Biotechnology

What if you could have a heat-map vision to search through an abandoned terrain? What if you could filter out unpleasant odors of urban decay every now and then? Can you imagine hearing ultrasounds better than bats? And what about lifting 20 tons or having a third, bionic arm? With the rapid advancement of technologies, the future of healthcare might not just be about being healthy, but even augmenting our bodies and “upgrading” ourselves. Where would you draw the line between being a human and a cyborg?

The Medical Futurist collected the top 3D bioprinting companies. Here are the top companies in the segment, and some that sadly failed in the past years.

Dante Labs sent me their Full DNA whole genome sequencing package, and I went through a roller-coaster of feelings: I was excited to know every secret of my DNA, but I was afraid of getting to know my hereditary cancer risks and worried what else I might find. As in my case, (scientific) curiosity usually overrides fear, I jumped into the unknown and I’m eager to share my results here.

3D Printing in Medicine: in recent years 3D printing in medicine took a massive leap. Check out our analysis of where this exciting field stands today!

One of the most common human fears is going to the dentist, although we all know how crucial oral health is and how strongly it is connected to our overall health. Let’s see what new technologies can do to revolutionise dentistry – and our attitudes.

We asked the question How Much is Life Worth? A heart can be purchased for $1000000. Livers are worth about $557000 & kidneys cost about $262000

The Medical Futurist team is a fierce advocate for proper digital health adoption; and for that, we need good investments in good digital health companies.

Enhancing human capabilities has been on the mind of people for ages, but superhumans came a long way from ancient training methods to exoskeletons.

An oncologist administering nanorobots that swim through a patient’s bloodstream to deliver drugs in a highly targeted way. A person on a specific diet scanning their meal with a single device to reveal all of its major nutritional elements. A clinic’s transplant department 3D-printing whole organs. These are scenarios that sound like snippets extracted from a science-fiction novel. But these are digital health technologies that we will have to get used to in the future.

We listed devices and technologies with the promise of curing cancer or transforming it into a manageable chronic disease.

There are many threats if we let medical innovation run wild. We collected 10 hazards that technology brings about in the digital health age.

Fast fashion is not only unsustainable but also means an unbearable burden to the planet. The situation is ripe for change. Could lab-grown leather and other novel ways of synthetic garment production, biofashion or digital clothing show the way into an alternative future of the apparel industry?

The mRNA technology holds immense promise for not just treating COVID, but also fighting cancer, infectious diseases and inherited genetic problems.

Four reasons why we still don’t have reliably working nutrigenomics tests, which could tell us what we should eat based on our dna.

Full overview of how 3D bioprinting will break into healthcare revolutionizing organ donations & animal testing.

In early 2021, Spanish lawmakers legalised euthanasia and assisted death for patients suffering from unbearable and/or incurable conditions, making Spain the sixth country in the […]