Medical and Biotech
Further understanding the human mind and body, advanced microtechnology and robotics, delivered huge benefits for the mediсal technology and biochemistry.
Market is full of drugs, stimulants, adders, and recreational concoctions. There are easy solutions for pain relief, radiation treatment, pills to wake someone up instantly, shots to put someone to sleep instantly, put someone into a dreamy state of euphoria or make them trusting and talkative.
Medical care is all paid of course.
If you cannot afford medical care, life expectancy is still around 60-80 years, but all depends on the violence gradient. If you can afford basic care, then living to 100 should not be a problem. And then if you pay extra, and extra, who knows how long have you got…Miracles are possible as long as you can afford them. Trauma Team operates strictly on insurance. Due to the volatile nature of modern world, insurance business is doing much worse than in 20s, so all the medical plans are much more expensive. Cloning: babies that are genetic twins of humans (and other animals too, of course) can be reliably created. The technology is there, but legal support required is nightmarish. Still, where there are people - there are loopholes. Replacement organs and other body parts can be grown to order and grafted onto the body via the miracle of Tissue-Engineering. The time and cost still drive major preference to Cybernetics though. Cybernetics are also built to exceed the biological function. Meaning: your (expensive and long-time growing in the tube) new meat arm will still be equivalent to your previous boring arm, while your new shiny chrome one is stronger, has a gun, a blade, a geostationary drink holder, and 5 different nail polish styles before you start tuning.
If you cannot afford medical care, life expectancy is still around 60-80 years, but all depends on the violence gradient. If you can afford basic care, then living to 100 should not be a problem. And then if you pay extra, and extra, who knows how long have you got…Miracles are possible as long as you can afford them. Trauma Team operates strictly on insurance. Due to the volatile nature of modern world, insurance business is doing much worse than in 20s, so all the medical plans are much more expensive. Cloning: babies that are genetic twins of humans (and other animals too, of course) can be reliably created. The technology is there, but legal support required is nightmarish. Still, where there are people - there are loopholes. Replacement organs and other body parts can be grown to order and grafted onto the body via the miracle of Tissue-Engineering. The time and cost still drive major preference to Cybernetics though. Cybernetics are also built to exceed the biological function. Meaning: your (expensive and long-time growing in the tube) new meat arm will still be equivalent to your previous boring arm, while your new shiny chrome one is stronger, has a gun, a blade, a geostationary drink holder, and 5 different nail polish styles before you start tuning.
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