Sunday, September 30, 2012

Lesson 0.6 - 24 September



As these pictures suggest, week 6 discusses the biobusiness revolution: the past, present and future of healthcare & biomedical sciences.

The development in technology allow massive advancement in healthcare. Th revolution in healthcare, over these past few years is highly impressive. Glad to say, the change is good. The integration of technology and healthcare allow huge development in global standard of living. Medicine is now available at much lower rate. However, I can't help but question: what will healthcare be like in the near future, whats with the rapid development in technology?


microsoft prediction of the future healthcare

This video provide a glimpse of the (predicted) future in healthcare. Is this feasible? Some of these features are already available in today's world. So my answer to that question is: why not? This is only feasible if there is an amalgamation of the different departments. When these different departments work together, surely technology can facilitate such developments. At the same time, we have to note that the development of healthcare differs in every region of the world. 

This brings us to biomedical science, which increases the quantity of food at lower cost. Biomedical science involves the direct manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology. We can say that scientists are playing God! Undeniably, this can potentially bring about various benefits, but what's the controversy here?

There are ethical concerns, ecological concerns, and economic concerns raised by the fact GM techniques and GM organisms are subject to intellectual property law. GMOs also are involved in controversies over GM food with respect to whether food produced from GM crops is safe, whether it should be labeled, and whether GM crops are needed to address the world's food needs. I personally feel that the development of such technology can solve several world's problems. This is an important, what's with the changing dynamics of global epidemic and pandemics. 

Again, the presentations are highly interesting and captivating. As such,I rate this lesson an 8.5/10. 

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