Will medical science ever advance to the level it does in Star Trek?

Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts

In the Sky1 series Critical, surgery often looks pretty similar to butchery. Is it feasible that medical science will ever reach the level it does in sci-fi shows and films from Star Trek to Prometheus, where the patient is simply laid out in a glass cubicle and repaired by what look like magical healing energy waves?

Chris Gillespie, Manchester

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