“Scientists have established huge numbers of links between particular diseases and snippets of DNA, but in the great majority of cases, this has not yet been translated into treatments that can help cure patients. These treatments will come - tomorrow, or the day after.” HelpingNumbersCasesParticularHugeTomorrowDiseaseScientistMajorityPatientCuresTreatmentLinksDnaHuge Numbers Author:Charles C. Mann
“To build public support for what they're doing, scientists are always going to say there is the prospect to cure all these horrible diseases, but they're cautious for the most part in saying when those cures will arrive.” SupportDiseaseScientistHorribleCuresCautious Author:Richard Ashcroft
“I have been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). It's a terminal disease with an average lifespan of two to five years post-diagnosis, and scientists don't know what causes it. ALS prevents your brain from talking to your muscles. As a result, muscles die. As a result, every 90 minutes people die. I am a person.” PeopleKnowsYearsPersonsHas BeensTwoDiesCausesResultsBrainTalkingFiveMinutesDiseaseScientistAveragePostsMusclesFive YearsAlsDiagnosisTerminalTerminal Disease Author:Steve Gleason
“British scientists say they have developed a super broccoli that can help fight heart disease. You know, if you want to fight heart disease, why don't you come up with a food people will actually eat? Like a super glazed doughnut.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantHeartHelpingFightingDiseaseScientistCome UpBritishHeart DiseaseDoughnutBroccoli Author:Jay Leno
“I think any supernatural hero today, whether he's a vampire, werewolf, a resuscitated mummy, whatever he is, is going to have to deal with the fact that scientists are going to want to catch him and study him. His big enemy is not going to be Dr. Van Helsing today, it's going to be the doctor who wants to put him in a lab and get his blood for what it can do to cure disease or grant immortality.” ThinkingWantFactsBigsTodayCan DoDealsEnemyStudyBloodHeroDiseaseDoctorsScientistCuresVampireImmortalityGrantsDrsVansDoctor WhoWerewolfLabsMummyVan Helsing Author:Anne Rice
“Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn't been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.” PeopleNeedsBelieveFactsProblemAbleLostI BelieveAnswersWorstExampleDependsDiseaseScientistEnvironmentalSolveAidsOur TimeDisappointedContemptPollutionHivEnvironmental Pollution Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“prejudice will always exist. So will sickness and disease, but that scarcely seems sufficient reason for telling our medical scientists to put on their hats, close up their laboratories, and give the spirochetes, bacilli and viruses a free hand.” GivingReasonHandsSeemsDiseaseScientistPrejudiceMedicalSufficientSicknessHatsLaboratoryViruses Book:Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro Source: Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro
“Animal experiments are no joke. Thank goodness scientists are finding better, more humane ways to develop treatments for cancer and other killer diseases.” WayAnimalGoodnessDiseaseFindingsJokesScientistCancerExperimentsTreatmentKillersHumaneHumane Way Author:Carol Leifer
“HIV/AIDS from converted from a lethal disease into a chronic disease because basic scientists' fundamental research was done that illuminated aspects of that virus and allowed the generation of therapies like antiretroviral therapies. And so now HIV/AIDS is not a lethal disease, it is a chronic disease.” DoneGenerationsDiseaseResearchAspectScientistFundamentalsAidsTherapyVirusesHivHiv Aids Author:Laurie Glimcher
“As someone who has spent many years marveling at the brilliant and painstaking work of the doctors, scientists and researchers at St. Jude, I can attest firsthand to the bone-deep commitment these men and women have made in their fight against disease. They are at it around the clock - every hour of the day, every day of the year.” MenYearsMadeI CanFightingHoursDiseaseMen And WomenCommitmentDoctorsScientistBonesBrilliantClockResearchersDays Of The YearMarvelingSt Jude Author:Marlo Thomas
“Think of a single problem confronting the world today. Disease, poverty, global warming... If the problem is going to be solved, it is science that is going to solve it. Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do. If anyone ever cures cancer, it will be a guy with a science degree. Or a woman with a science degree.” IfsThinkingWorldProblemTodayScienceGuyPovertyDiseaseDegreesResearchScientistImportanceCancerSolveCuresGlobal WarmingWorld TodayConfronting Author:Bill Bryson
“Conscientious and careful physicians allocate causes of disease to natural laws, while the ablest scientists go back to medicine for their first principles.” FirstsLawScienceCausesNaturalPrinciplesDiseaseScientistMedicineCarefulPhysiciansNatural Law Author:Aristotle
“Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives. We can do better.” FacesFormCan DoDiseaseScientistCancerCuresTreatmentDedicatedResearchersDiabetesAlzheimerKidneysAlzheimer'sKidney Disease Author:Michael Milken