Innovative Protein Discovery
This simple infographic sums up 10 recent medical discoveries that can help revolutionize the medical industry. As technology continues to improve, researchers are finding new methods and gaining more insights to improve prevention, diagnostic, and treatment capabilities to improve well-being.
With brilliant minds working hard to advance forward in the medical industry, we’ve reached some amazing breakthroughs that can help improve well-being. Some of the recent discoveries and inventions include the digital chemotherapy pill, understanding of cancer-causing proteins, discovering a cellular process that can help stop cancer, finding that muscle protein can aid in nerve regeneration, activating cells’ ability to heal themselves, finding proteins that can affect brain diseases, discovering proteins that can help combat aging, restoring memory, developing blood test to predict Alzheimer’s, and creating a new technology to discover pancreatic cancer at an earlier stage.
With changing times and increasing technology, the life sciences industry is also facing changes. 3 trends to expect this year is augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and globalization. While these have already taken place, they will likely take the front stage and have a bigger impact than in the past. Augmented reality can be used to project 3D models to help people better understand complex problems and can be an important tool for professionals, researchers, and students. AI can be used in drug development and can process more information in a shorter amount of time speeding up the process. Companies are expanding beyond borders and the spread of information can help advance research.
The Breakthrough Prize was designed to reward outstanding breakthroughs and achievements and to inspire the next generation. The 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences was awarded to 4 outstanding scientists. Bennett and Krainer were awarded for developing a new drug for SMA which can reduce infant death. Angelika Amon was awarded for providing new insights into cancer cells and abnormal chromosome numbers. Xiaowei Zhuang was awarded for developing the new imaging tool – STORM. Dr. Chen was awarded for this research in immune checkpoint blockage therapy. These amazing scientists have help further medical research and advanced forward in the life sciences industry.
