LIEBERMAN PROPOSES $150B TO FIGHT DISEASES.(MAIN)

Byline: SUSAN MILLIGAN Boston Globe

WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman, jumping into the campaign debate on health care, on Wednesday proposed spending $150 billion over 10 years to speed up the development of cures for chronic diseases such as cancer and AIDS.

The Connecticut senator said he would create an ``American Center for Cures'' that would work with academics and private companies to coordinate and speed up research on prolonged diseases he said affect 100 million Americans. The organization would not replace the National Institutes of Health, but would tap market forces to encourage businesses to develop cures, …