Top 10 Best Medical Innovations For The Coming Year

1. Vaccines to Prevent

Public Health

Epidemics

● Vaccines to prevent public health epidemics such as Ebola and meningococcal B get fast-tracked for approval so patients can receive them earlier.

2. Genomic Directed Clinical Trials

● Genetic profiling of patients better matches them to clinical trials, which increases their chance of benefiting from research studies.

3. Gene Editing Using

CRISPR

● CRISPR is a therapy in which the human genome is altered in an effort to eliminate genetic-based disease.

4. Water Purification

Systems for

Prevention of

Infectious Diseases

● A self-sustainable processor turns solid waste and sewer sludge into safe drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.

5. Cell-Free Fetal DNA

Testing

● A non-invasive diagnostic test has a tenfold better chance of diagnosing Down’s syndrome in a fetus.

6. Cancer

Screening via Protein Biomarker Analysis

● A test that detects changes in the structure of certain blood proteins can diagnose many types of cancer with high accuracy.

7. Naturally Controlled Artificial Limbs

● Sensors pick up neural codes sent by the brain and send them to computers to be deciphered and used to operate prosthetic limbs.

8. First-ever

Treatment For HSDD

● A drug restores sexual desire in premenopausal women who have no medical-based explanation for their loss of libido.

9. Friction-

less Remote

Monitoring

● Devices that allow health care providers to monitor patients from afar — such as needle-free glucose monitoring, which uses biosensors on the skin to collect information on glucose levels.

10. Neuro-

vascular Stent

Retriever

● A new device, used alongside standard tPA treatment for stroke, removes clots and results in speedier recovery for patients and a better chance for independence.

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