Word: cures
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...starting to turn to the lesser-known autoimmune diseases. Remicade, for example, helps alleviate the intestinal inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease, and drugs against the potentially systemic disorders scleroderma and Sjogren’s syndrome are well along in clinical trials. None of these treatments is a cure, of course, but anything that can put the brakes on a runaway immune system has to be considered a good start...
...easy to design drugs that choose their targets this efficiently. In fact, it’s so difficult that drug companies have hardly ever tried. They’ve relied instead on trial and error, testing hundreds of potential drugs in animals to find a few that actually cure without killing. But these molecular crapshoots are terribly wasteful, which is why drug designers are today turning to a computer science known as bioinformatics to fuel their endless quest for newer drugs and better targets...
...small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
...think America's drug policy is the single most mistaken public policy we have in America," he said. "The cure is indisputably worse than the disease...
...good news, say experts, is that recovery is still possible after multiple relapses, although whether or not serving jail time has a beneficial effect is hotly contested. "Addiction," says Leshner, "is a chronic illness, just like high blood pressure. We can't cure it, but we're getting better at managing it all the time." So while Downey's situation looks very bad at the moment and for the immediate future, it may not be entirely hopeless...