The $2.8 billion increase will go a long way toward helping us find cures for life-threatening diseases like cancer.

"I am sure that the potential of finding a cure for AIDS, malaria, cancer and other diseases are here in the biodiversity of the rain forest."

Throughout history, the world's scientists have found cures for polio, measles, smallpox and other devastating diseases.

Beyond academic centers, patient advocacy groups are also taking a much more active role in sponsoring or doing research aimed at finding cures for specific diseases.

But drug makers and biotechnology companies asserted that the Clinton plan would discourage investment in research to find cures for AIDS, cancer and other deadly diseases.

The space station will produce extraordinary science, Dr. Crouch said, but people should not expect miracles, like the discovery of finding quick cures for diseases.

I wouldn't ban molecular biology altogether, because it's useful in finding cures for AIDS, cancer and other diseases.

Similar genetic clues, called "markers," have also been found recently for several other less familiar diseases.

ANDi was created in the hope of finding a cure for complicated human diseases such as cancer.

These personal tragedies inspired Pasteur to try to find cures for diseases such as typhoid.