Medical Marvels: Incredible Advances That Are Saving Thousands Of Lives
Modern medicine really is incredible. It’s remarkable to think that once upon a time we were using leeches to treat diseases! Now, we’re at a stage where there are so many advanced treatments going on that it can be pretty overwhelming for a lot of people. However, modern medicine is something that has no interest in staying still or even slowing down. Every day there are new breakthroughs and advances that are helping to improve the lives of people all over the world. Here are just a few incredible medical advances that are saving thousands of lives.
Gene therapies
Organizations like Poseida Therapeutics are doing some truly extraordinary work in the field of gene therapies. Gene therapies often sound like something straight out of science fiction. The idea of inserting genes into a patient to fight disease instead of using drugs seems truly amazing to a lot of people, and it definitely is! Sure, a lot of gene therapy is still pretty experimental, but it shows huge amounts of promise and will continue to develop and improve over time.
More accurate testing
Testing has always been an incredibly important area of medical research, and sadly underrated too. If you can’t accurately test a patient for something, then they’re never going to be able to get the treatment that they really need. However, in the last decade, a lot of testing methods have become much faster and more accurate. Doctors are now able to more accurately diagnose conditions in minutes than what would previously have taken days or even weeks.
More precise surgical equipment
Surgery has always been an incredibly precise skill, but it’s also something that carries a lot of risks. Luckily there have been plenty of developments over the last several years that have made surgeries even safer than before. One of the most remarkable developments is the use of robotics in surgeries that allow surgeons to make incredibly fine and precise movements that they might never have been able to do by hand. This means that they are able to make smaller incisions and perform surgeries that may well have previously been impossible.
Growing organs
For a lot of people, requiring an organ donation can be a serious problem because of the sheer length of the waiting list. Well, with the development of lab-grown organs there’s a pretty solid chance that organ donor waiting lists could one day be a thing of the past. Sure, we’re not quite at that stage yet, but the time when no one would have to wait for an organ to become available is getting very close. Not only that but things like synthetic blood are being developed which could have just as much, if not more of an impact.
The great thing is that, no matter how amazing these advances are, there will almost certainly be a whole new set of advances soon that will be even more impressive than these are. Sure, we’re not quite at the stage where we have the cure for the common cold, but with all of the amazing breakthroughs happening all the time, that day is almost certainly getting just a little bit closer.
These are great medical marvels.
I am very interested in a related topic, genetic testing as we’re looking into it for my little one for some issues. Yet its still so new insurance wont cover it because its “experimental” they said. So for only $8K we can have it done ourselves 🙂 Yeesh huh! I just hope that the scientific community keeps on developing new things so they become more mainstream, then maybe insurance will cover testing for us.
It’s wonderful to see all the advances that have occurred in my lifetime.
I am always on the look out for new or different types of medical help. Living with Lupus that never goes into remission for me is never easy. I am always in the hospital or ER. I always have doctor appoints, at least 7 a month. This is a great article. Listen to your body and if it tells you something isn’t right, then it isn’t. It took 5yrs for a diagnosis. I am sure I had Lupus for 30yrs and I was diagnosed at 33.