Medical Advancments

  • Telehealth Dr Visits

    Telehealth Dr Visits
    Was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell by telephone. Doctors can talk to their patients through telephone or facetime. It is affecting healthcare by making it easier for patients are doctors and more flexible. It helps patients to stay healthy and keep up with their health care.
  • Human Genome Project

    Human Genome Project
    Alfred Sturtevant made the first gene map in 1911. The human genome project helps study similarities and differences between the human genes and find the functions of genes. It affects medicine by finding diseases and practice the field of medicine.
  • Artificial Pancreas

    Artificial Pancreas
    Artificial pancreas is a system that monitors blood glucose levels. It provides insulin or hormones to people. Its changing lives for people that have type 1 diabetes. Bryan Mazlish invented the artificial pancreas and FDA approved it.
  • Stem Cells

    Stem Cells
    Two Canada Doctors James Till and Ernset McCulloch discovered stem cells. Stem cells can become any type of cell in the body and repair disease tissue and organs.
  • Bionic Prosthetic

    Bionic Prosthetic
    David Gow led the team of 5 to help make the bionic prosthetic. The prosthetic sends messages to the bionic hand when muscles contracts. It helps to make full motion of a hand forming any gestures.
  • Anti-Smoking Laws

    Anti-Smoking Laws
    California was the first state to start smoking bans in 1995. Smoking laws are a smoke-free law because children are getting exposed to second-hand smoking.
  • Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment

    Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
    Immunotherapy cancer treatment is a cancer treatment that helps the body fight cancer. The substances are made in a laboratory or by the body to restore the immune system. Opdivo is the first immunotherapy agent approved for this treatment.
  • 3D Printing Body Parts

    3D Printing Body Parts
    Anthony Atala invented 3D body parts first using novel tissue 20 years ago. 3D body parts are a remake of something you are missing for example an ear. People can remake your ear with plastic. 3D printing is affecting medicine by layering living cells on top of one another to make living tissue.
  • Robotic Surgery

    Robotic Surgery
    Robotic surgery is surgery performed by a robot through a person. The robot gets into smaller places in the body and makes precision incisions. Also, it is less painful, and patients lose less blood. This was made in 2000 by da Vinci
  • Facial Transplants

    Facial Transplants
    The first ever facial transplant was in November 27, 2005 by a team of Jean-Michel Dubernard and Bernard Devauchelle in France. A facial transplant is for people who has disfigurement in their face, and they get a face transplant to replace a person faces with a new face from a donor. It is affecting medicine by giving people another chance at life with a new face.