cure for an as yet uncurable disease theme

There is a scientific-based cure for a disease, such as cancer or the common cold, that is considered uncurable by modern medicine.

7 total · 6 major · 1 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Deep Blue Sea (1999) major Dr. Susan McCallister was genetically engineering mako sharks to have bigger brains as part of her research to help cure Alzheimer's disease.
movie: Her Husbands Affairs (1947) major Prof. Emil Glinka invented a super hair growing cream.
movie: She Devil (1957) major Doctor Dan Scott develops a serum that he used to cure a dying Kyra Zelas of tuberculosis.
movie: The Ape (1940) major Dr. Bernard Adrian developed a polio paralysis reversing serum from the spinal fluid of dead men.
movie: The Monster Maker (1944) major Dr. Igor Markoff developed a cure for argomegaly.
movie: The Nutty Professor (1996) major Sherman Klump invented a miraculous, but experimental, weight-loss pharmaceutical that worked by rewriting DNA.
movie: Godzilla vs Monster Zero (1965) minor The people of Planet X claimed to give humanity the cure to all disease.