Some might find it counterintuitive that
a universal cure for cancer is not last in this list.
As it happened, I'd written a science fiction story that seemed like it might fit — it was about a couple of researchers working in a dusty lab who stumble upon
a universal cure for cancer (you remember I said science fiction, right?)
Such a tax extends much further than it might initially appear too; for example, if someone discovered
a universal cure for all cancers which made hundreds of thousands of working people redundant, should that be taxed too?
Not exact matches
Despite the enormous difficulties of changing basic behaviors such as smoking, diet or exercise habits, «a national commitment to the prevention of
cancer, largely replacing reliance on hopes
for universal cures,» exhort the authors, «is now the way to go.»