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Bookmark or Share- 5 innovations that are revolutionizing global healthcareMedical innovations have occurred throughout history, continually advancing our ability to treat complex diseases. These include the first vaccine for smallpox in the 18th century, the development of antibiotics in the 1920s and the world’s first organ transplant three decades later.
- These 10 medical breakthroughs will change the world1. Single cell analysis Likely to be one of the first of the 10 breakthroughs to come to fruition, single-cell analysis will allow scientists to study individual cells in their normal environment for the first time. The ability to determine which genes are turned on or off in individual cells, and to decode how immune cells attack healthy ...
- 12 new breakthroughs in the fight against cancer - The World Economic ForumIn October 2024, researchers announced the biggest breakthrough in cervical cancer treatment for two decades – in a trial at 32 medical centres in Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, and the UK. Results from the INTERLACE trial showed that giving cervical cancer patients a short course of chemotherapy before starting the standard treatment reduced ...
- Medical inventions that have seen off infectious diseases over last 100 ...Health research foundation Wellcome has compiled the major medical innovations since 1920, many of which combat infectious disease outbreaks. Despite progress over the past century, many infectious diseases still need to be eradicated, including malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
- 4 great medical discoveries that were purely accidentalThe World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.
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