Nanotechnology Will Break The Curse Running Through Generations
A fictional tale about the healing power of technology
The mutation of the CDH1 gene determines the fate of
generations of men in a Czech small town. The great-grandfather
dies unexpectedly upon returning home from the trenches of the first World War
– he survives the bullets of the Italian front
but gives in after a pint of beer and schnitzel. The grandfather was already diagnosed
with an illness, gastric cancer, which required the removal of his entire
stomach – but his life couldn’t be saved either. His son was luckier, he was
diagnosed in time with an early stage hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and had
endoscopic surgery for nipping the
condition in the bud. But what will the grandson do? That’s when nanotechnology
comes into the picture.
Surviving war trenches, dying from beer and schnitzel
Janek left a sleepy Czech town in the uniform of the Austro-Hungarian
Joint Army in the summer of 1915. His
wife and mother couldn’t stop crying for weeks before he left, so by the time
they escorted him to the train station, they couldn’t even have tears anymore.
He went off to war with their photos, a pack of cigarettes in his trench coat,
and a promise that by the time he would come back his son would be born. His
wife, Annie, was six months into her pregnancy. The train had hauled and spewed
smoke all over the station, and Janek vanished in the cloud of the vehicle
heading to Italy.
Half a year passed by, and Janek finally received the authorization t...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Medical Science Fiction Nanotechnology in Medicine cancer generation genetic disorder genetics Innovation sci-fi Surgery Source Type: blogs
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