Word: cures
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...foundation sees its role as filling the breach where the private sector is not addressing a crisis. The industrialized world's ailments, from indigestion to breast cancer, are already the focus of drug-company research. Cure a First World disease, and reap millions in profits. But cure a Third World disease such as malaria--the No. 1 killer in tropical climes--and there is hardly a penny to be earned. Those patients don't have health insurance. That is why the Gates Foundation has made finding a malaria vaccine a priority, along with eradicating scourges such as hookworm, hepatitis...
Ellison believes he does more good for society through his entrepreneurship, particularly his investments in biotech start-ups that he feels may have a leg up on finding a cure for cancer and other diseases. He has made cancer fighting a personal goal; his mother died from the disease...
...genetic genie is out of the bottle, and like nuclear power, it can be used for good or evil. Soon it may be possible for doctors to manipulate genes and cure terrible illnesses, but the knowledge also may allow insurance companies, employers and others to make critical decisions based on information gleaned from an individual's genetic code. There is a frightening potential for both genetic bigotry and a form of eugenics that the Nazis only dreamed of. DANIEL JOHN SOBIESKI Chicago...
Even if scientists figure out precisely how Alzheimer's destroys brains, it is not clear that they will be able to stop it. But it's also clear that no one will be able to treat the disease--let alone cure it--until they...
...have a memory problem. I have an information-overload problem. Information flows from the Internet, the telephone, the fax, the TV, movies and books. But the cure is cheap and simple: Remember what's important, and forget the rest. JUDY HORAN Omaha...