A Decade in Review: 7 Healthcare Breakthroughs

Newswise — Over the last decade a number of scientific discoveries and medical advances have revolutionized disease treatment, enriched patients’ quality of lives and set the stage for future innovations in research and delivery of care.

From bench to bedside, these breakthroughs have opened up possibilities beyond what was thought was possible decades ago. We asked UCLA Health experts to weigh in on the most significant healthcare advances of the last ten years and what exciting developments we can look forward to in the decade ahead. 

Cancer 

“Over the last decade we have seen a significant rise in effective immunotherapies for cancers that were once thought of as a death sentence. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive immune cell…

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