If someone found the cure for Cancer or HIV/AIDS, could and would this happen?

So a person finds a cure for Cancer or HIV/AIDS. Could they
A. Patent it
B. Sell it to a pharmacudical company and get a profit
C. Become as rich as Sergey Brin and Larry Page
??

the government has a cure, duh!

they just dont want the world to be healed

yes, yes and yes

You would never have to worry about money again.

I see where you're going with this. HIV/AIDS is easier to tackle. It is an epidemic and communicable. All cures are patentable. The answer you're looking for is, would the pharma companies pursue the cure or not; just to sell drugs.

The pharma companies would most definitely pursue the cure. If they thought otherwise the goverment would put them out of business just as fast as they keep them in business.

As far as cancer there are so many types. There wouldn't be just an overall cure.

Researchers are closer to a viral cures than cancerous ones. However, they are on the right track with vaccines that prevent some diseases that cause cancers.

ps: most research is done by the government, not pharma companies.

Then thing to remember that most scientists who work on developing cures work for someone/some company, because of the immense cost of research and testing and certification for human use of the product by the FDA. Thus, when you work for 'someone' all companies require the scientist/employee to sign an agreement that anything that they develop or find during their tenure with the company belongs to that company, and this clause usually has a caveat that says that if you leave the employ of the company anything that you develop that might have resulted from things you learned during your employ with them remains their intellectual property for a period of 5 to 10 years after you leave the company.
So the chances of one getting rich off of research is rather thin. Even if you did your research during college say in a University ...the college would and does take credit for the work not you.

i don't think there is a cure but ask this guy he does he sayed his mom works for the goverment and that both parents are doctors and that there is a cure but the goverment wont reles it i wish i save the conservation and that the cure would be relased in 2017 but i dont think i realy beleve it he also sayed that hiv/aid was man made and put out there to see what would happen but i dont think i beleve him i mean he dosent bleve in god and thinks that god didnt make us but who know i mean i am shure the goverment has hidden lost of things from us for what ever reason so i wondnt be totaly suprised but then again not alot of what he sayed totaly made anny sence to me so what ever i guess if he was right we will find out it 2017 btw i am hiv + :)