Better cancer treatment among 2016 medical breakthroughs

FASTER vaccine development, better cancer screening and treatment and discovering genetic keys to stopping drug-resistant bacteria were just some of the key advances made in medical research in 2016, according to three US health experts.

In an e-mail exchange with The Manila Times, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, Michael Roizen, head of the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, and Michael Misialek, a professor at the Tufts University School of Medicine reviewed predictions they had made at the end of last year for medical advancements anticipated in 2016. They concluded that although there were a few surprises, most of the expected progress was achieved, particularly in medical information, cancer treatment, vaccine development and genetic research.