▲ 448 ▼ FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use CRISPR (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (6 children) I wonder why it's so expensive. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Emergent tech always starts out very expensive. Consider that the phone you probably posted this on is significantly more powerful than the first computers, which were several orders of magnitude larger and more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] chitak166@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] owlboy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You can't mass produce that. Challenge accepted. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Emergent tech always starts out very expensive. Consider that the phone you probably posted this on is significantly more powerful than the first computers, which were several orders of magnitude larger and more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] chitak166@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] owlboy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] owlboy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owlboy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. 😅 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thoughtorgan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You can't mass produce that. Challenge accepted. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You can't mass produce that. Challenge accepted. permalink fedilink source parent