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Advances in medicine

  • Vaccines

    Vaccines
    Vaccines are the most important discovery in medicine, and they are responsible for Edward Jenner. With this advance, the lives of countless people have been saved for several centuries. The English doctor discovered the cure for the smallpox disease and, thanks to this advance, today it is easily preventable.
  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia
    Anesthesia is the use of medications to prevent pain during surgery and other procedures.
  • Genetics

    Genetics
    Genetics is the scientific branch in charge of investigating the transmission of biological inheritance that is passed from generation to generation, and that allows us to understand what happens in the cell cycles of organisms, referring to DNA and RNA.
  • Liquid biopsy

    Liquid biopsy
    A minimally invasive test performed on a blood sample to identify cancerous tumor cells or DNA from tumor cells that are circulating in the blood. It can be useful to diagnose early-stage cancer and to plan treatment depending on the type of tumor,
  • The contact lenses

    The contact lenses
    Contact lenses are an optical device designed to correct certain vision defects.
  • X-ray

    X-ray
    A type of radiation used to diagnose and treat cancer and other diseases.
  • The germs

    The germs
    Germs are microorganisms. This means they can only be seen with a microscope. They can be found everywhere, such as in the air, soil, and water. There are also germs on your skin and body.
  • Transplant

    Transplant
    Transplantation is a procedure done to replace one of your organs with another person's healthy organ.
  • Insulin

    Insulin
    Human insulin is a class of medications called hormones.It works by helping move sugar from the blood to other tissues in the body where it is used for energy.
  • Penicillin

    Penicillin
    Penicillin V potassium is used to treat some infections caused by bacteria, such as pneumonia
  • Condensed molecules

    Condensed molecules
    Once frozen, the molecules can no longer move relative to each other due to the bonds between them.
  • Robotic surgery

    Robotic surgery
    Robotic surgery is a minimally invasive therapeutic option that allows the surgeon to operate on the patient using cutting-edge technology called Da Vinci Robot, with important advantages over other existing surgical options such as open surgery or traditional laparoscopic surgery.
  • 3D Fabric

    3D Fabric
    3D fabric is a material composed of fibers intertwined so that they form a three-dimensional structure.
  • Gene therapy and cellular immunotherapy

    Gene therapy and cellular immunotherapy
    first single-administration gene therapy for an inherited disease. Glybera treats lipoprotein lipase deficiency, which causes fat to build up in the blood, a rare metabolic disease.
  • Genome sequencing

    Genome sequencing
    Laboratory method used to determine the complete genetic makeup of a specific organism or cell type.