How many Scientists does it take to find a cure for Aids or Cancer???

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Answer 1

Don't you understand . . . it is not the scientists . . but the fact that in order to find 'cures' . . you need to experiment on real live cancer patients. Just exactly how many cancer patients who are very ill for the most part are going to allow anyone to experiment on them?

Scientists and researchers just can't come up with a drug or treatment and take it down to the nearest cancer hospital and start giving it to people. Cancer patients need to volunteer . . . most do not volunteer . . so how are you going to know if a med or drug works if you cannot test it on human beings?

Do you know what Clinical Trials are? They are experiments. Patients who reach Clinical Trials are basically out of options. Many of them are ill and unable to undergo the trial for the length of time it takes to determine . . safety, dosage, and effectiveness.

So . . who wants to be first to volunteer? If not on chemo drugs . . how about complementary . . no guarantee its going to work, might make you worse, might not . . no one will know until they try. All drugs in the US must first be tested on real live human beings. If the drug doesn't do what it was intended it goes no further . . . which means that the cancer patient just spent about six weeks testing something that did not work. That often means that this patients cancer has progressed. Can science expect him to keep on trying the next med to see if that works or doesn't work.

On the one hand you have society demanding a 'cure for cancer' . . that we should have a cure because of all the money spent . . but no money is going to force cancer patients to be experimented on. Thus the process is slow, unless you want to start making advanced cancer patients into guinea pigs?

So . . who is next? Who here would allow themselves to be tested on to find the cure for cancer? Would you allow your child to do this or would you prefer that they be brought home on hospice care? Or your Mom or Dad . . would you allow experiments so that a cure for cancer could be found . . it would be a risk for them, but they might find a cure . . or would you want to spend quality time with your parents and not have them in a Clinical Trial?

It is not how many scientists it takes to find a cure . . it's how many cancer patients we, as a society, are willing to sacrifice in order to find that cure.

Keep in mind that every treatment that has been approved was built on the success and failures of testing it on real live volunteer cancer patients.

Answer 2

My sister in law is a chemical engineer working for a company currently working on treatments and cures for both of these diseases. I know she spends long hours in the lab away from her family pouring her heart and soul into this cause. She and her colleagues are brilliant people working very hard. There is no simple answer. There are many different strains of AIDS and forms of cancer. We have actually come a very long way in a relatively short time.

this company is actually pouring millions of it's own dollars into this research with no guarantee they will be the first to find the cure in which case they loose all that money. It truly is a race to find the cure first.

Answer 3

i believe there is a cure or much better treatment than what it being offered to the masses. unfortunately i think it's about money and power, especially in Africa.

Don't believe there's a cure/better treatment? Explain Magic Johnson to me. He's just as built was he was when he first contracted the disease over 15 years ago.

Answer 4

I heard a rumor that there are cures for both Aids and Cancer, but that the government does not want these disclosed because we are over-populated.

Don't know if it's true.

Answer 5

hi shelly...and i agree with panda. during my treatments/testings dif docs/oncologists had come to me asking me if i want to participate in dif types of experiments. paperwork w/ explanations included & their hopes for your signature. some including drugs some not. some just want blood samples & part of the tumor (breast cancer) that will be removed after surgery. cancer i believe in our lifetime will not be totally curable in a few simple steps. chemo for instance...doesn't know how to separate good cells from bad cells. therefore....it treats/kill good cells as well. that's when our tastebuds gets whacked, hair falling out, and affecting other major organs (at times) if you're not in good health to begin with. lucky for me i know how to drink a gallon of water at work every morning. not trying to get away from your question...i just believe it'll be many many years before anyone can give you the answer that's acceptable to hear. how i wish there was a better cure for that. if anyone can come up with a definite determination/distinction between cancer cells & good cells...it can get these docs/scientists closer to a better cure.

Answer 6

I think it will involve more Dr's than Scientists. The cure for both is probaby right at our fingertips. Just the right move by the right Dr. could have a cure at any moment.

Answer 7

There is probably no single cure.

Aids and Cancer are 2 different diseases and there are many forms of cancer.

However it just needs one to find the right answer for each!

Answer 8

All it takes is 1

Answer 9

This is Jerome's opinion. I think there is a cure for both but due to Money I believe there is a hold out.

More research, more testing. This costs money and the longer it's held out the more money can be given and made.

Answer 10

wow thats what i think too. jerome is right. they kno how to cure it. its just that if they cure everyone the specialists will not have any patients to cure anymore and they will lose lots of money.