Question

Why do we still no have a cure for the common cold, and expect to find a cure for cancer?

Answer 1

MERIKA

Answer 2

its because caner is life threating and the common cold is not

Answer 3

cancer*

Answer 4

Because there are numerous strains of rhino virus responsible for common cold, also viruses use hosts machinery to replicate, so if u want to kill them u'll have to kill the host cell. So it is in general quite tough to find a cure of viral diseases

Answer 5

Hoot Hoot and Bravo for putting up this question @historybuff69 !

Answer 6

but to cure cancer, you have to find a way to regulate mitosis, which i think would be more difficult.

Answer 7

No, u just need to kill the cancerous cells via chemotherapy or radiotherapy or remove them via surgery.

Answer 8

Uncontrolled mitosis occurs in cancerous cells only and not in each and every cell. Though its quite tough to cure cancer in final stages

Answer 9

but all the cancer is, is mitosis being done repeatedly over a short period of time.

Answer 10

what are you trying to say in this question?

Answer 11

i don't think it is curable, and if it is, it is a very long way off, and i think we should take things one step at a time.

Answer 12

what's not curable ?

Answer 13

a cure to the common cold or cancer?

Answer 14

cancer, or the cold.

Answer 15

i think he means the cold ab

Answer 16

cancer is treatable as previously stated in the replies

Answer 17

well cancer is curable if diagnosed in initial stages, u know benign cancer and malignant cancer ?

Answer 18

it is treatable, but is it really cured.

Answer 19

and do u know contact inhibition ?

Answer 20

ab why is it harder to cure in the later stages is it because the cancer spreads to other parts of the body?

Answer 21

ohkay..what do u understand by the term cure and treatment ?

Answer 22

ive seen some conspiracy theorist website that our gov't created cancer, can you believe that bs!

Answer 23

yes u r ryt @goodkylekiller

Answer 24

yeah

Answer 25

well, i dont really have any idea about this @historybuff69 !

Answer 26

I answered ur question that why it is tougher to find a cure for common cold or HIV than cancer :)

Answer 27

Hippocrates was the first to discover many cancers.

Answer 28

OK irrelevant comment

Answer 29

just a fun fact.

Answer 30

a hippos milk is pink

Answer 31

i didn't know that

Answer 32

do you know what caused the johnstown flood of 1889?