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Lexie D

Molecular medicine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    definition of molecular medicine. Third stage of medicine. "Molecular medicine is a broad field, where physical, chemical, biological and medical techniques are used to describe molecular structures and mechanisms, identify fundamental molecular and genetic errors of disease, and to develop molecular interventions to correct them. The molecular medicine perspective emphasizes cellular and molecular phenomena and interventions rather than the previous conceptual and observational focus on patients and their organs.[1]"
Lexie D

Robert Lanza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    he has written numerous books about medicine. "Robert Paul Lanza (born 11 February 1956) is an American medical doctor, scientist, Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT)[1] and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine."
Lexie D

Germ Theory - 0 views

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    second stage of medicine "Germ theory states that many diseases are caused by the presence and actions of specific micro-organisms within the body. The theory was developed and gained gradual acceptance in Europe and the United States from the middle 1800s. It eventually superseded existing miasma and contagion theories of disease and in so doing radically changed the practice of medicine. It remains a guiding theory that underlies contemporary biomedicine."
Dru F

Nanotechnology In Medicine: Huge Potential, But What Are The Risks? - Medical News Today - 0 views

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    This is another page about how nanotechnology can change medicine forever. There is a section about how we can treat a tumor and be done with it in a short period of time because of little medications. This page also gives great new, interesting facts.
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    Overview of nanotech in medicine.
William B

Medicine in the Year 2060 with Dr. Michio Kaku (FOX Feature) - YouTube - 0 views

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    future of medicine
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    This video will be majorly beneficial, especially during this stage of our research. This site is reliable because it is from Dr. Kaku's youtube page, (which may also be beneficial in the future to remember), and the information from this video may give us a better view on what subjects to explore as our research continues.
Hunter Hayes

The Future of Medicine Is Now - 0 views

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    "Surgeons at Boston Children's Hospital have developed a way to help children born with half a heart to essentially grow a whole one-by marshaling the body's natural capacity to heal and develop." This site shows some current prototypes of ideas that Kaku predicted in his book. It shows us that there are medical advancements, which we thought were not possible until much farther into the future, functioning almost flawlessly in our current society. This website will be a valuable resource in this project because it explains multiple advancements that have been made in the last few years and will be perfected in the near future. This article comes from a website that we know is reliable from previous research.
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    In our era of instant gratification, the world of medicine seems like an outlier. The path from a promising discovery to an effective treatment often takes a decade or more.But from that process-of fits and starts, progress and setbacks and finally more progress-grow the insights and advances that change the course of medicine.
Taylor B

The Importance of Nanotechnology in Medicine - 0 views

  • There are a lot of areas in medicine that will greatly benefit from the further development of nanotechnology.
Dru F

Physics Book Review - Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku - 0 views

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    This summarizes the trends in the chapter of medicine. "Future of Medicine Near Future: Genomic Medicine, Medical Scanners, Stem Cells, Midcentury: Gene Therapy, Designer Children Far Future: Reversing Aging, Immortality, Bringing Back Dinosaurs & Neanderthals, Germ Warfare"
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    Here are the trends in the Space chapter "Future of Space Travel Near Future: Landing on an Asteroid, Landing on a Moon of Mars, Return to the Moon, Permanent Moon Base Midcentury: Mission to Mars, Space Tourism Far Future: Space Elevator, Starships, Nanoships"
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    Chapter one summary "Future of the Computer Near Future: Internet Glasses, Driverless Cars, Flexible Electronic Paper, Virtual Worlds Midcentury: Augmented Reality, Universal Translators, Holograms & 3-D Far Future: Direct Mind-Computer Interface, Tricorders"
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    Chapter two summary "Near Future: Expert Systems Midcentury: Modular Robots, Robot Surgeons & Cooks, Emotional Robots, Modeling the Brain Far Future: Conscious Machines, Cybernetics"
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    "Nanotechnology Near Future: Nanomachines in Our Body, Carbon Nanotubes (like graphene), Atomic Transistors, Quantum Computers Midcentury: Shape-Shifting Far Future: Replicators"
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    Review of the book giving insight into each chapter
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    Review of the book giving insight into each chapter
William B

Medical physicists: preparing for change - MedicalPhysicsWeb - 1 views

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    a new direction we need to look at in Medicine. 
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    I think this website will be a great reference through out this project. It provides us with a descriptive overview of the current medical technology available to the public, as well as a glimpse of the technological possibilities that may be part of our future. This source appears to be reliable because it is a medical website. The author also includes citations throughout the article to prove the information is correct.
Lexie D

James Watson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    Other co-founder of the DNA molecule. "Sir James Dewey Watson, KBE, ForMemRS (born April 6, 1928), is an American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist, best known as a co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick. Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".[4]"
Lexie D

Francis Crick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    he helped discover the DNA molecule. "Francis Harry Compton Crick, OM, FRS (8 June 1916 - 28 July 2004) was an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, most noted for being a co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 with James Watson. He, Watson, and Maurice Wilkins were jointly awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".[1][2]"
William B

Medical physics in 2020: will we ... [Australas Phys Eng Sci Med. 2008] - PubMed - NCBI - 1 views

  • From the time when Roentgen and other physicists made the discoveries which led to the development of radiology, radiotherapy and nuclear medicine, medical physicists have played a pivotal role in the development of new technologies that have revolutionized the way medicine is practiced today. Medical physicists have been transforming scientific advances in the research laboratories to improving the quality of life for patients; indeed innovations such as computed tomography, positron emission tomography and linear accelerators which collectively have improved the medical outcomes for millions of people. In order for radiation-delivery techniques to improve in targeting accuracy, optimal dose distribution and clinical outcome, convergence of imaging and therapy is the key. It is timely for these two specialties to work closer again. This can be achieved by means of cross-disciplinary research, common conferences and workshops, and collaboration in education and training for all. The current emphasis is on enhancing the specific skill development and competency of a medical physicist at the expense of their future roles and opportunities. This emphasis is largely driven by financial and political pressures for optimizing limited resources in health care.
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    physicists are trying to improve the quality of life for patients 
William C

Nanotechnology and Medicine / Nanotechnology Medical Applications - 0 views

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    This page gave a good amount on how nanotechnology can change the future of medicine, from taking pills to cancer. It also talks about nerve regeneration and how that is in the near future with nanotechnology.
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    "Nanotechnology is already being used in products in its passive form, such as cosmetics and sunscreens,"
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    "Nanotechnology medical developments over the coming years will have a wide variety of uses and could potentially save a great number of lives. Nanotechnology is already moving from being used in passive structures to active structures, through more targeted drug therapies or "smart drugs." These new drug therapies have already been shown to cause fewer side effects and be more effective than traditional therapies. In the future, nanotechnology will also aid in the formation of molecular systems that may be strikingly similar to living systems. These molecular structures could be the basis for the regeneration or replacement of body parts that are currently lost to infection, accident, or disease. These predictions for the future have great significance not only in encouraging nanotechnology research and development but also in determining a means of oversight. The number of products approaching the FDA approval and review process is likely to grow as time moves forward and as new nanotechnology medical applications are developed."
Taylor B

Smart Pills, Called Advances Digital Medicine - 0 views

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    "Advances in nanotechnology in the medical field, to which we now have so-called "smart pills", created to monitor the health status of a patient with its sensors barely a millimeter thick"
William B

'Organ Printing' Could Drastically Change Medicine - ABC News - 0 views

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    News talking about how organ printing can change the medicine for people.
Kellie C

5 tech trends that will affect the way you practice medicine in 2013 | Medical Economics - 0 views

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    "Smartphones, iPads, mobile health (mHealth) apps, remote monitoring devices, cloud-based computing, and other technologic advances are continuing to rewrite the script for healthcare delivery for both patients and physicians, so much so that Forbes already has declared 2013 as the year of digital health. Consider that 60% of physicians accessed health content online using their mobile phones, and 44% turned to tablet computers, according to the 2012 comScore Physician Mobile Survey."
Emma Aanestad

The future of medicine means part human, part computer - 0 views

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    "Forget wearable technology. It may not be too much longer before sensors are actually put inside your body.It may sound a little bit futuristic and far-fetched, but the reality is that indigestible sensors and implantable chips are already in use and growing." This source could be beneficial for this project because it talks about yet another technological tool that may be used in the medical field of 2100. It provides information on how chronicle disease could be dealt with and why the electronic pills would be an efficient way to monitor the patients health status. This could be a part of the "Staying Young" topic. We know this is a reliable source because it is a news report from CNBC, which we know provides trustworthy information.
William B

3D Printed Organs May Mean End To Waiting Lists, Deadly Shortages - 0 views

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    "Dying patients could someday receive a 3D-printed organ made from their own cells rather than wait on long lists for the short supply of organ transplants. Such a futuristic dream remains far from reality, but university labs and private companies have already taken the first careful steps by using 3D-printing technology to build tiny chunks of organs. Regenerative medicine has already implanted lab-grown skin, tracheas and bladders into patients - body parts grown slowly through a combination of artificial scaffolds and living human cells. By comparison, 3D-printing technology offers both greater speed and computer-guided precision in printing living cells layer by layer to make replacement skin, body parts and perhaps eventually organs such as hearts, livers and kidneys."
Taylor B

Future impact of nanotechnology on medicine and dentistry - 0 views

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    Entire page has awesome info. 
William C

Comes the smart pill - 0 views

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    "Engineers at the University of Florida (USA) have created a housing that incorporates a tiny microchip and antenna and, after administration, warns that a patient has taken his medicine. According to Rizwan Bashirullah, creator of the invention, the smart pill could be very useful in patients who forget if you have taken medication, or just clueless and do not take it daily. The pill consists of a capsule containing a microchip and an antenna that is printed on its surface using non-toxic ink of silver nanoparticles . The antenna is biocompatible and dissolves almost 100%. When the pill is swallowed, the microchip is communicated to a small external electronic device (which could be incorporated into future mobile phone), which in turn sends a message to a phone or a computer, informing both the patient and the doctors and family members if necessary. According to the American Heart Association, the main problem in treating illness today is that no medical requirements are met . Recent studies show that chronically ill patients only take half of the pills prescribed . And that 10% of hospital admissions due to this lack of consistency. Even 218,000 deaths annually are attributed to this problem. "Using technology to remedy may be a good idea," says Bashirullah."
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