Is it possible that scientists will be able to wipe out most diseases in about 15 years?Famed inventor-futurist Ray Kurzweil says yes — a claim that’s expected to stir debate this week in San Diego when some of the nation’s top thinkers meet to discuss the near-term future of medicine.More than 750 scientists, engineers, physicians and inventors will attend the sold-out Exponential Medicine conference, which was organized by Singularity University, a Bay-area think tank co-founded by Kurzweil.

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