One such protein, IL-2, was once touted as a miracle drug but is so toxic it is not able to be used much.

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Patent a miracle drug, choreograph the pricing just right and you recover your sunk costs efficiently, earn a good profit and move on to your next miracle.

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It's a miracle drug for me.

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She does not go on about the cloned humans, chimeras, drug- or chip-driven zombies, miracle cures and genetically enhanced super-people that litter so many books in this field.

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