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December 28th 2006 06:35
by Marie N.
Year 2007: We're stepping on the new territory of futuristic medicine. As of the moment we don't know exactly where we stand; the ground is shaky. Experts say that new trends such as GRIN (genetics, robotics, information technology, and nanotechnology) are going to cause a great deal of hullabaloo among us.
Now, I won't question whether we are ready for the future or not, because half of the time we're relying on forecasts with our eyes half-closed. Professor Donald Combs of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, for instance, has an inkling of just what may be. Outstanding among his predictions are telescopes for the blind, fat-burning lasers, and wave technology that helps isolate cancer cells.
Fabrication technology will render "artificial" prosthetics obsolete. I'm not obsessed with this concept. But --
Ellen Heber-Katz says that in the future, doctors will be able to prescribe drugs that cause severed spinal cords to heal, hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow. "Within 50 years whole-body replacement will be routine."
Source:
BMJ-British Medical Journal
via:
Science Daily
Year 2007: We're stepping on the new territory of futuristic medicine. As of the moment we don't know exactly where we stand; the ground is shaky. Experts say that new trends such as GRIN (genetics, robotics, information technology, and nanotechnology) are going to cause a great deal of hullabaloo among us.
Fabrication technology will render "artificial" prosthetics obsolete. I'm not obsessed with this concept. But --
Ellen Heber-Katz says that in the future, doctors will be able to prescribe drugs that cause severed spinal cords to heal, hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow. "Within 50 years whole-body replacement will be routine."
Source:
BMJ-British Medical Journal
via:
Science Daily
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