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Revolution in Medicine

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Revolution in Medicine
A broad-based and relatively abrupt advance in medical knowledge, resulting in major improvements in managing a particular group of diseases


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In the absence of "substantial and trans-formational changes in health-care practices"--in other words, a productivity revolution in medicine that has never happened--costs will simply rise for private patients, or hospitals will refuse to treat seniors insured by Medicare.
The new technique for reprogramming human skin cells by Robert Schwartz, University of Houston biomedical scientist, puts him at the forefront of a revolution in medicine that could one day lead to treatments for Alzheimer's, diabetes, muscular dystrophy and many other diseases.
Researchers tell us that we are on the verge of a revolution in medicine as large as early successes in blood transfusion or controlling infection.
 
 
 
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