MCD BIO 90 Lecture 16: MCDB90-8-2
13 Feb 2020
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Ada-scid with donald kohn: viral vectors, ada is a speci c gene that is missing in the scid kids. Which causes the abnormality in t cells: process. Inject the cell back to the kids. Repopulate the bone marrow: sickle cell is also a single locus mutation of the gene, beta/alpha thalassemia. Alpha is fetal while in uterus, babies cannot be born. Treat the baby in uterus with stem cell. Treatment: mother"s cell, high dose (get rid of the sick cells, transplant to fetus"s bloodstream (umbilical vein, take on mother"s healthy hscs, spinal cord injuries. Transplant within a period of 20-40 days post injury. Thoracic injury with 7-10 days post injury. Wednesday, november 20, 2019: need a lot of cells. Medical discoveries, training programs, spin o companies: city college students with 80% of success, 55000 jobs created across california, infrastructures and research facilities, scientists, technicians, students, brought connections to the institutions.
