It’s great to see the 21st Century Cures Act — which will put billions of dollars towards scientific research and fighting diseases — pass through the US House of Representatives today.

I think it’s possible to cure all diseases in our children’s lifetime, but we need to invest much more to get there. The US government currently spends 50x more treating people who are sick than finding cures so people don’t get sick in the first place. Today is an important step towards changing that, and I hope the Senate follows the House’s lead.