The State Of CRISPR Clinical Trials And Their Future Potentials
CRISPR, short for “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats” – and more specifically CRISPR–Cas9 – relates to a gene-editing method that gained popularity in the past decade; and not for trivial reasons. Being the most efficient and accurate method to edit a cell’s genome, CRISPR holds potentials that range from treating conditions such as HIV to finding new drug targets.
While such potentials are real and are being actively investigated, you might be curious about more practical examples of CRISPR applications. By taking the US Clinical Trials registry as an example, we consider lis...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF CRISPR therapy clinical trials gene editing Source Type: blogs
The Most Overhyped Technologies in Healthcare
The hype about technological development in healthcare should not blind us in terms of the probabilities and possibilities of today’s healthcare and the future of medicine. To remain objective and conscious but still optimistic, let’s look at the most overhyped technologies and keep in mind the realistic development opportunities in healing.
You know the saying: the pessimist says the glass is half empty, the optimist says it is half full, and, well, the cynic asks who drank the other half? I’m truly an optimist – especially when it comes to the future of medicine and healthcare, but we need to ask the uncom...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing robotics virtual reality wearables GC1 hype organs Source Type: blogs
What Do We Need To Have AI-Equipped Nanobots In Medicine
Disease, noun [archaic]: A historical term used to describe various physical and mental ailments that affected organisms, primarily humans, in an era before the advent of comprehensive nanomedical and genetic interventions. In the technologically primitive past, diseases were common causes of discomfort, dysfunction, and mortality, often requiring medical treatment and care. Modern advances and nanobots in medicine have rendered this term obsolete, as conditions previously classified as diseases are now either preventable or entirely curable at the molecular level.
Are we on the brink of a brave new world where disease...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 30, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Future of Medicine Nanotechnology nanobots nanobots in medicine AI Source Type: blogs
AI ’ s Unforeseen Medical Discoveries: The Curious Case Of Unusual Associations
Artificial intelligence can do a plethora of astonishing things, which has been discussed thoroughly in the past year. We train models to assist medical work, from administration to image analysis, from triage to mental health support. And every now and then AI has curious medical discoveries, detecting things that – to the best of our human knowledge – should not be detectable from the input data. Like knowing the race of the patient from chest X-rays alone. These unusual associations present brand-new challenges to medical professionals.
In these cases, the medical detective work has a new aim: to understa...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine digital health Healthcare technology AI Source Type: blogs
Will We All Have To Become Biologically Enhanced Superhumans?
Okay, hands up who can tell who’s the most famous biologically enhanced superhuman in the world? True, it’s a quite close call between Captain America and The Incredible Hulk (sorry Spidey, you’re not even close). But are human-invented superhumans just a thing of a Stan Lee comic, or is it an actual scientific idea from a real laboratory?
As a matter of fact, enhancing human capabilities has been on the minds of people for ages, but it has come a long way from ancient training methods to exoskeletons. Enhancing our abilities, be it permanently or temporarily is a tempting but risky matter. Will it be possibl...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Augmented Reality Bioethics Biotechnology Cyborgization Digital Health Research E-Patients Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Policy Medical Education Robotics Science Ficti Source Type: blogs
Golden Years, Digital Gears: Digital Health For Aging Populations
The elderly are not the archetypal target group of various digital health developments. We have already discussed the topic multiple times, however, nothing captures the main setbacks as accurately as this brilliant, and in my opinion, underrated sketch from Saturday Night Live. It’s a timeless piece, all tiny details – the characters, the device design, the voiceovers – nuggets of gold.
Although features like continuous aFib screening (or blood pressure monitoring, alerts about changes in respiratory patterns, in gait, reminders on medication or drinking enough, and so on, and so on) would do more f...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF health tech senior health AI digital health wearables Source Type: blogs
Apple In Healthcare: How iPhone And Apple Watch Are Taking On Health
“I do think there will be a day when people looking back will say Apple’s greatest contribution to the world was healthcare.” this quote comes from the company’s CEO, Tim Cook, talking about Apple’s healthcare plans during the Time 100 Summit a while ago. This thought was repeated several times during the past years, but Apple seems to progress slowly, avoiding risks.
For its part, Apple entered the healthcare market later than its competitors but is working on acquiring a significant share of the market. Are the recent developments indicative of Tim Cook’s statement? Let’s see the steps that the compa...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Telemedicine & Smartphones EMR Deirdre Caldbeck fda AirPods iphone WSJ Apple Watch smartwatch Wall Street Journal Ce Source Type: blogs
Microsoft ’ s Multi-Tenbillion Dollar Bet On Healthcare
This article is a part of our series Tech Giants In Healthcare:
Amazon In Healthcare: Disruption, Data Nightmares And Digital Health Dreams
Google’s Masterplan for Healthcare
IBM’s Moonshot Ambition in Medicine
Is Apple Going Into Healthcare?
Take a deeper dive into what these companies aim for in medicine with our e-book, Tech Giants In Healthcare.
Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo
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Source: The Medical Futurist - November 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Security & Privacy tech giants AI Nuance cloud transcription cloud computing Satya Nadella Tom McGuinness Source Type: blogs
3D Printing In Medicine And Healthcare – The Ultimate List
3D printing has demonstrated huge potential for the future of medicine in the previous years, and its development is unstoppable. See the impressive list of 3D-printed healthcare materials and medical equipment below!
How does 3D printing in medicine work?
3D printing in medicine is part of the innovative process called additive manufacturing, which means producing three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. How the technology works, we explained in our article on bioprinting here.
As technology evolves, researchers work on various solutions. For example, engineers from the University of Buffalo have ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: 3D Printing Biotechnology Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Medical Education Personalized Medicine 3d printed biomaterial tissue engineering Video bioprinting GC1 Innovation Source Type: blogs
The 2023 Healthcare Power Ranking Of Tech Giants
Major tech companies have been venturing into healthcare for years, and we’ve been following and analysing their progress along the way. We have scrutinized their efforts individually (see: Google, Apple, Amazon, NVIDIA, Microsoft, IBM) and in summaries and more summaries, analysed what we can learn from the tech giants-healthcare-collaborations and even dared to publish some forecasts about what we expect their next moves will be.
And most recently we finished a major update on one of our most popular e-books, Tech Giants In Healthcare. As the book is out now, here is a 2023 power ranking of the most important non-...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine IBM Innovation technology microsoft AI NVIDIA amazon apple digital health google Source Type: blogs
5 Ways You Can Use AI In Your Healthcare RIGHT NOW
This study from March 2023 reports how an app developed to help patients’ bowel preparation can increase compliance and thus, the number of successful colonoscopies.
In some cases, health chatbots are also able to connect patients with clinicians for diagnosis or treatment, but that is one step further down the line. The general idea is that in the future, these talking or texting smart algorithms might become the first contact point for primary care. Patients will not get in touch with physicians, nurses, or any medical professional with every one of their health questions but will turn to chatbots first. If the ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AI digital health Healthcare Source Type: blogs
How Can You Use AI In Your Healthcare RIGHT NOW?
This study from March 2023 reports how an app developed to help patients’ bowel preparation can increase compliance and thus, the number of successful colonoscopies.
In some cases, health chatbots are also able to connect patients with clinicians for diagnosis or treatment, but that is one step further down the line. The general idea is that in the future, these talking or texting smart algorithms might become the first contact point for primary care. Patients will not get in touch with physicians, nurses, or any medical professional with every one of their health questions but will turn to chatbots first. If the ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: imported Healthcare AI artificial intelligence digital health Source Type: blogs
Breathalyzers, Breathomics And Exhalomics In The Digital Health Age
Most of us might take the breathing process for granted; after all it is an autonomous process that we only really start noticing when something about it is off. However, respiratory diseases are among the major causes of fatalities worldwide. The WHO estimates that by 2030, such conditions will be responsible for one in five deaths.
As the signs of declining respiratory health or factors that influence it can be subtle, an array of digital health technologies and approaches have come to address such issues. Along with those innovations, new terminologies such as smart breathalyzers, breathomics and exhalome have entere...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF Health Sensors & Trackers Portable Medical Diagnostics breathalyzer breathomics exhalomics Source Type: blogs
Digital Health Anxiety: When Wellness Tech Becomes A Stressor
In today’s hyper-connected world, technology promises us a clearer insight into our health and well-being. With a glance at our wrist or a quick tap on our phones, we can get a snapshot of our heart rate, the quality of our sleep, or the number of steps we’ve taken in a day. These tools, designed to empower us, can sometimes have an unintended consequence: they can become sources of anxiety and stress.
Lacing up your running shoes, you head out for a morning run. Looking forward to feeling the wind in your hair, the sun on your face, to enjoying the time to connect with nature and yourself. But the real-time...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF digital health anxiety smartwatch wearables Source Type: blogs
