Medscape September 11, 2020
When Medscape’s readers were asked to predict medical breakthroughs in the next quarter century, the most common responses zeroed in on the human genome.
Altering genes, many said, holds the biggest hope for preventing or reversing diseases. Genetic information also will steer the movement toward precision medicine.
Readers predicted advances in gene therapy to eliminate cancers and other diseases or even improve mental health. They saw leaps in pharmacogenomics, matching drugs to a person’s genetic makeup.
In conjunction with Medscape’s 25th anniversary, readers were asked this question: “What will be the most important breakthrough in medicine in the next 25 years?”
Nearly 1000 answers predicted progress in dozens of categories — everything from breakthroughs in diseases such as Alzheimer’s, further...
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