I have
researched about upcoming medical technologies, and I want to share what I have
researched with you. I think medical technology will advance in a huge way that
the 20th century’s doctors will have no clue how to use it. In our
world today we have advanced so much through the years. The technology is
better and of course the humans are learning more about the human body and how
even the smallest organs in our body function and depend on other organs in our
bodies so they can work properly.
Here are 9
great examples of medical technologies on http://listverse.com
that could shape the future:
1. Anti-Bleeding
Gel
2. Magnetic
Levitation
3. Artificial
Cell Mimicry
4. Brain
Cells From Urine
5. Electric
Underwear
6. Pollen
Vaccines
7. Printed
Bones
8. Brain
Damage Repair
9. Human
Powered Equipment
Anti-Bleeding
Gel caught my eye as I was reading about these technologies. The way the gel
works is that when you have a wound and you apply the gel to the wound it
immediately stops the bleeding and starts the clotting process. It creates a
substance that is like a scab but it is not a scab. It creates it by the body
reacting to some chemicals in the gel, which makes the skin around the wound
create a covering for the wound.
Another
advancement that stood out was the Artificial Cell Mimicry. This is how it
works. It is a gel that copies the
action of some cells. It is made in bunches that are 7.5 billionths of a meter
wide. That size is about for times wider than a DNA double helix. Cells have
skeletons of their own that are known as cytoskeletons. Cell’s skeletons are
made of proteins from the body. The gel replaces the cytoskeleton in a cell.
When it is applied to a wound it replaces cells that were damaged or lost.
Fluids can still pass through the cell so the wound will heal, but the skeleton
keeps bacteria from coming through with the fluid.
Electric
Underwear seemed a little weird to me, but as I read it made much more sense.
When a patient is in a medical bed for a while, they can develop bedsores that
are open wounds made by not having enough circulation, along with compressed
skin. Bedsores can be deadly. Approximately 60,000 people die from bedsores
every year. That means $12 billion dollars down the drain for the U.S. medical
industry. Canadian researchers first made the electric underwear. They deliver
a small electrical charge every ten minutes. It is the same as the patient
moving on their own. It activates muscles and increases circulation in that
area, and effectively eliminates bedsores. So that is a major plus because it
saves a lot of lives.
I do not
know about you, but Pollen Vaccinations are also very interesting to me. I am
sure you already know flower pollen is one of the most common allergens in the
world. The outside of the pollen shell is tough enough to resist the
disintegrating power of the human digestive system. Most of the vaccines are
injected because they cannot withstand stomach acids when they are taken
orally. They break down and all of the sudden become useless. But if you put
both of them together, you have a strong medical vaccination. Researchers from
Texas Tech University are looking for ways to use pollen to provide life saving
vaccines.
From the
three examples I wrote about it seems like the future of medical technology
will be pretty cool in a few years. I think this is a very interesting subject
to read about. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did!
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