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Nicoletta Lanese

From gene therapy breakthroughs to preventable disease outbreaks: The health trends that will shape 2026

Illustration of a close up of a DNA double helix with tweezers next to it holding a small piece of the DNA, presumably a nucleotide. .

Medicine stands at the precipice of an exciting new era.

We're closer than ever to achieving functional cures for once-intracable diseases, including HIV. Stem-cell treatments are repairing blinding eye damage and stabilizing failing hearts. Emerging cancer treatments promise to extend patients' lives and decrease the likelihood that their disease will return. And cutting-edge treatments are sparing children from devastating genetic diseases.

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