20 Biggest Questions in Science

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14. Will we ever cure cancer?

One of the worst diseases to plague human life still has no cure. Many of its types are preventable though by following a healthy lifestyle and getting regular diagnosis so that even if you are inflicted, then it can be captured at an early stage where the chances of recovery are significantly higher. The issue is, cancer isn’t just one disease. Each type of cancer is different, and affects the body differently which means that we need to take care of each type separately and there isn’t just one cure for all types of cancer. This is a common misconception which many people have, especially when raising conspiracy theories such as big pharma trying to hide the cure for cancer when these companies would earn tens of billions easily if they gave out such a cure.

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