My mother was severely burned over a large portion of her body in 1988. The amount of effort (and knowledge) to save her back then at MGH was tremendous, even w

My mother was severely burned over a large portion of her body in 1988. The amount of effort (and knowledge) to save her back then at MGH was tremendous, even with out the access to information we have today. Materials, grafting techniques, processes, equipment, medications, rehab, etc. [1] I have to say medical progress is incredible (to me) now and yet still feels slow to reach patients. Most progress seems to be slowed by regulatory and financial systems. Coordination between research, government, commercialization and patients is complex. I know I'm stating what is obvious to many, but I still hold on to the fantasy that a single medical researcher can discover a breakthrough, apply it, save many, and integrate into mainstream medicine in a course of year. With science advancing more quickly, (and perhaps when machines can accelerate it orders of magnitude), the future bottlenecks will only be regulation, coordination and distribution. What startups focusing on improving the aforementioned? [1] - related - in 2008,2011 there was this spray on skin gun but it used stem cells. http://gizmodo.com/5019710/spray-on-skin-gun-shoots-stem-cells-to-heal-your-open-wounds http://gizmodo.com/5019710/spray-on-skin-gun-shoots-stem-cel... http://gizmodo.com/5749968/the-skin-gun-that-sprays-new-skin-on-burn-victims-is-real http://gizmodo.com/5749968/the-skin-gun-that-sprays-new-skin...