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Stem Cells
The first Stem cell transplant was in 1956. It was preformed by a man named Dr. E. Donnall Thomas. He took bone marrow from a healthy twin, and gave it to the other twin who had leukemia. Fast forward into the 21st century, and stem cells from the blood are actuality used to fight disease. Even used to help treat cancer patients. Last year on November 1st scientists were looking into treating Alzheimers disease with this. -
Nanomedicine
Originally, nanomedicine was considered a possibility in 1959 when Richard Feynman introduced it at his lecture However, nanomedicine has really developed in the 21st century. It controls, repairs, changes, and constructs the whole human biological system at a molecular level. Because humans are just biology. So they used a way smaller form biology to help fight diseases. -
Artificial Heart
There were other ideas for it in the late 1940s, but the first successful one was in 1982, called the Jarvik-7. Today in the 21st century, the modern version of the Jarvik 7 is known as the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart. artificial hearts have become much more successful in the making, and overall outcome. Someone who has to wait for a transplant can live on an artificial for up to 7 years. -
Argumented Reality in medicine
Argumented Reality in medicine was created in 1990 by a Steve Mann. It is the process of using technology to help save lives, and simplify them. Now, as technology has improved, we are able to create more virtual things that help us from finding veins, preforming surgery, or helping PTSD patients. -
Bionic prosthetic
The idea for a bionic body part was patented in 1858. But the first bionic arm that was successfully made was in 1993 at Margaret Rose Hospital by a team of five engineers. Bionic prosthetics have evolved so much over the years. So many people in the world have had an amputee of some sort. In 2018, over 31,000 prosthetics are sold to help those who need it. They function almost as good as normal limbs with today's technology -
Human genome project-
There was a lot of talk nation wide on doing this throughout the years. The first rough draft was completed in 2000, however the final map was created in 2003 was created by many institutions like the DOE and the NHGRI. This project was to figure out, and map the whole human body and every piece of DNA in it so we could get a better understanding of our race and how to better ourselves. -
Facial Transplant
The first ever facial transplant was done by Professor Bernard Devauchelle, and assisted by Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard in 2005. In the world we live in today, about 40 facial transdplants have been done worldwide. Not only does this help with people who cant chew, breath, or even blink normally. But it also helps with peoples self confidence. Most of these people either suffer from birth defects, facial abnormalities, or are burn victims. -
23 and Me
23 and me is a private business that takes the DNA you send in, and finds out what your ancestry is, or what traits you have. It has a few co founders, one of them being a woman named Anne Wojcicki. This has helped many people discover their heritage which is a very important aspect in peoples lives. Its called 23 and me because we have 23 chromosomes in a strand of DNA. Obviously as science improves, so does the more we can test just by some spit. -
Health Tracking app "Lose it!"
"Lose it " is a weight watching app that allows you to enter in the amount that you eat and work out. It also calculates your calories, and lets you put in your personal weight goal. The founders are Teague,Joseph J. Allaire, and Paul DiCristina, and it was created in 2008.
