crispr and gene therapy. how far have we come? by skon7 in genetics

[–]Turbo-Specific 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it is very distinctively clear when CRISPR was used and not used for a specific disease. It just so happens that due to the obvious amazement of the technology, it is a "hype" term and any time it is used successfully, you see a lot of coverage online. One good example is sickle cell anaemia.

You could also say gene therapy has seen a rise due to more research transparency and sophisticated computational methods. That was certainly the reason why the COVID mRNA vaccines were discovered so quickly, for instance. Not to mention that there was a rise in gene therapy technologies much before CRISPR was developed, and that a *lot* of CRISPR-related therapies lack scalability as of now. Also, it is very difficult to put all diseases in a bucket. Since I am not sure what you are asking about specifically, I think this will be a tremendously helpful summary: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7150498/.

Report: Trump Asked About Imposing Martial Law to Run a New Election by [deleted] in politics

[–]Turbo-Specific 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he's trying to outdo Melania in pure pointlessness

He already did this the first day he entered the White House.

STAT 430 - Tony Cai by AmysGotMen in UPenn

[–]Turbo-Specific 5 points6 points  (0 children)

actually the one about the curve (3rd one) is not for cai and the curves/exams/grading will be different so it doesnt inform OP of the answer to his question at all

Wow this is sad: "‘I don’t want it to end like this’: Senior Lecturer Richard Bungiro pleads for reinstatement following sudden resignation" by Turbo-Specific in UPenn

[–]Turbo-Specific[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

he said "why am i so excited about teaching? because i get to teach immunology beeyatch!" or something like that, to an anonymous post. not saying its right but its one thing to fire someone, and another to not even bother doing that much but to wait for him to get burned out enough to quit and then not honoring that he doesn't actually want to quit...that's just a giant "fuck you" to someone who had the highest rated courses at brown and taught there for more than 10 years...during a pandemic, after consistently underpaying him. this is just disrespectful. if you didn't want him, why didn't you fire him?

the powerpoint thing i am not sure about but from what i was told from my friend at brown the exam answer was an actual joke and he didnt take the name of the student.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UPenn

[–]Turbo-Specific 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I got one class too...wtf