The Technology Review website compiled five of the most important advances in biomedicine during 2009, studies on the genetics of cancer to improve treatment, into sound waves to reduce risks in surgery and the greatest challenge was the need for rapid vaccine against Influenza AH1N1 are part of that count.
Cancer genomic code. In October 2009 it announced that it had decoded the genome of two common types of cancer, lung and skin and thus help to have a genetic profile of different types that exist. A map of this disease could not only prevent but also according to genes, providing the most appropriate treatment for the patient.
Know the behavior of cancer cells would help, for example, that physicians provide situations in which metastasis occurs and thus, according to the patient’s genetic profile to attack the disease more adequately.
A drug that increases longevity in mammals. A study conducted in mice may help slow the effects of aging in humans too. The drug called Rapamycin, commonly used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs was analyzed and found that can help to increase 9 to 13% of life expectancy in mammals. (more…)