> being pursued or optimized for making money, not healing patients
This is a strange complaint to levy on an article describing a real breakthrough.
> that's probably not going to lead to a patent that could potentially make someone very wealthy
Plenty of industry is focussed on dietary suggestions. Diets and supplements that augment one's electro-potential is an obvious marketing win. That said, it seems a local induced current or field would cure such problems more directly than fussing with diet, which causes a general effect across the body.
Our current so-called Healthcare system monetizes treatment, not cures. They make their money on treating you, not on getting you well, keeping you well or preventing problems. Unsurprisingly, we have a lot of chronic ailments -- because that's where the money is.
The wounds that don't want to heal for diabetes patients grow out of a general deterioration of the body chemistry generally. If we had a clearer idea of exactly where things go wrong, preventing the chemical states which foster wounds that don't heal would be a superior method.
Once the general body chemistry has deteriorated that far, fixing the current wound is merely fixing the presenting problem. It points to a much larger problem, one which will likely keep fostering new wounds that are resistant to healing and this general deterioration is likely to eventually kill them.
This is a strange complaint to levy on an article describing a real breakthrough.
> that's probably not going to lead to a patent that could potentially make someone very wealthy
Plenty of industry is focussed on dietary suggestions. Diets and supplements that augment one's electro-potential is an obvious marketing win. That said, it seems a local induced current or field would cure such problems more directly than fussing with diet, which causes a general effect across the body.