The 10 Companies Booming in Healthcare Sector

3-D PRINTING
Surgeries are very complicated and involve a lengthy process. Precision is
very important and practicing it beforehand is highly crucial. Doctors use
3-D models for practicing the surgeries. The 3-D printing machine
models are made in accordance with the patient’s anatomy. In recent
times, few important developments in 3-D printing have come in external
prosthetics, cranial or orthopedic implants, and custom airway stents. It
has also been helpful in surgical planning as well in complex open heart
surgeries. There are researches being carried out to print human tissue
that will make organ transplants possible.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The biggest problem in making a drug for a rare disease is the huge data of
the patients and their compliance. Many researchers and pharmaceutical
companies are taking the help of AI to organize the data from the medical
records and nd commonalities with the diseases. AI has been a huge plus
point for doctors and general practitioners as it helps to collect and nd the
data of the patients whenever required. This technology is transforming all
areas of the healthcare industry, from work process control and diagnostics to
process automatization, productivity-enhancing, and enhancements in
diagnostics accuracy.
RNA-BASED
THERAPEUTICS
Recently, RNA-based therapeutics are being used where RNA is modied or
replaced before it forms into a protein. It allows the clinicians to detect any
genetic abnormality beforehand and treat the problem by replacing it
accordingly with functioning or non-functioning proteins. Advancement in
RNA therapeutics may even lead to solving the problems of rare diseases like
Huntington’s disease, neurologic disorders, and several forms of cancer.
NEW IMMUNOTHERAPY
TECHNIQUES
Basically, immunotherapy is a treatment for cancer. In this type of
treatment, white blood cells are increased in the patient’s body so as to
ght against various diseases. A variety of experiments are being carried
out in combination with joint therapy and engineered T-cells that can prove
to be effective against a wide range of tumor cells.
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