Harvard Medical School faces grim financial future

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I don’t think ‘cure’ should be the hurdle. So, I’ll start with Harvard CRISPR research which was instrumental in bringing Casgevy for sickle cell disease to market. Not technically a cure, but it represents a dramatic improvement in patients, and may ultimately be a cure in some patients (studies ongoing and curing disease takes a long time and may not be possible in certain disease states.

I completely agree with this. Research that leads to treatments that extend life expectancy and dramatically improve quality of life is just as important as a ‘cure’. With the cutbacks in federal funding, maybe venture philanthropy will become more widespread. Here is the best example of the model: CFF Venture Philanthropy Model