| The field of medical research is one area that has | | | | tumor cell and are found in circulating blood. The |
| seen remarkable growth and innovation. We have | | | | detection of CTCs is an important discovery which |
| made great leaps in learning about genetics, diseases, | | | | may help forecast a patient's prognosis. |
| and other areas that have resulted in remarkable | | | | 5. Warm Organ Perfusion Device: A better system for |
| inventions to help treat and cure severe medical | | | | the transport of a variety of living organs is being |
| conditions. It is an area where the possibilities of what | | | | developed. After harvesting an organ, donor blood is |
| we can accomplish are endless. | | | | circulated through the heart-lung pump to the living |
| Below are a few of the exciting medical innovations | | | | organ. The donor blood is heated and oxygenated, and |
| that are coming soon: | | | | the organ is transplanted in a pre-oxygenated state. |
| 1. Medical Gas to Pharmaceutical Product: Gas | | | | This warm organ perfusion device will significantly |
| Therapeutics is being tested for its quality, safety, and | | | | increase the transplant time period. |
| effectiveness in a therapeutic environment. Gas | | | | 6. LaparoEndoscopic Single-site Surgery (LESS): This is |
| enabled medical developments will provide important | | | | laparoscopic surgery performed through a single |
| gains in diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic | | | | incision in a patient's navel. LESS may reduce |
| procedures. | | | | complications that may take place after open or |
| 2. New Vaccines for Avian Flu: A modern vaccine that | | | | laparoscopic abdominal surgery. The patient's pain |
| uses an imitation adaptation of the bird virus called a | | | | levels are considerably diminished and the recovery |
| virus-like particle (VLP) is being developed and may | | | | period is reduced. |
| provide an improved response in protecting people | | | | 7. Diaphragm Pacing System: This system has the |
| against avian virus infection. VLPs attach to cells thus | | | | potential to help patients unable to maintain adequate |
| prompting a natural immune response that is sufficient | | | | ventilation due to a diaphragmatic malfunction. |
| enough to protect one from exposure to the avian | | | | Diaphragmatic pacing is performed using a collection of |
| virus. This innovative technology could wipe out the | | | | electrodes connected to the phrenic nerves on the |
| H5N1 avian flu virus. | | | | diaphragm. This innovative technology will drastically |
| 3. Combination Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and | | | | reduce the catastrophic effects of extended |
| Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Prototype | | | | respiratory pump failure and mechanical ventilation. |
| Machine: MRI tests can establish the existence and | | | | 8. Nanomedicine: This is the medical application of |
| structure of tumors. The PET scan shows what is | | | | molecular nanotechnology. (MNT) Nanotechnology in |
| taking place within the cancer and the blood vessels | | | | medicine is when nanorobots are programmed for |
| surrounding it. Doctors get better data from this | | | | particular biological functions and injected into the blood |
| imaging technology than from doing the two tests | | | | to work at the cellular level. They will perform such |
| separately. It will give doctors real-time information | | | | tasks as cleaning arteries, repairing damaged tissue, |
| about which cancer therapies a patient will respond to | | | | and attacking cancer cells and viruses. |
| faster. | | | | These are just a few of the amazing medical |
| 4. Circulating Tumor Cell Technology: A new | | | | innovations that are coming soon. In the near future, |
| technology will allow oncologists to measure circulating | | | | we expect to see many more remarkable innovations |
| tumor cells (CTCs) in a blood sample. CTCs are | | | | in the medical field. |
| cancer cells that have broken away from an existing | | | | |