The differences are vast between electronics and biomedical technology. We can create any system we want with a silicon motherboard with always expanding technology, whereas we're just now unlocking the code of the Human Genome.
But with the science of the fields set aside, pharmaceutical companies make their money from people being sick. If you cure the illness, you destroy the money flow. There's profit to be had if people are sick. Whereas, failing hardware would get you nowhere but out of business.
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The differences are vast between electronics and biomedical technology. We can create any system we want with a silicon motherboard with always expanding technology, whereas we're just now unlocking the code of the Human Genome. But with the science of the fields set aside, pharmaceutical companies make their money from people being sick. If you cure the illness, you destroy the money flow. There's profit to be had if people are sick. Whereas, failing hardware would get you nowhere but out of business.