What Happen When You Edit A Gene

Fuff... Do we need to do what GOD has been done all these while. Do we need to take control of what's GOD doing. I wonder is't ethical for us to do this kind of things. What will happen when we loose control when doing the revamp. What will happen when you edit a gene?

The tests on human genes are expensive and controversial, and no one is quite sure whether gene changes will have their desired effect. Many experts predict that engineering the human genome is inevitable. Many scientist take a step back when accessing the hands of GOD.

One of the Canadian startup company, Deep Genomics claims it has developed a computer program that can play out the different possible effects of genetic manipulation based on computers’ deep learning. It use CRISPR/Cas9, an enzyme that has made it easier than ever for scientists to target a particular strand of DNA, snip part of it out, and replace it.

For us to understanding how genes work is complicated because they exist in a dialogue with other genes, turning each other off or on and generating different molecules for the body to use. Researchers have been trying to understand these relationships to better treat medical conditions from cancer to schizophrenia, but the web of gene seems to be too complicated for us to understand.

World First Malaria Vaccine (Mosquirix) Get A Nod

Huh... After all these year in R&D. GlaxoSmithKline has announce the readiness of the world first malaria vaccine. It still don't get a clear approval from FDA or any other drug control authorities. But it has get a nod from European Medicine Agency (EMA)

Malaria has yet remains one of the world’s most severe health problems, especially in regions across Africa and Asia. In 2012, malaria accounted for 627,000 deaths, and 91 percent of the deaths from malaria in 2010 were in Africa alone, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

It might take a while to get this vaccine on the street, but the vaccine, Mosquirix, is safe for use in children aged 6 weeks to 17 months.

Mosquirix, also called RTS,S, helps protect against infection with the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the deadliest of the four parasite species that infect humans and cause malaria. These vaccine aims to boost the immune system to fight the parasite, specifically to prevent the parasite from infecting the liver.

Typically, the parasite infects the liver first, multiplies there, and then re-enters the bloodstream to infect red blood cells, prompting symptoms to occur.