5 Newest Medical Technology Innovation 2013

Since the beginning of 20 century, the scientist, engineer, and researcher just like become insane, they always create somthing new year after year until now. And today, all human being in this planet really enjoy their work, with those wireless technology, internet, advance medical treatment, and many other.

And in this page, we will see just 5 of them in the medical field. Those 5 is the most advance technology development that published in this June 2013! The following stories are sure to blow your mind. Technological and medical advancements that most people believed would never happen in their lifetime, let alone at this very moment, are real and continuing to develop. These discoveries bring with them a myriad of new technology and techniques that will only grow and improve with time to make the world a better place to live in.




Enjoy!!


1. Cardiac MRI


heart

Anthracycline is an effective form of chemotherapy, but it has been shown to severely damage the hearts of many children who undergo treatment. Up to now, most children suffering from this heart damage find their heart walls thinning and by the time they are diagnosed it’s usually much too late to do anything about it. Ultrasounds would frequently miss the heart defect until years following the treatment, once the irreversible damage had already taken its toll.
But a new technique was unveiled on June 10th. Through extensive testing, the T1 MRI has been shown to be more accurate, more efficient, and safer than existing techniques used to detect heart disease in children. Doctors have been able to see childhood heart defects earlier and more effectively than with the ultrasounds (which erroneously show the hearts to be perfectly fine). This is a great medical advancement for detection of early childhood heart diseases.

2. Bioengineered Body Part


bioengineering blood vessel

On June 6th, a group of doctors at Duke University successfully implanted the first bioengineered blood vessel into a live patient. Though bioengineering has been advancing rapidly, this procedure was the first successful implant of any synthetically bioengineered body part.Implanted into a patient suffering from the end stages of kidney disease, the vein had been synthesized from donated human cells that were then developed on a scaffold. In order to prevent any antibodies in the patient from attacking the foreign vessel, the qualities that could trigger the attack were removed. The vein has proved more successful in tests than synthetic or animal-based implants because they are not prone to clotting and don’t pose risk of infection during the surgery.Incredibly, the veins are made of the same flexible materials that they’re connected to and even take on the properties of their cellular environment and other veins. With the success of this procedure, this emerging field has huge implications for further uses in the medical world. Soon, doctors hope to be bioengineering veins for heart disease and maybe even go on to bioengineer whole organs or body parts.

3. Medical Benefit Of Silver


Silver Antibiotics


A study was published on June 19th by a team of researchers at Boston University regarding the benefits of using silver in antibiotics. While it has long been known that silver contains strong antimicrobial properties, scientists have only recently discovered that it’s able to turn normal antibiotics into antibiotics on steroids.It is now known that silver uses many chemical processes to stop bacteria from forming bonds, slow their metabolic rates, and disrupt homeostasis. These processes cause the bacteria to become weak and more susceptible to the power of antibiotics. Through multiple studies, the mixture of silver and antibiotics has been up to 1,000 times more effective in killing bacteria than antibiotics alone. Some critics warn that using silver may have potentially toxic side effects on its users, but scientists disagree, saying small non-toxic amounts increase the effectiveness of the antibiotic. This is a very exciting discovery for the medical world, with the possible uses and applications for this precious metal continuing to grow.

4. Sight For The Blind People


Blind People Walk


The first bionic eye prototype was introduced by a team of Australian designers in early June. The bionic eye works by having a chip implanted into the user’s skull and then connected to a digital camera in the glasses. While the glasses currently only allow the user to see outlines, the prototype has a lot of promise to be improved upon in the future. Once the camera captures an image, the signal is changed and sent wirelessly to the microchip. From there, the signal activates spots on the microchip implanted into the visual cortex of the brain. The team of researchers is hoping to further the capabilities of the glasses while keeping them lightweight, adjustable, and comfortable for the wearer. It should be usable by 85 percent of people who are legally blind.

5. Immunity Of Cancer


Naked Rat


The University of Rochester published a study on June 19th suggesting the mechanism that allows naked mole rats to be immune to cancer. These creepy subterranean rodents may get a lot of heat for their looks, but they seem to be having the last laugh when it comes to their immunity to cancer.A gooey sugar known as hyaluronan (HA) has been found in the spaces between naked mole rats’ cells, which seem to stop them from growing close together and forming tumors. The substance, acting like a parent chaperone at a high school dance, causes early contact inhibition, which is a process that stops cells from multiplying once they reach a certain density. A double mutation in the two enzymes that promote HA’s growth and reduce its breakdown is thought to be the reason for the elevated amount of the substance. Scientists tested the theory by infecting skin cells containing both high and low amounts of HA with cancer.It was found that in the cell with low levels of HA, the cancer multiplied rapidly, but in cells with high HA, tumors failed to form. Scientists are hoping to modify laboratory rats to produce high amounts of HA in an attempt to make mice immune to cancer.


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source : http://listverse.com/2013/07/12/10-recent-scientific-advances-that-signal-the-future/
5 Newest Medical Technology Innovation 2013 5 Newest Medical Technology Innovation 2013 Reviewed by skyoko7@gmail.com on Friday, July 12, 2013 Rating: 5

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