In 2021-2022, now as an infectious diseases attending physician, I recall breaking news headlines of another milestone—a woman in the United States had been cured of HIV after a cord blood transplant.33“More momentum,” I thought. Around this time, I valued my experiences teaching and worki...
With the implementation of the human genome project, the discovery of new genes and the advancement of new technology, the applications of gene therapy have been greatly expanded. Gene therapy provides a new treatment option for some diseases that cannot be cured by traditional medicine. However, ...
b. How were the first iPS cells made and how has that procedure changed? c. It has been 10 years since iPS cells were first developed. Overall, what has been learned about the cells, and how have they cont What is the most important effect of CRISPR? Google "Stem cell resea...
https://www.science.org/content/article/malaria-cases-could-ebb-even-hotter-world-other-diseases-will-get-worse It's not as simple as shifting climates spreading malaria. There is evidence it goes both ways. As for why has the world not bothered with Africa? Apart from private individuals ...
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) TCM has been used to treat a variety of diseases in China for thousands of years. However, its effects largely rely on a combination of multiple components in a formula that varies depending on the diagnosis of a disease based on the theories of TCM. Most...
"There has been a blanket ban on germ-line therapy, so there needs to be a debate about that and some rational thought rather than knee-jerk reactions that, 'No you can't possibly do that.'" Want to have a kid with green eyes? CRISPR can do that. Want a six-foot-tall child with...
c) Which has more moral controversy surrounding it, and why? Explain why the cell cycle is important in radiation therapy. What is the most important effect of CRISPR? What are stem cells and how are they being used to change the future of medicine? Discuss ...