It seems like cancer is the biggest thing we all think of when it comes to medicine and what we’d most like to eradicate from our species. So my question is phrased this way out of curiosity what the second worst thing medicine is currently trying to eradicate.
Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Atherosclerosis.
Aging in general.
Damn, imagine if politicians found the cure to aging. That’s the only thing that gets rid of them now.
Alternatively they would at least have a vested interest in not having the planet turn into a fireball.
Dementia and Alzheimer’s. Yeah that is a nasty way to go
I hope neurodevelopmental disorders would also get more attention. Although less people suffer from it than from aging-related disorders, when a child is born with a severe disease it affects not only the child’s life, but also that of parents and siblings. (I don’t mean neurodivergence, I mean severe disorders that prevent a child from being able to walk, communicate, and/or live in health).
In comparison with aging-disorders, so many good years of life are lost.