Are we ready to face a zombie virus? Lessons from the sars cov2 pandemic
Even though this appears to be a typical scene from a zombie movie, this, in reality, represents a scene from real life two years ago,
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A tale of a tiny virus and how it saved many lives
Patient 3, 18 years old, was crippled from birth with a disease known as retinal dystrophy. There was no known effective treatment that could help improve his condition, until recently when his doctor suggested an experimental surgery. They were going to remove some of the jelly-like liquid from his eye and inject a salty suspension under the retina. This suspension contained more than a billion particles of a genetically modified adeno-associated virus.
The Blood-brain barrier, the gatekeeper of the brain
The brain is the most important organ in our body. You may panic now and want to ask, ‘what should I do to protect my brain?’. Do not worry. Your body keeps something up in its sleeve. A specific vascular structure termed the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is formed in the central nervous system (CNS) to protect our brain.
Treating cancer using “living drugs”
Harnessing the body’s immune system to kill tumor cells. The treatment method, known as Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell therapy involves reengineering the immune cells (T-cells) obtained from the patient’s blood and giving it back after genetic modification. The modified immune cells (CAR T-cells), are capable of recognizing tumor cells and kill them.
A look at an anatomy class in the 17th century
Have you ever wonder what a medical class looked like in medieval times? Wonder no more!
What if your antibiotics stop working?
If you are aged 50 and above, you are indebted to antibiotics. The discovery of antibiotics has been a miracle of modern medicine, dramatically extending the life-span of human beings.
Battle de suprême: CRISPR vs. RNAi based screening
Dear XXs and XYs, Welcome to the LoF Screening Championship hosted by the World Federation for Functional Genomics (WFFG).
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