So why is it that with all of our science and technology we are unable to create even
the simplest cell in the lab under the perfect conditions?
Not exact matches
Scientists have created artificial life (
simple single
cell organisms)
in the
lab already.
In the lab, the antibiotics had no harmful effect on normal cells, and since they are already approved for use in humans, trials of new treatments should be simpler than with new drugs — saving time and mone
In the
lab, the antibiotics had no harmful effect on normal
cells, and since they are already approved for use
in humans, trials of new treatments should be simpler than with new drugs — saving time and mone
in humans, trials of new treatments should be
simpler than with new drugs — saving time and money.
«This development has the potential to enable earlier detection of solid tumors through a
simple blood draw by substantially improving our ability to detect very low quantities of circulating DNA derived from tumor
cells,» says corresponding author Hunter Underhill, M.D., Ph.D., who initiated the research while
in the
lab of senior author Jay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D., a professor
in genome sciences at the University of Washington.
Although progress toward harnessing the immune system to attack tumors has been «enormous,» he said, his
lab and many others are seeing
in more and more studies —
in lab mice as well as patients — that «immuno - oncology» will not be as
simple as stimulating T
cells to attack tumors.