Future of Medical Research

[nikolai521]

I was just wondering what (or rather, which fields) you guys thought would be at the forefront of medicine in the future: neurobiology? (epi)genetics? nanotechnology? pharmaceuticals?

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[dave613]

absolutely neurobiology

 

[milliardo_L]

Systems biology with computational Biology, as we learn to use the information from the human genome and similar projects.

 

[SaltySqueegee]

Systems biology with computational Biology, as we learn to use the information from the human genome and similar projects.

Specifically for me, utilizing this information in structural biology/chemistry to design or implement "magic-bullet" therapeutics.

 

[zep]

...utilizing this [human genome] information in structural biology/chemistry to design or implement "magic-bullet" therapeutics.

The genome project will not prove to be the magic bullet for anything until we have the accompanying proteome. I?m not saying that is not useful or that we do not have a better understanding of the genetics of some disorders because of it, but the reality (for now at least) is that therapeutic targets are mostly proteins. If gene therapy had any efficacy right now, then we would gain significantly more from the genome project.

Millardo_L is right on ? computational fields will prove to be quite powerful (well, they already are, especially in the neurosciences). But I think the future of most biomedical disciplines is looking OK?as long as funding stays in place!

 

[psyuk]

proteomics research

i.e. global profiling of protein expression