by Henri Zimand

Created on: January 09, 2009   Last Updated: May 01, 2010

Cancer is not one illness as most people might think. When we speak of Cancer research it is researching in thousands of different cancers and that is the major challenge.

There are several basic cancers , but each one has hundreds of different cancers depending on the DNA of a person.We have improved tremendously in the research and medicine that we have today compared to what existed ten years ago,

Cancer has increased tremendously in the last few years and has become a major problem, the origins are still unknown , but most people have cancer cells in their bodies but they don't necessarily need to come out or be exposed. Genes is a very important factor and those people have naturally more chances of getting cancer. Another cause of cancer is the pollution we have brought to our world in foods in air in wastes.

So no Government should not fund cancer research but they should organize cancer research much better. Money has been pumped enough into the research and there is enough money. Governments should deal in two distinct ways and that is to co-ordinate all this money in better research. If governments would in each country put the different researchers together and co-ordinate their research in one major lab we would get better and faster results, and the money spent would be half of what is spent today.

The lab would be one big one with all the machinery all could share and you would not need hundreds of such labs in each country and that is where governments should intervene. The results would be much faster and better and we would find cures that are better and cheaper for all people in the world.

Another point which is very important and where the government should be involved but not with money is to research what causes cancer , the food , the air , the pollution , the electrical and radio waves anything and everything that could cause such disasters that did not exist hundreds of years ago to such extent.

Governments have not shown me evidence of really dealing with human problems but letting foundations collect money and let them deal with the research and the challenge is that too many foundations exist that deal in the same field. So time has come to use this money more wisely and co-ordinate research and how the money is spent and that is the only thing where governments should be involved.

It is up to donors to let their voice be heard and to force governments to be better active in dealing with research and making legislation that will save a lot of money and bring better results faster.

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