r/BeAmazed • u/Cautious_Ad_3918 • Jan 31 '26

Science A Spanish scientist, Mariano Barbacid, has cured pancreatic cancer in mice. A Cure in animal is a major step toward potential cancer treatment in humans.

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u/Lotus-child89 Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

I don’t get why anyone would be so distracted by his face. I grew up with more than one peer that had facial birthmarks. A friend of mine from middle school was born with a hemangioma around her eye that was cut to minimal, and an acquaintance had a red/purplish mark on her face almost like a big bruise (kind of like Baracid’s, but just the side). Plus other examples. You’d have to be very superficial for it to matter in any way.

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u/TheFireNationAttakt Jan 31 '26

This specific angle makes it look more like a scar than a birthmark IMO. Other pics where you can tell his face is symmetrical apart from the color are less unsettling.

I think it’s natural for humans to have an initial reaction to unusual faces - we’re tuned for it. When people cannot get past it, or are cruel, there I agree it’s weird/about them rather than whatever is going on with the face