What will prevention of common diseases look like in the future? Ferenc Krausz is convinced that it could enter a new era through artificial intelligence, cohort studies and the subsequent individualization of therapies. Laser physics could also play an important role in this.
Physics Nobel Prize winner Ferenc Krausz spoke about this with members of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian state parliament in the presence of Minister President Markus Söder and numerous ministers. In a subsequent podcast with parliamentary group chairman Klaus Holetschek, Krausz spoke about the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics and explained his plans to incorporate the laser physics of ultrashort pulse metrology into the medicine of the future.
Krausz has taken the first steps towards a new dimension in preventive healthcare with the proHEALTH study. Together with his attoworld-team at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, as well as the Budapest Center for Molecular Fingerprinting, the researchers have set themselves the goal of using innovative ultrashort pulse laser technology to detect molecules in the blood that indicate whether an organism is healthy or suffering from common diseases. This pioneering research approach of “molecular fingerprinting” is now to be expanded with international colleagues from a wide range of research institutions in the global proHEALTH study. The project is supported in its start-up phase by the Ministry of Science of the Free State of Bavaria, among others. A big thank you at this point!
Ferenc Krausz is convinced: “Only efficient preventive healthcare can sustainably reduce the increasing burden on our healthcare system and our economy. Our global initiative proHEALTH, which originates from Bavaria and Hungary, now offers the first opportunity to successfully take this important step through transformative breakthroughs in physical and biomedical research and the revolution in artificial intelligence.” Klaus Holetschek adds: “It is a great honour that this cutting-edge research is based in Bavaria. We will continue our strongly support.”
You can listen to the podcast here and view it here
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