By Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News –
Modern medicine has achieved extraordinary success in treating acute disease. Yet when it comes to chronic degenerative conditions, the diseases that dominate healthcare spending and disability in aging populations, our healthcare system remains fundamentally reactive.
Patients typically enter the medical system only after symptoms become severe enough to demand treatment. By that point, disease processes may have been progressing silently for years or even decades. Physicians are then left with a limited set of tools: manage symptoms, slow deterioration, or repair damage once it has already occurred.
