starts out very expensive.

  Consider that the phone you probably posted this on is more powerful than the first computers, which were several orders of magnitude larger and more expensive.

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  • chitak166@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, great points. Economies of scale have not kicked in, and I’m sure there are plenty of inefficiencies with the technologies they’re currently using.

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    • owlboy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It would be neat to know precisely what parts are expensive. Broad generalizations about how prices on goods go up and down aren’t quite as interesting. 😅

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      • thoughtorgan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        CliniMACS plus/prodigy, LOVO, G-Rrex and other expensive instruments.

        Grade B suites with grade A BSC’s and all the trained personnel to work on it.

        Shit costs a lot of money.

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• thoughtorgan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Manufacturing costs alone are insane. I work in biopharma, specifically manufacturing.

  Most of these drugs you see on headlines are made from the blood of the patient. You can’t mass produce that.

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  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can’t mass produce that.

    Challenge accepted.

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