That would be like Joe telling the Teamsters that he will create the world's first matter teleportation device for moving freight.
To quote Dangerfield:
"I don't know if you know who runs that outfit, but it ain't the Boy Scouts."
Someone said back in the 70s that launching an Apollo like effort at curing cancer would be like launching that Moon effort without knowing anything about the laws of gravity. Even today our ignorance of cancer is a humbling reality.