silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoScientists May Be Able to Make Grapefruits Compatible With Medications They Currently Interfere Withwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down13cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoBecause making medication effective at treating the problem it was created for is more important than making it compatible with a single citrus fruit.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoPlus, I expect it’s probably easier/cheaper to modify a fruit than it is to make whole new classes of medications with the same effects.
Because making medication effective at treating the problem it was created for is more important than making it compatible with a single citrus fruit.
Plus, I expect it’s probably easier/cheaper to modify a fruit than it is to make whole new classes of medications with the same effects.