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immunotherapy for cancer
Immunotherapy uses substances made by the body to help your immune system. It helps stop or slow cancer growth. William B. Coley created immunotherapy which first started in the 1970's. -
Anti-smoking laws
Anti-smoking laws are affecting medicine today by preventing smokers to smoke anywhere and reduce the chances of them getting sick. Arizona was the first state to ban federal smoking in public places in 1973. -
Molecular breast imaging
Molecular breast imaging uses cameras to see inside people's breasts. This is used to detect breast cancer. The MBI was created by -
Bionic Prosthetics
Bionic prosthetics were created by David Gow in 1980. This affected medicine by improving the movement and ability to do things for amputees. -
HIV cocktail
HIV cocktail is a combination drug treatment for HIV. Jerome Horwitz created the drug to potentially cure cancer but it ended up helping HIV patients. -
Robotic surgeries
Robotic surgery uses miniaturized instruments to improve surgeries. Da Vinci Surgical System created robotic surgery in 1990 but go approved in 2000. -
Stem cell research
Stem cell research is helping doctors discover new things. James Thompson and Jeffrey Jones led their team to discover this in 1998. -
Artificial liver
An artificial liver unit outside the body ensures that the conditions are right for the liver cells to function properly. Kenneth Matsumura invented the artificial liver in 2001. -
Health Tracker apps
Health tracker apps can be used to check your heart rate, calories, ect. and affects medicine by being able to know these things just off of your phone. Myfitnesspal, a big health tracking app was founded by Albert Lee and Mike Lee in 2005. -
Face transplant
A face transplant is a medical procedure that can change the looks of someone’s face. Surgeons use tissue from donors. Bernard Devauchelle performed the first face transplant in 2005.
