title: An endless research for 2016.
abstract: In a moment of reflection of the past year of 2015, as to what we have achieved in medical research and what we need to do in the future we realize that although we have performed an enormous progress in medical research in the past we still have to do much more. In nuclear medicine there are many problems to solve like, how can we differentiate between infection, inflammation and cancer or between lymphomas and adenocarcinomas. In bone scans we need to differentiate traumatic lesions acute or chronic and lesions from another origin. Dosimetry and radiation burden is another problem. In HJNM we have previously published related papers. Not to mention radiation sickness due to modern atomic or hydrogen bombs. Labeling antibodies and genetic material is another issue. Additionally, in general medical knowledge is still unable to solve many unknown, difficult or tragic problems of our lives, like cancer, some viral infections, research in immunology, collagen diseases, genetics, radiation treatment, psychological disorders, anesthetics, the Hayflick phenomenon, hypertension, asthma, the function of the gastrointestinal tract, infectious diseases, physical exercise, all of which are briefly mentioned. We hope that even under the present financial problems and considering that almost 90% of medical truth is still unknown, our research in 2016 will be very important. In this paper we also discuss means for a more genuine and effective research.
authors.affiliation: Professor Em., Editor HJNM, Hermou 51, 54623, Thessaloniki, Greece. fgr_nucl@otenet.gr.
authors.forename: Philip C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Grammaticos
authors.forename: Dimitrios E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Antoniou
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D006115:Greece; D006283:Health Physics / Q000639:trends*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000639:trends*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000639:trends*