01/09/2022 | News release | Archived content
Is 2022 going to be any better than 2020 or 2021 when it comes to things in general or for biomedical science? Related to the pandemic?
It's too soon to say but if I had to guess right now I'd venture an optimistic view that overall it's going to be somewhat better by the end of the year.
What do you think?
For science more specifically, on one level, biomedical research has flourished during the pandemic in the sense of saving possibly millions of lives quickly. Also, hopefully most people have a better appreciation of its importance. On the other hand, COVID has substantially slowed down research more generally.
My new experiment with a stem cell channel on YouTube had a pretty good 2021 and we are now at more than 330 subscribers. Check it out and subscribe if you like some of the videos. I posted my newest video above, which is on 293 cells. They have been much in the news related to their use in COVID vaccine research.
On to the recommended reads.
Stem cell and other science papers
News & Resources
Great news. First sickle cell patient treated with CRISPR gene-editing still thriving, NPR. I've written before about the courageous Victoria Gray who was the first recipient of a gene-editing therapy for sickle cell. See image of her and her family above. My hope is that many other people with sickle cell can safely be helped long-term by this technology.
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