Short:
Diagnostic techniques to detect a single gene or gene expression will be hot, think Diabetes or Asthma.
Better knowledge of genetic will allow tailored drug treatment, which will increase effectiveness and reduce side effects.
Long:
Most people in the developed world will have their genome sequenced.
Medical insurers or HMO's will get their hands on the results.
Showing posts with label DNA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DNA. Show all posts
Thursday 19 July 2007
Tuesday 19 June 2007
Medical
Short Range Trends:
Increasing self diagnosis using the internet.
Medical tourism.
commodity cosmetic procedures.
Antibiotics will fail.
Hospitals will spend more on being cleaner.
Long Range Trends:
MRI scanners in every doctors office.
Long distance diagnosis by doctors in Delhi.
Genome mapping for under $1000.
Personalized medicine using our mapped genomes
Increasing self diagnosis using the internet.
Medical tourism.
commodity cosmetic procedures.
Antibiotics will fail.
Hospitals will spend more on being cleaner.
Long Range Trends:
MRI scanners in every doctors office.
Long distance diagnosis by doctors in Delhi.
Genome mapping for under $1000.
Personalized medicine using our mapped genomes
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