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"Creating an artificial heart is the main task": futurologist Danila Medvedev spoke about the main goals of medicine of the future

"Creating an artificial heart is the main task": futurologist Danila Medvedev spoke about the main goals of medicine of the future
Photo: Press Office of the National Centre RUSSIA
06.30

One of the most important objectives of medicine for the next 25 years is creation of an artificial heart. Such a breakthrough will let humanity fight the most common cause of death — cardiovascular diseases. These words belong to Danila Medvedev, a futurologist, Candidate of Economics, CEO of "Neurocode" Group of Companies. Danila Medvedev made this statement during the discussion "From Nanorobots to Immortality: What Will the Medicine of the Future Look Like?" which was held as part of the educational project "Dialogues About the Future" at the National Centre RUSSIA.

"As I see this, the first and the main goal is to maintain a human life. Medicine and technology have come to the point where we can "repair" anyone in one way or another. There must be an extremely urgent goal — to prepare the bionic technologies for mass adoption so that we can replace and grow an organ, develop a tissue structure, reprogram cells, replace a part of a person with an artificial part. For the next 25 years, the task is to make sure that nothing of this breaks, and if any of it breaks, we need to repair in a habitual way, just like we currently repair smartphones," said Danila Medvedev

Photo: Press Office of the National Centre RUSSIA

During the discussion, experts also talked about revolutionary transformations in medicine: how nanorobots would change the principles of diagnosis and treatment, what ethical dilemmas wou arise with the development of life extension technologies, where the boundary between therapeutic intervention and artificial human improvement would be. Another important task for medicine in the next quarter of a century is connecting to the cardiovascular system, said Dmitry Telyshev, Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Director of Institute of Bionic Technologies and Engineering, Research Director of the Advanced Engineering School "Intelligent Theranostics Systems" at the Sechenov Medical University.

"The second point I would like to single out is connection to the cardiovascular system - replacement, blood transfusion — something that can help as many people as possible. Now we know that the creation of a prototype of an artificial heart is a reality. The latest model was developed last year in Australia. We need to have the same thing,  and to be ready for mass production and implementation. Many elderly people need an extra heart," said Danila Medvedev.

The "Dialogues About the Future" is a joint discussion project of the National Centre RUSSIA, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). The project develops the main leitmotif of the 2nd International Symposium "Inventing the Future" — to unite the world's leading minds to jointly design positive scenarios for the future.

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