Community Quests
We all play a role in biomedical progress. Just by paying your insurance premiums—and saving for retirement—you are enabling grand quests to vanquish many diseases. In these videos and articles, hear from the scientists and executives doing that work. These are your quests, too. Thank you for supporting them.

Videos
Over 250,000 Americans, including children, are living with muscular dystrophies, a group of genetic disorders that causes their muscles to grow weaker.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Nearly 60 million Americans, including millions of children, struggle with a mental illness.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Each year, over 80,000 American adults and children are diagnosed with lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Nearly 7 million Americans are living with dementia, a group of progressive brain disorders that affect memory, thinking, and the ability to do everyday things.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
More than 1 million Americans are blind, and more than 12 million Americans are losing their vision.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 65,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every year.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Nearly 1.5 million older Americans have lost or are losing their vision from wet age-related macular degeneration, also known as wet AMD.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 50,000 Americans, including children, live with some form of myositis.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 60,000 Americans, including many children, are diagnosed each year with leukemia.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 3 million Americans and 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy, a neurological disease that causes recurring seizures.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 600,000 Americans suffer from autoimmune nephropathy, which occurs when your immune system attacks your kidneys.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Each year, over 230,000 Americans are diagnosed with lung cancer, the second most common cancer in the United States and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Tens of millions of Americans are living with liver disease, which can be caused by heavy alcohol use, a viral infection, a genetic disorder, or problems with a person's metabolism.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 8 million Americans live with neurodegenerative diseases, a group of conditions where the brain and nervous system deteriorate over time.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 120 million Americans live with heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 100,000 Americans suffer from scleroderma, a disease that causes the immune system to attack the body.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 60,000 women in the United States are diagnosed each year with endometrial cancer, one of the few cancers still with rising mortality rates.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 3.8 million Americans, mostly women, but also some men are living with breast cancer. Even with available treatments, more than 40,000 women die each year in America, making it the second deadliest cancer.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 150,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer every year, making it one of the most common cancers. And it kills over 50,000 Americans each year, making it one of the deadliest.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Nearly one in eight men in the United States are diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Every year, almost 300,000 discover that they have prostate cancer and over 30,000 die from it, making it one of the most survivable cancers and also the second highest cause of cancer death among men.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 30,000 Americans are living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 2 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year.
Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
Over 1.5 million Americans are living with blood cancers—leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma. Behind every statistic is a person fighting for more time, and behind them is a team of scientists, investors, and patient advocates working toward a cure.
More than 1.5 million Americans live with lupus. Meet some of the biotech innovators working to develop new medicines to better treat—and even cure—this disease.
More than 1 million Americans live with rheumatoid arthritis, a painful autoimmune disease that can damage joints, skin, eyes, lungs, and more. Meet some of the biotech innovators working to develop new medicines to better treat—and even cure—this disease.
About 40,000 children and adults in the US and approximately a hundred thousand people worldwide live with cystic fibrosis or CF. Meet some of the biotech innovators working to develop new medicines to better treat—and even cure—this disease.
About 20,000 American women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year. Meet some of the biotech innovators working to develop new medicines to better treat—and even cure—this disease.
Over 3 million Americans are diagnosed with skin cancer each year. Meet some of the biotech innovators working to develop new medicines to better treat—and even cure—this disease.
Nearly a million Americans are living with multiple sclerosis. Meet some of the biotech innovators working to develop new medicines to restore health and happiness to these patients and their families.
Articles
Cambridge is home to the world's most innovative biotech companies. Resident Neil Kairen explains the importance of this industry and suggests explanations for why so many misunderstand its value.
Researchers in Pennsylvania are working on a cure for Parkinson’s. Price controls threaten their progress.
A company in Virginia is working on a vaccine to protect babies from rotavirus and norovirus.