He was tall, handsome – almost beautiful, intelligent and he had an extraordinary charisma that flowed with grace. He was charming – not only to women but even his fellow men acknowledged that he looked handsome.
We admired him from outside while cancer was tearing him apart on the inside – cell after cell, tissue after tissue, organ to organ until his entire existence collapsed to strange cells. Strange Cells – the unknown gvn men inside our bodies.
This is why I encourage Governments across the world to evolve from Funding Healthcare to Funding LONGEVITY. We should have National Longevity Agency with a National Longevity Budget. Healthcare is reactive but a National Longevity Strategy is Proactive. If I ever get to run for a political office, it will simply be to make this a national conversation.
It’s 2026 and we are still losing humans to cancer. The next generation will call us weak minded, unintelligent and ignorant for not taking absolute control of cancer and even death. I hate death. You can choose to love it. But I hate it. Not because it is the end of all humans but because I know that it should not be end. I know death can be postponed. I know cancer be cured. I know humans are capable of solving all human problems. I know Alex wanted to live longer. I know his family wanted him to live longer. I know his friends would have donated money to keep him alive a bit longer. But the leaders of this world have refused to APPROVE the kill switch for all human diseases and gloriously extend human life on earth. Those who believe that the earth is over populated wants humans to die but they do not want to die themselves. Africa must have its own version of FDA – at a continental level.
Several highly advanced liver cancer therapies exist already – but in clinical trials and have not yet received official FDA approval over the years. From Lipid-Nanoparticle (LNP) Gene Therapies to Bispecific Antibodies & Fusion Proteins, Scientists have worked hard to develop more advanced treatments to cure Liver cancer – but the FDA approval rate is extremely low. We may not influence FDA – we can create an alternative to take control of our bodies. America currently controls who gets cured, what gets cured and when it should get cured – Africa must take its own destiny into her hands.
Rest in Peace Alex.
The world failed you.
FDA failed you.
Unfortunately, everyone who thinks that Cancer is the END also failed you – the mentality, culture or ideology that a Nigerian Biochemist cannot find a local cure for liver cancer and get it approved by an African Drug Regulatory Agency is what tears my brain apart besides the death of Alex. That’s how we failed Alex – by thinking a Biochemist from ABSU OR IMSU cannot solve cancer.
My name is Charles Awuzie and I call upon fellow African Biochemists and Scientists to start thinking SOLUTIONS and not employment.
