medical advancements

  • immunizations

    immunizations
    Immunizations also known as vaccinations are needed to prevent things like measles, mumps, and hepatitis. It is needed in children and adults. It has made it that we don’t get those things like we did back in day. Edward Jenner discovered it in 1796
  • Bionic Prosthetic

    Bionic Prosthetic
    David Gow is the inventor, it was invented in 1863. It works when mucles contracts, those signals are used to drive the motion. It has affected many life, from being able to do more things to just being able to move freely.
  • Immunotherapy for cancer treatments

    Immunotherapy for cancer treatments
    James P. Allison, PhD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Dr. Tasuku Honjo of Kyoto University in Japan are the researchers. It stimulates immune system to work harder to attack cancer cells and it also gives the immune system man-made components like protein. It has made it easier for the body to fight off cancer cells.
  • nanomedicine

    nanomedicine
    System where they are finding diseases and ways to prevent it. Richard Feynman discovered it. It has made it easier for finding prevention of diseases.
  • Artificial Heart

    Artificial Heart
    A device that takes over for a heart, normally used in the time where waiting for a heart transplant
    It has given us more time for patients to wait for a transplant
    Paul Winchell invented it in 1961
  • Gene editing

    Gene editing
    It is when DNA is inserted, deleted, changed, or replaced in a living organism
    It has made it possible to curing disorders and diseases
    Herb Boyer and Stanley Cohen created it in 1973
  • Hepatitis C Cure

    Hepatitis C Cure
    It is a drug combination that treats Hepatitis C and it can be as little as 8 weeks or to 24 weeks
    It has helped people and given a cure to Hepatitis C
    Dr. Raymond Schinazi discovered it
  • HIV cocktail

    HIV cocktail
    A drug combination treatment for HIV
    It has made it possible for people with HIV to have treatment. It came out in 1995.
  • robotic surgery

    robotic surgery
    Da Vinci surgery system become the first robotic surgery to be approved by the FDA in 2000. It is a way of surgery that uses small tools attached to a robotic arm that is controlled by a computer. It has made it easier for some surgery's to be completed.
  • Headspace

    Headspace
    Andy Puddicombre is the inventor. Headspace provides services for mental health, physical and sexual health .It also provides work and study support for alcohol and other drugs. It has improved lives and developed more support for people who are dealing with stress and sleeping.