[melling]

I wonder if organizations with a living founder who has a specific disease are more effective at investing for cures.

Michael J Fox helps cures Parkinson’s:

https://www.michaeljfox.org/

Augie Nieto with ALS:

https://augiesquest.org/

[RealityVoid]

Reminded me of this comment I encountered on HN [1]. Leo Szilard invented his own Cobalt 60 treatment and cured himself [2]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11334660 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Szilard#Cancer_diagnosis_a...

[isseu]

Cure himself and discover a new cancer treatment? Wow

[dahauns]

Well, We're talking about Léo "I built the first nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi" Szilárd here... :)