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Amazing Science: <strong>Top</strong> 10 <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> for <strong>2016</strong><br />
Monday, August 1,<strong>2016</strong><br />
Amazing Science: <strong>Top</strong> 10 <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> for <strong>2016</strong><br />
In the field of health care, a lot of amazing as well as far-reaching<br />
technological innovations are made every year. In the <strong>Medical</strong> Innovation<br />
Summit conducted every year by the Cleveland Clinic, the numerous<br />
innovations that are made in the medical field during the year are considered<br />
and finally they publish a list of the <strong>Top</strong> 10 <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> for the year<br />
under consideration.<br />
The innovative technologies in the field of health care that are nominated by<br />
hundreds of health care professionals and medical researchers are considered<br />
and out of them a list of more than 100 state-of-the-art medical technologies<br />
are prepared and submitted to two independent panels of physicians of<br />
Cleveland Clinic. The two panels discuss and debate separately and finally<br />
prepare the combined list of the <strong>Top</strong> 10 <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> of the year.<br />
The opinions of Cleveland medical professionals from different fields of<br />
medicine and health care are considered while preparing the list. Only those<br />
innovations are considered that can create significant impact among human<br />
beings and also they must be available in the market during the year ahead.
The innovations that are recommended must be successful commercially and<br />
must have significant advantages over the existing practices.<br />
The Cleveland Clinic <strong>Medical</strong> Innovation Summit of the current year<br />
identified the following technologies as the <strong>Top</strong> 10 <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> for<br />
<strong>2016</strong>.<br />
1. Preventive Vaccines for epidemics<br />
In the year 2014, more than 10000 people died in Africa due to the outbreak<br />
of Ebola. This disease spreads very fast and it affects apart from the relatives<br />
of the deceased even health care personnel and those who attend the burial.<br />
The Ebola vaccine was developed within a year and during the Phase III trial it<br />
was proved that it ensures 100% protection to those who are directly exposed<br />
to Ebola. Apart from this vaccine, five other vaccines are also under trial. The<br />
Cleveland Clinic experts’ panel expects that a safe and effective vaccine for<br />
Ebola will be licensed and made available in the year <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
Similarly, so far there had been no effective vaccine for Meningococcal B.<br />
Now, two effective vaccines for this dreaded disease are under trial.<br />
2. Clinical trials based on Genomics<br />
Clinical trials can be made faster by way of Genetic profiling. This will increase<br />
the chances of survival for cancer patients.<br />
3. CRISPR for Gene Editing<br />
By way of Gene editing using CRISPR, genetic diseases such as HIV/AIDS can<br />
be eliminated completely.<br />
4. New sewage processor for purification of water<br />
The newly developed sewage processor can convert 14 tons of sewage into<br />
purified water in a day. The water is produced by a steam engine.<br />
5. New fetal DNA testing for pregnant women<br />
This is a non-invasive method for fetal testing to predict Down’s and Edward’s<br />
syndrome more accurately.
6. Protein marker analysis to detect prostate cancer<br />
The newly developed protein marker analysis ensures early detection of<br />
various types of cancer including prostate cancer with more accuracy.<br />
7. Artificial limbs controlled by brain<br />
Sensors are implanted in the brain so that the patient is able to regain<br />
sensation and move the artificial limbs naturally.<br />
8. Treatment for HSDD<br />
This treatment increases the levels of dopamine as well as norepinephrine in<br />
women and decreases the levels of serotonin. This will help pre-menopausal<br />
women to regain their sexual desire.<br />
9. Frictionless device for remote monitoring of patients<br />
When patients wear the monitoring device, the doctors receive alerts when<br />
there are any dangerous developments or changes in the patient’s body.<br />
10. Neurovascular stent retriever for removal of clots<br />
This newly developed device ensures effective stroke care by safely removing<br />
the blood clot and enabling the patient to recover fast<br />
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Naturally Controlled Artificial Limbs: The Biggest Innovation in <strong>2016</strong><br />
Sunday, August 7,<strong>2016</strong><br />
Touch and movement are parts of daily life. Unfortunately, a lot of<br />
people usually take them for granted. But everything changes when a terrible<br />
accident happens and there is a need to amputate a limb. The prosthetic limbs<br />
that are currently used replicate a real limb’s functions to some extent.<br />
However, the wearer lacks the ability to coordinate the limb with the least<br />
effort and he cannot also feel various textures. If there are any sensations<br />
relayed, they don’t feel natural and can last for not over a month following the<br />
surgery.<br />
To address this concern, more and more researchers are looking for ways<br />
to combat these issues. They have started to develop prosthetics that can be<br />
controlled by the mind.<br />
The primary difference between the traditional prosthetics and the<br />
currently developed prosthetics is their biotechnology has been more directly<br />
integrated with the person’s nervous system through implanted electrodes.<br />
The latest prosthetics can allow more accurate movement whatever the<br />
position of the limb might be, together with a properly refined manipulation<br />
of objects as well as the experience of various sensations for various textures.
According to the developers, the main goal here is no just to restore the<br />
normal functions of the limb but also to establish a reconnection to the<br />
physical world for those patients who go through amputations.<br />
These prosthetics also give patients the chance to feel not only the texture but<br />
also the hand’s location on the object that comes in contact with the prosthetic<br />
limb.<br />
The secret behind the consistency and precision of these new prosthetics<br />
lies in technological concepts behind the development of the mind-controlled<br />
prosthetic. The artificial arm makes use of a technology known as<br />
osseointegration, or the prosthetic’s direct attachment to the skeleton, that<br />
then provides mechanical stability.<br />
The neuromuscular cuff electrodes are being implanted for them to enclose<br />
the primary nerve bundles found in the arm whereas, before, electrodes were<br />
being placed on the skin surface.<br />
The mind-controlled prosthetics can also interface with the body’s<br />
natural neuromuscular system. This way, the latest prosthetics become more<br />
integrated with the wearer’s body in a way that was completely different from<br />
before.<br />
This technology has also incorporated patterned stimulation intensity that<br />
approximates various kinds of tactile stimuli by way of algorithms. Due to this,<br />
wearers no longer experience paresthesia, or the tingling usually associated<br />
with traditional prosthetics.<br />
Implanted cuff electrodes can create 16-19 sensory points on these prosthetic<br />
hands that relay more stable responses to their wearer, while the computer<br />
algorithms approximate the neural responses to every distinct texture.<br />
The mind-controlled technology underwent several development stages<br />
before it was able to reach its present level of sophistication. Needless to say,<br />
there are a lot of things to celebrate because these mind-controlled artificial<br />
limbs open brand new doors in the biomedical engineering field.<br />
Researchers are now looking forward to how their development of<br />
sensitive prosthetic arms will be translated to prosthetic legs that will benefit a
lot from a feedback system which will let the wearer adjust naturally to the<br />
uneven ground.<br />
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Latest Anti-Aging Research News: New Era Of Science<br />
Thursday, August 11,<strong>2016</strong><br />
Could See Humans Live To 120?<br />
The very first anti-aging drug in the world is said to be tested on human<br />
beings next year in the trials that could see diseases including Parkinson’s<br />
and Alzheimer's disease are consigned to distant memory.<br />
Today, scientists believe that it’s possible to stop people grow old as quickly<br />
and help them live with good health well into their 120s or 110s.<br />
New Era<br />
Even it seems like a science fiction, the researchers have proven that<br />
Metformin, a drug for diabetes, extends the life of animals and in the US, FDA<br />
has now agreed to ahead with the trials to know if the same effects could be<br />
replicated in the human beings.<br />
If successful, it just means that the person in their 70s will be as healthy as a<br />
fifty-year old. It might using in a whole new era of geo-sciences where the<br />
doctors would never fight against individual conditions such as dementia,<br />
diabetes, and cancer, but rather treat aging, which is an underlying<br />
mechanism.<br />
Professor Gordon Lithgow, a Scottish aging expert of Buck Institute for<br />
Research on Aging, is basically one of the advisors in the field study. He stated
that once you target the process of aging and slow down aging, it will slow<br />
down the diseases as well as aging’s pathology. He added that this is<br />
revolutionary and never happened in the previous years.<br />
Lithgow also said that he was doing the research for several years now and the<br />
concept they’re trying to talk about is the clinical trials in the human beings<br />
for anti-aging drugs would’ve been though inconceivable. However, there’s a<br />
reason to believe that it is possible.<br />
The future is taking the biology that they have now developed as well as<br />
implementing to the humans. Back then, the process of aging is a total<br />
mystery, yet with today’s advancement, many scientists and experts<br />
understand it slowly.<br />
The Better Way To understand Aging process<br />
Aging isn’t an inevitable part of one’s life because every cell contains a DNA<br />
blueprint that keeps the body functioning properly. Several marine creatures<br />
don’t age at all. But, over the lifetime billions of the cell divisions should occur<br />
to the bodies functioning properly and the more times the cells divide, the<br />
more issues creep in the process.<br />
As cell concerns grow, one’s body can’t repair the damage. In case of cancer,<br />
the cells don’t have the ability in preventing mutations and the tumors start to<br />
grow. When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, the brain gets rid of clearing the<br />
sticky plaques. Due to this, dementia starts to develop.<br />
Overall<br />
According to the scientists, they are thinking of the best candidate for antiaging<br />
drug and they end up with Metformin, which is the most widely used<br />
drugs for diabetes in the world and available at an affordable price.<br />
Metformin increases the oxygen molecules released into the cells, which<br />
appear to improve longevity and robustness. When the Belgian researchers<br />
tested Metformin on tiny roundworms, the worms didn’t only aged slower, but<br />
also stayed healthier longer. When they tested it on mice, nearly forty percent<br />
of their lifespan was increased and their bones became much stronger.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_extension<br />
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