[healthystealthy]

One difference with Livly is the type of research being done - harnessing the innate immune system to develop a true cure, as opposed to developing a vaccine or a way to marginally increase the lifespan of someone with cancer, for example.

A lot of money has been spent on cancer research... The NIH estimates over $157 billion, and that was in 2002. There has been little progress. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed6&...

It's not simple enough to say that spending more on cancer will result in the same amount of progress. A little can go a long way in the right hands. That is the case with Livly. It's a self-funded startup focused on a cure, not on being published or getting publicity.