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Asked by mychemicalrxmance to Anna, Chris, Jane, Iain, Nick on 11 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by maeve12, bethanyh12, jjnsarson, .
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Anna Middleton answered on 11 Mar 2014:
Hi @mychemicalrxmance I think that every illness that has a genetic component will be understood in time. But whether you would want to cure everything is a different matter. Having difference and diversity in the world makes it an interesting place. I have a son with special needs and whilst he and us have a very hard time sometimes, he is a wonderful human being and I wouldn’t want him any other way. His condition is his identity, it is part of who he is. Some of the most amazing people in the world have had some of the most disabling conditions.
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Chris Cole answered on 11 Mar 2014:
Illness and disease are a fact of life – all life – so I don’t think it’s possible to cure everything. We will always be able to make our lives healthier, but there will always be something that biology will throw at us.
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Jane Charlesworth answered on 13 Mar 2014:
Like Chris said, I think new diseases will probably evolve so that when we cure one, another one will take its place. For example, we’re getting better at curing a lot of infectious diseases, so people live longer, which means they get things like cancer and heart disease instead. Also, as Anna said, a lot of conditions can be seen as parts of people’s identity-for example a lot of very creative people have mental health problems, but without those conditions they might be unable to do the wonderful work they do. Or people who can hear see deafness as a disease, but deaf people have a very different view of things.
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