Physicians and researchers would not be put out of work by any such innovation. Some researchers might need to change the focus of their research, but their basic skills should make that simple. Because standard medicine is based largely upon science and evidence, medical practice is constantly changing. New treatments, procedures, and avenues of research are created as our knowledge expands. Every time a new treatment is discovered, an older treatment becomes obsolete, or, at least, less important.
Progress strengthens the health-care industry.
It is not a threat to it. After antibiotics became available, the TB hospitals were emptied and TB specialists were rarely needed. The new TB treatments were not suppressed because of the impact they would have. Instead, the hospitals were converted for other uses and the specialists changed their practice. Remember, too, that physicians, basic scientists, and even pharmaceutical company executives, are people with family and loved ones of their own.