Honestly, at the rate technology is going, I think we could have big breakthroughs in medicine with cures for cancer and other dreaded ills in under 30 years. Yes, I understand this is a little optimistic, perhaps.
I read somewhere that scientists are now studying taking an RNA strand and altering it, then binding it to DNA in order to block a mutated or bade gene it is coded for. I dont know exactly the details but it seems pretty amazing.
How long do you think it will take for cancer? Or other diseases?
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You never know OP, we did go from propeller planes to rockets in less than 100 years. You just never know what you can do with science.
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It's kinda hard to cure Cancer. Your body is killing it's self.
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50 years
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Edited by Vicex: 1/20/2013 7:14:17 AMCancer? 30 years min. Right now many are looking at Glycolysis to understand better how cancer occurs.
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Already exists. Cancer is just to profitable.
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Edited by GT Stryker: 1/20/2013 5:02:20 AMThere's a very promising way to stop cancer, I think it's called,"anti-angiogenesis therapy," or something like that. It's where you cut off blood flow to the tumor, starving it.