5 inventions of future medicine
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Medicine and science do not stand still and today in our reality are such technologies that a few years ago seemed fantastic.
Virtually any disease can be cured if revealed at the very beginning of development. Even oncologists note that cancer in the first stages can be cured in 95% of cases.
Therefore, all experts agree on one thing - early diagnosis is an important stage in medicine, and scientists of all countries are trying to create more susceptible, accurate and affordable diagnostic methods.
For today it is possible to allocate 5 outstanding inventions, which can become the basis of future medicine.
- A smartphone that diagnoses infectious diseases. A special sensor was developed by a team of specialists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The ultra-sensitive tiny chip is capable of catching substances even at very low concentrations. If there is an infection in the human body, the immune system begins to produce antibodies that are released with exhaled air.
Such a biosensor can be built into the smartphone and set it to recognize certain antibodies, and the diagnosis can be found in a special application. Experts suggest that after the emergence of various oncological biomarkers, the smartphone will be able to diagnose and cancer in the early stages.
- Clever lens. Google has developed an experimental lens that will allow you to determine the level of glucose in the lacrimal fluid. The lens has a built-in biosensor with a microscopic sensor that transmits information to a special application that needs to be installed on a smartphone.
Currently, experts will improve the development - the lens will be equipped with a safe LED that will light up when there is a serious change in the blood glucose level.
- The intracellular clock. Genes are regulated by methyl groups. As a result of exposure, some genes are activated, others, on the contrary, are blocked.
Recently, a group of researchers proved that during life a number of changes occur in the body and each age corresponds to its own model of DNA methylation, in other words, epigenetic clocks. Methylation will not only allow you to know the biological age of the organism, but also to determine the likelihood of developing heart and vascular diseases, oncology, diabetes, etc.
- Painless blood test. Elizabeth Holmes, a student at the University. Stanford improved the traditional method of blood analysis so that now this procedure is completely painless. For her work the girl received the title of queen of biotechnology.
According to the Holmes system, a drop of blood from the patient's finger can determine up to 70 indicators in just a few hours, monitor the effectiveness of treatment and detect diseases at an early stage.
- The champion. The Champion system was created especially for patients suffering from heart failure.
A small device is inserted into the pulmonary artery and, if the indicators are rejected, the signal will move to the computer of the attending physician, which allows to respond in a timely manner and prevent the development of the attack even before the first symptoms appear (pain, dyspnea, etc.).
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