"Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2008"
by Alice Park, www.time.com
Time News online has made various lists of things that made top 10 lists for 2008, since we will be ringing in a new year within the next month. Many of these discoveries I had not heard of until now. I can see how beneficial they are to today's medical and scientific world, being that when we did not know of these breakthroughs before, we could not help those who had related issues. Here is a list of the top 10:
1. the first neutrons were created from ASL patients..
2. inflammation vs. cholesteral - was discovered that a risk factor for heart disease, leading to a heart attack, is inflammation.
3. scarless surgery - surgeons go through the body's existing openings instead of cutting through skin for "naural orifice" surgeries
4. genomes for the masses...
5. up to 4 new genes discovered for Alzheimer's
6. a five-in-one vaccine
7. gene screens for Breast Cancer
8. blood testing for Down Syndrom
9. seasick patch for cancer patients created
10. Stem-cell trachea transplant...
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You are right there are so many new scientific and medical breakthroughs. Hopefully there will be even more in 2009. I think the one for Alzheimer's is the best.
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