Mukherjee's Medical Theory

Modern medicine is getting more advanced and with all the research that goes on it seems like we are getting closer to curing certain diseases and illnesses. Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee points to a future of medicine that will transform the way we heal. He states “Current medical treatment boils down to words: Have disease, take pill, kill something”. Mukherjee is a cancer physician and a writer. “When he’s not ferreting out the links between stem cell and malignant blood disease, Siddhartha Mukherjee writes and lectures on the history (and future) of medicine”. (Ted.com) Mukherjee is a Pulitzer-award winning cancer researcher, and he wrotes the book called “The Laws of Medicine”, a new way of understanding medicine, now and into the future. (Ted.com) This year is the 100th anniversary of the introduction of antibiotics to the medical world, in the United States. The way he explained how currently we have not even scratched the surface when it comes to “cures” for certain diseases, …show more content…
I believe in his theory and I believe that we will be able to save so many lives and not only cure diseases or illnesses but also create body parts for individuals that are needing that kind of care. How amazing it will be to be able to help those that are needing a limb or any other body part. The elderly will be helped tremendously with their body parts. Because instead of them aging and losing mobility. We can stop regeneration. Just how in psychology therapy is used to rewire the mind and it works on various people. Mukherjee states there will be personalized cell therapies. There is a lot more research to be done but this is a breath of fresh air that we are getting closer and closer to finding cures for many diseases that are fatal. Maybe someday we will live in a world where we will not lose loved ones over horrible