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[Deadpool movie] Why were they giving terminal cancer patients the mutagen stuff?

With Deadpool his x-gene activated and he got healing powers which cured his cancer. I'm fairly sure Francis says he doesn't know which powers he'd get.

So if one of the subjects receives the treatment and gets ice powers or something, so what? They're still going to die in a few months and they're useless as weapons.

Why are they wasting resources on terminally ill people who most likely won't survive much longer even if they do happen to survive the treatment and get superpowers?
gpt
>Why are they wasting resources on terminally ill people who most likely won't survive much longer even if they do happen to survive the treatment and get superpowers?

Because those are the people willing to *volunteer* for the experiment in the hopes they will be cured.   These are people who are otherwise doomed, with terminal diagnoses. They're willing to try almost any experimental drug at this point. What they don't know is that in the fine print they're effectively signing up for torture with a slim chance of survival.