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Search results for "Sickle cell disease has just been cured for the first time in New York"

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Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook reel:
Consuming “rice and beans, milk, cheese, butter and eggs” causes disease by age 30.
By Grace Abels• August 5, 2022
Instagram posts stated on December 02, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“New $40K AIDS cure is nearly 100% effective and requires two shots yearly.”
By Marta Campabadal Graus• December 11, 2024
Facebook posts stated on January 03, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says cutting out sugar and drinking hot lemon water will cure cancer.
By Samantha Putterman• April 9, 2020
Tom Barrett stated on October 01, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Says "Scott Walker says he would ban stem cell research" 
By Tom Kertscher• October 10, 2010
Barack Obama stated on September 16, 2008 in a radio ad:
McCain "has opposed stem cell research."
By Robert Farley• September 24, 2008
Scott Walker stated on October 12, 2010 in a news conference with reporters:
"Scientists have shown us (that) the greater possibilities, the real science movement, has been with adult stem cell research. It has not been with embryonic."
By Tom Kertscher• October 21, 2010
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a text post:
“Hydroxychloroquine cures this ‘virus.’ It just so happens this is the treatment used for radiation sickness!!”
By Daniel Funke• May 19, 2020
Joe Rogan stated on August 20, 2021 in a podcast episode:
The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are “really gene therapy.”
By Bill McCarthy• August 31, 2021
Facebook posts stated on September 06, 2022 in a post:
Soursop cures cancer.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 27, 2022
Tommy Thompson stated on November 09, 2011 in remarks at a Vatican conference:
On using embryonic stem cells for medical research.
By Tom Kertscher• November 20, 2011
Samir Chachoua stated on January 29, 2016 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":
Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis."
By Linda Qiu• February 23, 2016
Viral image stated on July 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
A cure for cancer, known as a Rife machine, was found in 1934.
By Grace Abels• July 29, 2022
Bloggers stated on October 07, 2009 in a posting on the conservative Web site TownHall.com:
The Baucus health care bill would require taxes on medical devices such as X-ray machines, female condoms, HIV tests and surgical needles.
By Louis Jacobson• October 9, 2009
Rick Scott stated on June 08, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Bill McCollum holds the same position on (embryonic stem cell research) as Barack Obama."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 11, 2010
Bloggers stated on April 27, 2020 in an article:
Dr. Anthony Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.”
By Daniel Funke• May 6, 2020
Pharmaceutical Research and Manfacturers of America stated on November 27, 2019 in an ad in the “Politico Playbook PM” newsletter.:
"Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. CBO's preliminary estimate found this bill ‘would result in lower spending on research and development and thus reduce the introduction of new drugs.’" 
By Shefali Luthra• December 5, 2019
Sherill Sellman stated on February 12, 2020 in remarks on the Jim Bakker show:
Silver Solution used on strains of coronavirus "totally eliminate it. Kills it. Deactivates it.”
By Julia Garlich• March 17, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the NIH “15 years ago published a study on chloroquine. It is effective against COVID-(1).”
By Samantha Putterman• July 29, 2020
Viral image stated on August 13, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"If your body's pH is alkaline, you cannot get cancer. And if you have cancer, it goes away."
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 26, 2022
Instagram posts stated on December 02, 2021 in an Instagram post:
COVID-19 vaccines are gene therapy and a recent Forbes article proves that.
By Tom Kertscher• December 3, 2021

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