21st_Century_Bodies

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1、Technologicaldevelopmentsandspaceexplorationcontinuewithunabatedenthusiasmyetthescienceofthebodyremainsamuchmorecontroversialfrontier.Advancesinmedicinecouldpotentiallyleadtoimmortality.Self-healingskin,theabilitytore-growseveredlimbsandtheimplantationofartificialaid

2、sbringsuseverclosertohybridization;wheremanandmachinemerge.SurgeonAnthonyAtalaisthedirectoroftheWakeForestInstituteofRegenerativeMedicine,wherehisworkfocusesongrowingandregeneratingtissuesandorgans.Hehasalsodevelopeda3-Dprinterthatcanuselivingcellstooutputatransplant

3、ablekidney.Smarttextilescouldmakefashionabiologicalprocess,whereclothingisgrownandcultured,andtheninfusedwithextremelyhigh-techfeatures.Thesedevelopmentssignalanunlimitedfutureforhumandesign.Studiesingeneticsfirstbeganinthemid-19thcenturyandinthepastdecademajoradvanc

4、eshavebeenmadeinthemanipulationofDNA.Doctorsandphysiciansarecurrentlyattemptingtoisolategenesandthenreproducethemusingstemcellresearch.Thistypeofdevelopmentcouldmeananendtolong-termillnesseslikediabetesorfataldiseaseslikecancer.Inthenearfuture,newbornbabieswillbegeno

5、typedtorevealtheirgeneticvulnerabilities.Geneticscreeningisbecomingcheaperandmoreaccessibleforparentsandcouldpredictwhichdiseasesthechildwouldbesensitivetothroughouttheirlives.The23andMecompanyoffersagenomesequencingservicewherepatientscanbealertedtotheirdiseaseriskf

6、actorsandpredicttheirresponsetodrugs.Certaindiseasescouldbepartiallypreventedthroughmodifieddietsandmedication.Regenerativemedicineisrapidlyevolvingandwillsoonhavethepotentialtochangepeople!slives.MollyStevensisProfessorofBiomedicalMaterialsandRegenerativeMedicineatI

7、mperialCollege,London.OneofherproductshasbeenapprovedbytheEUforuseinhumanmedicine.Thecompoundcanbeimplantedinalivingbonetoencouragethecellstorepairdamage.Organscanalsobetailor-madefortheindividual,eliminatingtheproblemofhigh-risktransplants.Transplantedlungsarenotori

8、ouslypooratregenerationanddonorsuppliesareoftenrejected,makingengineeredlungsaviablepossibility.AproductbyAuger-Loizeauhasentertain