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What if your genome could help select a treatment?
Sometimes it already does. The trick is knowing when a genetic result is truly useful.
What if a therapy were designed around one person’s tumor?
Every tumour carries its own mutations. Could a treatment be built to match them?
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Genome + CellsmRNA medicines
Temporary genetic instructions that let the body’s own cells make a protein.
How the COVID-19 vaccines were created so quickly – Kaitlyn Sadtler and Elizabeth Wayne
Explains how mRNA vaccines instruct cells to make a harmless viral protein that trains the immune system. It also shows how decades of prior…
Hans Clevers (Hubrecht I., UU) 3: Organoid Technology for Disease Modeling
Organoid pioneer Hans Clevers explains how adult stem cells can be grown into miniature organ-like structures in the lab. He describes how these organoids…
How to 3D print human tissue – Taneka Jones
Shows how bioprinters build living tissue layer by layer using cell-laden 'bio-inks'. Viewers learn what has been achieved so far and the obstacles, such…
How to Sequence a Genome: Introduction
The National Human Genome Research Institute introduces the basic steps of reading an organism's DNA. It sets up the core ideas behind genome sequencing…
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
An animated overview of how genetic engineering developed and why CRISPR made editing DNA cheaper and more precise. It walks through potential medical uses…
How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA | Jennifer Doudna
CRISPR co-inventor Jennifer Doudna describes how a bacterial immune system became a programmable tool for editing DNA. She also raises the ethical questions that…
NCI Minute: CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
A short National Cancer Institute explainer on CAR T-cell therapy, in which a patient's own T cells are engineered to recognize and attack cancer.…