The result will be a revolution in medical care, allowing doctors to run a range of genetic checks for a patient's predisposition to various diseases and suitability for particular drug treatments. The thin, flexible batteries may soon be on novelty packaging items like cereal boxes that twinkle with light-emitting diodes or labels on blood bags that monitor the temperature of the blood while in transit. A study from the Medical College of Georgia found that children who lived with two or more animals were significantly less likely to have a positive skin test than those who had no exposure to pets. The Center for Biological Nanotechnology at the Univ. Medica's utilizes a patented nanotechnology to create synthetic bone as a replacement for the metal pins and screws.
Synthetic bone is less likely to be rejected by the body or to cause infections.
In addition, the product leaves the patient with a stronger infrastructure. The announcement marks approval of the first drug that directly turns off the signal of a protein known to cause a cancer.