30 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwearyDoctor 27 Dec 2023 \ on: What's a mystery humanity can solve, but choses not to? Ask_SN
Basically anything that would destroy a given business model, where the business model in question has a grip on research.
Cancer comes to mind. Existing "therapy" consists of lifelong management with medication on which these companies have patents, so they can charge exorbitant prices for them. Medication that would actually make it go away comes up every few years as a "promising new approach"; then you never ever hear anything more about it.