1.   Cheaper medicines are needed to fight Aids and other devastating diseases.

2.   The devastating disease, which causes memory loss and personality changes, is now recognised as one of the commonest forms of dementia in old age.

3.   BBZDR, as it is technically known, is a rat developed for researchers studying the devastating human disease diabetes.

4.   But many doctors say it is inappropriate for scientists to quibble about the fine points of evidence in the case of a devastating disease like breast cancer.

5.   He could also reverse a Clinton administration action that for the first time permitted federal funding for research using stem cells from human embryos to treat devastating diseases.

6.   In another part of the building, computers cull ever-expanding databases of genetic information for clues that could help researchers discover breakthrough treatments for devastating diseases.

7.   In theory, millions of people suffering devastating diseases may one day be helped or even cured with treatments derived from human embryonic stem cells.

8.   It is being studied as a medicine to treat patients with such devastating diseases as leprosy, AIDS-related wasting and ulcers, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

9.   It can help to speed products to market for devastating diseases like AIDS or cancer.

10.   Lung cancer is a devastating disease, and Americans have great faith in the ability of new technology to save lives.