Five medical 'revolutions' poised to transform healthcare

A report authored by futurologist Ray Hammond and commissioned by Allianz Care has investigated the likely future developments and trends in healthcare between now and 2040. The ‘Future Health, Care and Wellbeing' report, launched as part of ‘The World in 2040' series, identifies five key areas of medical innovation that it says will ‘revolutionise' the healthcare landscape. They include personalised medicine, stem-cell medicine, nano-scale medicine, gene therapy and editing, and digital health. Ray Hammond said: "Healthcare is one of the few arenas in which every one of us has a s...