Cleveland Clinic’s top 10 medical innovations for 2015

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Precision Medicine

 

The Cleveland Clinic unveiled its top 10 medical innovations for 2015, reports Forbes.

These are: (1) Mobile stroke units; (2) Dengue fever vaccine; (3) Quick, painless blood testing; (4) PCSK9 inhibitors for cholesterol reduction; (5) Anti-body drug conjugates; (6) Immune checkpoint inhibitors; (7) Improved cardiac pacemaker; (8) New drugs for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; (9) Single-dose intra-operative radiation therapy for breast cancer; and (10) New drug for heart failure.

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Cleveland Clinic Announces Top 10 Medical Innovations For 2015

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