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Deciphering Ribosomal Overhead Cost: Diving into the ROC-SEMPPR Model
The realm of biology has been entwined with layers of complexities and enigmatic entities, and one such entity that has baffled...
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Oct 1, 20233 min read
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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The annals of medical research hold numerous groundbreaking achievements that have enhanced the human experience. However, they also hold...
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Aug 26, 20232 min read
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Bridging the Diversity Gap in Clinical Trials: Inclusive Healthcare
The grand quest of clinical trials is to answer one central question: does a drug or treatment work, and if so, how well? The reliability...
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Jul 26, 20233 min read
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Precision Medicine
In recent years, the field of medical care has seen unprecedented progress thanks to precision medicine. With its ability to tailor...
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Jul 1, 20232 min read
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Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine is a cutting-edge field that has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by harnessing the body's natural healing...
vtsljn
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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Phenomics: Unraveling the Complexity of Phenotypes
Phenomics is an emerging field of research that focuses on the comprehensive study of phenotypes, which are the observable...
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Apr 4, 20232 min read
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Codon Usage Bias - What is it?
Codon usage bias refers to the non-random usage of synonymous codons (codons that code for the same amino acid) in the genomes of living...
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Jan 21, 20232 min read
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Eugenics - Misinformation of Genomics
Charles Darwin, a biologist in the 1800s, established the foundation of one of the most well-developed fields of science today:...
vtsljn
Sep 10, 20221 min read
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Convalescent Plasma Therapy
What is it? When patients get sick their body fights back with their immune system. Their body scrambles to produce antibodies and memory...
vtsljn
Jun 29, 20221 min read
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Asynthetic Fission
Our whole lives we have been taught there are only two forms of cell division; mitosis and meiosis cell division. Mitosis results in two...
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May 31, 20222 min read
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Interview with Benjamin Hughes
This month I was able to interview Benjamin Hughes, a good friend of mine who I had the honor of working on a few papers with. He...
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Mar 17, 20221 min read
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Interview With Nicolette Herflicker
I got the pleasure of interviewing Nicolette, someone with who I have worked closely on a handful of papers. In this interview, we...
vtsljn
Feb 13, 20221 min read
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Mother's Surgery
*Disclaimer: this is more of a personal blog post, but still related to cell and gene therapy.* My mother recently got a laminectomy at...
vtsljn
Dec 6, 20212 min read
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Cell Processing
Cell processing is the culturing or selecting from blood or blood products in order to develop treatments and drugs. Sources of cell...
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Nov 6, 20211 min read
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Interview with Dr. Alexander Cope
Background I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Alexander Cope, a role model and good friend of mine. He is an INSPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow...
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Oct 23, 20212 min read
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Challenges in GMP Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Although cell and gene therapies (CGT) are becoming increasingly popular and advanced, there are multiple challenges needed to be...
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Sep 29, 20212 min read
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History of Cell Therapy
Where did it all start? As established in the previous post, cell therapy is the introduction of living cells in order to repair or...
vtsljn
Sep 11, 20211 min read
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History of Gene Therapy
What was the sequence of events? *See what I did there?* As explained in the first post, gene therapy is the introduction, removal, or...
vtsljn
Sep 11, 20211 min read
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What is Cell and Gene Therapy?
Cell and gene therapy is a rapidly evolving medical field. Although it is still in the beginning stages of research, it can lead to...
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Sep 3, 20211 min read
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