We’ve solved many medical mysteries. Where are the cures?

We’ve solved many medical mysteries. Where are the cures?

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Saloni Dattani |

TED2026

• April 2026

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Science communicator Saloni Dattani traces the quiet revolution of medical innovation that has slashed death rates from conditions like heart disease and malaria — and reveals the broken incentives that have delayed other lifesaving treatments for decades. "Diseases are not a fact of life," she says. "They're problems that we can solve."

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