What will 2019 bring for science and medicine? We asked experts - STAT

What will 2019 bring for science and medicine? We asked experts - STAT

Experts predict what 2019 will mean for medicine

STAT asked experts what they think 2019 will bring for science and medicine. Here are a few that caught my eye:

• "I think we’ll see substantial progress in the quest for improved influenza vaccines that get us closer to the goal of a broadly protective, durable 'universal vaccine.' We will not have a true universal influenza vaccine by any stretch of the imagination in 2019. However, we will likely see positive results from clinical trials underway.” — Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• "I believe in 2019 we will see a dramatic increase in people acquiring their health data. There have been some exciting technological changes that enable easier access to information such as medical records, lab values, and pharmacy data." — Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe CEO
• "There will [be] more demands by the public to have better guidance about how to use such the cannabis compounds to alleviate their particular symptoms/disease. Physicians will also demand more knowledge in order to guide and treat their patients. As such, there will be more pressure for preclinical and clinical research." — Yasmin Hurd, director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai