| ▲ | lloydatkinson 13 hours ago |
| - HIV/AIDs - Cancer - Tooth regrowth It feels like it won’t ever be done for some reason |
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| ▲ | alphager 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Cancers have had extremely effective new treatments developed for in the last ten years. Depending on the type of cancer, we now have cures or treatments that stave off death for years. My wife has a rare type of cancer with not much research thrown at it, and even her type of cancer went from a median time of survival measured in months to several years. |
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| ▲ | EvanAnderson 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Tooth regrowth is something I was really hoping for. I abused one of my molars. After years of efforts (repeated fillings, a crown) to stave off losing the tooth it finally had to come out last month. Now I'm waiting for the bone graft to "take" before getting an implant. I was hoping I'd waited long enough for tooth regrowth to become "a thing" but I have not. (Should have taken better care of it when I was younger and not ignored the massive hole that was growing in it. Chalk it up to a bad dental experience as a child and 25+ years of avoiding dentists as a result...) |
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| ▲ | dijit 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | In the same boat as you, maybe less years behind you than I’d like to believe. Just in case you need someone to, y’know, empathise with you. I have a lot of people in my life who don’t understand why I don’t just go to the dentist | | |
| ▲ | EvanAnderson 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | The anxiety about having actual problems with my tooth eventually overrode the anxiety about going to the dentist and I started going regularly (after a pause of 26 years). I'm pleased that I found a good dentist and I've been able to overcome my anxiety. I recognize that I'm lucky in this regard. I was also lucky in that, aside from this one problem tooth, my oral care regimen in my 26 years of not having regular dental care were sufficient to prevent any further issues. I expected to come out of that first checkup with massive problems (even though I'd never had any pain or issues) and I was pleasantly surprised. All in all I think I'm very lucky. I tried to take care of my teeth on my own, and largely succeeded, but I do wish I'd taken care of this one problem tooth before it was too late. |
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| ▲ | throwaway2037 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I am confused by this comment about HIV/AIDS. Is it cynical? Are you confused why we have not "cured" HIV? I grew up during the AIDS Crisis. It was awful. People were dropping like flies. Today, you can be "technically" HIV positive, but test negative, give birth to HIV-negative children, and have unprotected sex (and not infect your partner). As far as I am concerned, the battle has been won. It is a miracle in my eyes. |
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| ▲ | Taek 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | HIV meds have a slew unpleasant but tolerable (certainly far superior to HIV itself) side effects, imo the battle isn't "won" until the treatment is entirely inconsequential. That said, the progress has indeed been miraculous. A great example of the capabilities modern medicine. |
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| ▲ | ajoseps 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| i thought the first two have had huge improvements in the last decade? |
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| ▲ | trenchpilgrim 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | HIV has become a manageable disease in my lifetime. The main issue today is access to medication as I understand it. | | |
| ▲ | toomuchtodo 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | The first widespread cure for HIV could be in children - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44765981 - August 2025 One-and-done HIV protection in infants - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736988 - July 2025 (First author of the paper even commented here at the time: "labanimalster - First author here. We solved a 30-year problem in gene therapy by leveraging neonatal immune tolerance. A single AAV vector injection encoding HIV antibodies achieved 89% success in newborns vs 33% in 2-year-olds, with protection lasting through adolescence. This could transform HIV prevention in regions where maintaining regular medical care is challenging. Happy to answer questions about the science or implications.") US FDA approves Gilead's twice-yearly injection [lenacapavir] for HIV prevention - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44312729 - June 2025 |
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| ▲ | agumonkey 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | it might be slow exponential thing, 60 years of low to medium improvements in cancer, and hopefully suddenly a few big cracks to turn it into a chronic liveable condition (or maybe cure it). there are more articles about advanced tumors being shrunk to nothing than before (based on my personal monitoring) | |
| ▲ | ashleyn 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | HIV prevention has been reduced to a twice a year shot given mainly to MSM. It's pretty damn close to the original goal of a vaccine. |
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| ▲ | foxandmouse 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| + Male birth control + Alzheimer’s cure + Hair regrowth |
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| ▲ | scottlamb 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | + weight loss pills ...they were persistent vaporware or scams, then suddenly they were real and everywhere. Hopefully that happens for the others too? | | |
| ▲ | palmotea 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > + weight loss pills They've had those for decades. It's called meth. | | |
| ▲ | doubled112 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | Coffee and cigarettes for a safer but less effective solution. | | |
| ▲ | nkmnz 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | Cigarettes are no way safer than small doses of amphetamines. Check where the name "Ritalin" came from! |
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| ▲ | fallat 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Have we solved anything? /s |
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| ▲ | paulpauper 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Cancer immunotherapy . Only works in a handful of cases |
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| ▲ | tootie 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| While a cure remains elusive, HIV treatment is now extremely effective. Antiretroviral shots can keep people symptom free indefinitely. Cancer treatment varies by type of cancer but many have dramatically improved outcomes. |
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| ▲ | stefs 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| HIV/Aids have made huge progress and so did cancer. Also "cancer" isn't a single disease, they're quite different. |
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| ▲ | toyg 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| - hair regrowth |
