Healthcare has never looked like this before. Researchers are trying to create new hearts, livers and lungs on demand. Tiny nanorobots might one day live within us, obliterating viruses or cancer cells as they emerge. Sooner than this, implanted devices will provide physicians with real-time diagnostics on what is happening inside the body. In the fast-approaching future, rather than just living longer, we will live better.
In 2022 the world is recovering from the economic and social trauma of the covid-19 pandemic. But while the legacy of the virus is keenly felt in energy crises, supply chain issues and stunted economic growth, it had an enhancing effect too. Specifically, in the healthcare sector and study of biomedical science. Consider that consulting firm McKinsey estimates that by 2040, new technologies could reduce the total burden of disease by 6 to 10 per cent.
The great scientific effort to improve health is progressing faster than ever. Next, we alight upon three innovations that are likely to revolutionize how we care for our bodies.
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