Stand with science for World Health Day This year’s World Heath Day (7th April) celebrates the power of science to protect health. Under the theme of ‘Stand with science’, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls us to ‘Choose evidence, trust facts, and support science-led health – for people, animals, plants and the planet.’ At Futurum, we have the privilege of working with scientists from all fields who have dedicated their lives to improving health. Many scientists are developing new drugs to treat diseases. For example, biomedical scientists are building new proteins to fight brain tumours, while pharmaceutical scientists are exploring whether drugs could be administered through the lymphatic system more effectively than through the bloodstream. In the lab, neurobiologists are studying the brain to understand psychiatric diseases, pharmacologists are investigating the function of unknown proteins in the body, molecular biologists are exploring why and how our cells age in the hope of helping people live healthier lives for longer, and cancer researchers are examining whether diet influences the outcome of cancer treatment. In hospitals, health researchers are examining scientific evidence to determine which treatments doctors should recommend for different health conditions, doctors and data scientists are working together to improve emergency departments, and nurses are improving the health of Indigenous communities. Biomedical engineers are developing wearable sensors to monitor health conditions, testing whether new tissue can be grown in microgravity, and combining mechanical technology with AI to create smart prostheses. And textile scientists have designed an innovative new sanitary pad…
