• Question: What do you see for the future of medical science as a whole?

    Asked by Sweyda to Samantha, Paul, Glafkos, Clare on 13 Mar 2015.
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      Glafkos Havariyoun answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      artificial organs, 3d printed bones, faster scanners, and brain damage repair!

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      Samantha Terry answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      I agree with Glafkos on the 3D printing idea, although that is already starting now. Other than that I would have to say medical science will progress towards more personalized medicine with lots of intra-operative imaging using fluorescence.

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      Clare Devery answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      I see the future of medical science as extremely exciting. There is so much on-going research at the minute that it’s only a matter of time before crazy ideas become the norm. 3D printed bones is a good one! I think robotics is going to play a bigger part in everyday medicine too. And I think the days of full on surgery are over. There are more sophisticated ways of getting something into or out of the body than using a scalpel.

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      anon answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      I believe the way we will deliver medication will change. For example they are working on developing contact lenses that will distribute medication for short or long periods of time after someone has had eye surgery.

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      Paul Booker answered on 15 Mar 2015:

      Hi Swedya,

      I think medical science will become ever more personalised. Rather than using procedures standardised for a whole population, with the ability to sequence entire genomes etc, treatments can be tailored to an individual.

      There’s still a lot that can be done on prevention though, which often gets neglected compared with curing disease!

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