Didn't Jimmy Carter just go into complete remission from what used to be a death sentence, stage 4 melanoma? It was in his brain and liver, and now it's undetectable. He's 91 years old and a decade ago he would have stood almost zero chance of recovery.

I'm sorry the situation is so bad in research, but it does produce miracles.

I am very happy for J. Carter, he is a class act.

But it is just one case.

My friend, a Ph.D. with 100+ publications in cancer research told me recently there has not been much progress in the last 30 years.

The drugs that helped President Carter has a 33% success rate for people in his condition. It's only been around since 2011 and brought the survival rate up from near 0%. That's some real progress.

Yep, the miracles are what draws people to the work in the first place, but they can't sustain people forever, generally. With enough lucky breaks, it's possible.