Futuristic Medicine and its Applications in the Field of Medical Science

Abstract

During the early twentieth century, the idea of regenerating a new body part/organ to compensate lost and dead tissues would have seemed to be a story taken out from the pages of a science fiction book. There used to be huge sufferings and mortality from diseases like tuberculosis, polio, pneumonia, and malaria just to name a few. Cancer would have been a death penalty. AIDS was an unknown disease until 1983 [1]. Since the last three decades, medical science has made rapid strides and developed sophisticated tools for early diagnosis and detection. Presently, diseases like AIDS, malaria, hepatitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, leprosy and even certain form of cancers are no longer considered to be fatal and deadly. Polio is now a closed chapter in many developing countries. The age we are currently living in, has become more materialistic and so are the demands and needs for a better healthcare system. This has encouraged many scientific communities globally to undertake and embark on new and futuristic journeys to achieve greater heights in the field of medical science. Massive funding from public and private institutions, emergence of science and scientist as a rewarding career, ever-increasing public awareness, inception of the concept of personalized medicine, competitiveness, quest for knowing the unknown and the willingness coupled with acceptance of the public to invest and pay more for a better health and treatment has helped in the advent of many avenues of modern medicine like Stem cell and Regenerative Medicine, Genomic and Molecular Medicine, Organ and Tissue Engineering and Nanomedicine. Many academics often collectively refer these branches of medicines as “Futuristic Medicine” which encompasses a diverse range of multi-disciplinary fields starting from basic biology to biomedical science, and from physical science to medical science. Classification of Futuristic Medicine