Finding Cures in Plain Sight: Dr. David Fajgenbaum’s 2026 Strategy
Discover how Dr. David Fajgenbaum saved his own life by repurposing a 30-year-old drug. Learn how his nonprofit, Every Cure, is using AI in 2026 to scan 4,000 existing medicines to find "hidden" cures for 14,000 untreated diseases.
In his 2026 TED Talk, Dr. David Fajgenbaum shares the gripping story of his five-year battle with an "incurable" rare disease and how he eventually saved his own life by looking at existing medicines in a new way. He argues that while thousands of drugs are already approved and sitting in pharmacies, many could treat entirely different diseases if we only connected the dots—a concept called drug repurposing. By founding the nonprofit Every Cure, he is now using AI to systematically match 4,000 existing drugs with 14,000 untreated diseases, proving that the solution to many of our greatest crises isn't always a new invention, but rather a smarter, more collaborative use of the tools we already have.
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Hema latha
Interested in innovation, technology, and business success stories. I enjoy analyzing trends that have a positive social and economic impact.
