Cures for Diseases Continued...

Hello all! Sorry I haven't been participating lately, our internet has been down & you know how long it takes Comcast to make house calls! Anyway, I was reading Jose's post about the "cure" for HIV. I was just going to say that I've been doing a lot of research lately on pharmaceuticals/medical research for a group project. From reading some of the material, scientists truly believe that many cures to deadly diseases will be found by 2010. Actually, they are pretty confident about cancer, because they've had some advancement in their research. Since I've started this class and begun reading books about fictional scientific advancements (The Speed of Dark, for example), I've started to think about the fact that it may not be long before all of the books we're reading ring true to reality. The number one pharmaceutical company alone spends $7.7 Billion dollars a year on medical research (that's a 2004 figure). That means that some real advancement could soon take place in these disease areas. I've been looking for the article I read about these potential cures, but I haven't yet found it. I will post it when I do. Just wanted to comment on that subject.

Ashley