Could Genetic Engineering Cure Cancer? With Wilson Wong
Future Tech: Almost Here, Round-the-Corner Future Technology Podcast
English - June 06, 2017 08:30 - 20 minutes - 47.9 MBEducation health fitness entrepreneur leadership business entrepreneurship interview Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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What if was possible to turn your body’s cells into mini computers and then program them to kill cancer?
According to synthetic biologist, Wilson Wong, it’s not only a very real possibility, but it could be the future of immunotherapy.
Here’s a few things you’ll hear about in this episode:
* The technique doctors are now using to hack T-cells and achieve 90% remission in Lymphoma patients
* How researchers have successfully turned cells into computer circuits and how that could impact the future of medicine.
* The magical enzyme that makes computing with cells possible
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