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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

procon

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5. Its greed. Profits over people.

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Fri Sep 1, 2017, 05:59 PM

Sep 2017

Martin Shkreli, the poster boy for greed, showed us that some people will stop at nothing to make money. There are millions of unscrupulous con men just like him out there, bamboozling people every day.

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Cells from a woman's belly fat were injected into her eyes. Within months, she was permanently blind [View all] progressoid Sep 2017 OP

This was reported several months ago in the NEJM. People need to be wary of treatments that still_one Sep 2017 #1

This is a disgusting bastardization of real stem cell research Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #2

Hasn't 45 destroyed the FDA yet or is that next on his hit list? BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #3

Wait what? Lotusflower70 Sep 2017 #4

Its greed. Profits over people. procon Sep 2017 #5

"60 Minutes" did a segment on this, couple years ago. Archae Sep 2017 #6