Popular Science has an excellent photo slideshow giving us a glimpse of what medicine may be like in the future.

Here is a brief summary:-

1. Custom made organs to go - Never wait for a donor again, grow your own body parts instead

2. Precision guided tumor killers - Little carbon bombs target cancer and spell the end of chemo’s sickening side effects

3. Genetic slicer ‘n’ dicer - Control genes responsible for diseases

4. Kryptonite for flu - A single-shot universal vaccine against any strain of influenza

5. The Nano-Knitters - A sewing kit to stitch severed nerve cells back together

6. Spinal Spark For Paralysis - A small battery-powered device inserted beside the spinal column within 18 days of an injury can stimulate the regrowth of nerve tissue.

Watch the slideshow

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