Name: Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill
Uploaded: 2015-10-06T15:40:00Z
Duration: 17 min 25 s
Description: Current medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee points to a future of medicine that will transform the way we heal.

Current medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee points to a future of medicine that will transform the way we heal.

Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill

Medicine has long relied on the idea that curing disease means targeting and destroying something harmful. Yet only 0.025 percent of the body’s chemical reactions are treatable with current drugs, leaving vast areas untouched. By shifting focus from pills to cells, organs, and even environments, healing becomes about restoring and regenerating rather than just eliminating. The discovery of skeletal stem cells that can rebuild cartilage and bone points to a future where therapies grow health from the inside out.

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Siddhartha Mukherjee: Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill