Toward Eradicating All Diseases

Progress in biomedical sciences and engineering will take mankind closer to a world without disease. The objective of this chapter is to review and forecast research and technologies that contribute to eliminating all diseases. In addition to improved traditional therapeutics such as medicinal chemicals, antibiotics, vaccines, and antibodies, DNA and RNA therapeutics will play key roles in addressing genetic, infectious, and chronic diseases by decreasing disease facilitating proteins or increasing disease suppressing proteins. Nanorobots will find and treat thrombosis and vascular stenosis caused by lipid deposits in the intima of arteries, as well as remove diseased tissues and repair injured tissues. Nanorobots will be much less invasive than keyhole surgical operations, and patients need almost no time to recover from their nanorobotic procedures. Thorough understanding of regeneration and repair mechanisms of injured tissues may make it feasible to regenerate injured or aged tissues and organs and to transplant organs grown in vitro.

The concept of donor and recipient and their legal status

In the field of transplantation of human organs and tissues, the donor is a person who voluntarily donates his organs and tissues to transplant patients, and the recipient is a person who transplants organs and tissues for therapeutic purposes. It should be noted that if the donor is under 18 years of age, it is not allowed to remove organs and tissues for transplantation purposes, except for bone marrow. Also, the medical decision on transplantation is made directly to the recipient, if the recipient is considered to be under 18 years of age and legally incapable, then the information is passed on to legal representatives of the recipient. Transplantation of human organs and tissues is carried out on the basis of medical instructions in accordance with the rules of surgery. The main point is that if it is not possible to save human life or restore health through other medical methods and through corpse organs and tissues, then the recipient is allowed to transplant organs and tissues from the donor. Key words: Transplantation, Donor, Recipient, Brain Death, Donor and Recipient Consent