In her talk Jennifer Doudna talks about CRISPR- clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. Doudna starts off by telling us a little bit about CRISPR can to be, how CRISPR works, and where we are today. Ending with Doudna calling for a pause within the scientific community in order to discuss the ethics of CRISPR.
How CRISPR Lets Us Edit Our DNA
How CRISPR Lets Us Edit Our DNA
Dr. Christopher Tormey talks about what irradiated blood is, why it is needed, how it works, and some of the negative consequences of irradiated blood. Tormeny also talks about some of his group work at Yale and the VA involving radiation of red blood cell units and whether it increases risk for blood group anti-gen ammonization.
Blood Irradiation_Tormey
Blood Irradiation_Tormey
Medline Plus provides updated feed on health news and any recent announcements from major medical organizations. The website also allows the information to be filtered by topic making for a quick access to anything Medical Laboratory related.
MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus
News Medical provides the latest daily medical/ science news. The cite also conducts and publishes interview with experts in academia and the healthcare field, which keeps people stay updated not only on current medical breakthroughs but also informs people of related works that could later be used within medicine.
News-Medical
News-Medical
In this presentation, I cover some promising apps that would allow patients to book appointments and allow for them to check-in to the nears hospital/ doctor in advance! These apps are the future for all waiting rooms!
LabGear is a helpful tool that provided value and table references, make the job of a lab tech a little bit more manageable.
Is Health Care A Privilege or Right?
Right or privilege? How do we fund care? Where do most of our (the U.S.) health care costs go - toward health care? Or elsewhere? As a patient, have you felt like health care is a right or a privilege? I my article I talk a bit about our current system, and my own experience within it.