Perspectives of health technology for 2013

• April 23, 2024

Health technology is continually evolving and one of its main applications is to be a tool for the prevention, treatment and combat of many diseases that afflict human beings.

Therefore, in GetQoralHealth We present some of the advances in health technology for 2013.

According to the magazine Science, the genetics Y neurobiology will be two of the main fields in which health technology will have the greatest impact: thanks to the isolation of cells and the study of the genome, the work of both branches will guide towards the understanding of cancer and brain cells, for the benefit of the study of diseases like Cancer and prenatal problems.

With respect to Cancer , the publication mentions, in 2013 the therapeutic use of new drugs that stimulate the immune system to fight against the disease is planned, according to elpaís.com

A new light device has been created to more easily detect this known skin cancer (melanoma) . The device will use light at ten different wavelengths to penetrate the skin and transmit that data to a computer. With this you can easily diagnose this type of Cancer without need of another type of procedure.

Another project to take into account is the American Human connectivity, which aims to scan the brain of 1,200 adults to explore variations in connections between different regions. In addition, some scientific research will focus on the connectivity of neurons individual

Against the wear and tear of bones and affectations to the extremities, a new surgical procedure is in development for these cases.

According to the website hablade.com, this procedure consists in inserting a titanium tube into the hollow part of the bone, while patients will be given a magnetic control that will be placed on their skin a few minutes a day at the height of the tube. inserted.

The signal produced by the control will cause the tube to extend to separate the bone, the human body itself will generate bone cells to fill the gap created by the tube and form bone.

With a view to 2014, this will be the year in which they begin to test the processes of moving cells in the blood to create a type without cores. With this, a blood universal for transfusions.

In recent years, these mother cells They have been studied for the generation of living tissue or repair damaged tissue, but now specialists have discovered that these cells can be harvested from those taken from the skin.

In addition, it is intended to generate organs based on these own cells , which would considerably reduce the rejection of organs at the time of transplants.

On the other hand, the possibility of installing wireless devices (chips or sensors) in patients who administer doses of medication every time the patient requires it will be studied. Medications such as morphine or insulin, could be administered remotely by doctors at long distance if the patient requires it.

These will be some of the main applications and advances in health technology; However, according to several scientists, the possibilities are very broad, due to the great technological growth expected in 2013.

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