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Emma Aanestad

The Fight to Cure Cancer - 0 views

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    "How can we apply our growing understanding of the biology of cancer to combat the disease? Prevention is always better than cure, and as we have already discussed in the first part of this chapter, many cancers can indeed be prevented-" This website is about the possible ways we might be able to cure cancer in the future. First it describes how cancer works and why it is so hard to cure. Then there is a list of multiple different predictions about how all the forms of cancer may be cured in the future. We can use this website for the "Coexisting with Cancer" theme, it can help us brainstorm our own ideas on how cancer may be cured. I know this source is reliable because all of the information is cited very clearly for the reader.
Emma Aanestad

3D Organ Printing - 0 views

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    "Such a futuristic dream remains far from reality, but university labs and private companies have already taken the first careful steps by using 3D-printing technology to build tiny chunks of organs." This website provides information on how far we currently are in the process of construction new organs from 3D printers. It talks about what bodily materials have already been made by the printers and how they were made. For example the pieces of skin that have already been successfully used on patients. Then it tells you about who came up with this discovery and when. We can use this source as a reference on how far we have come with 3D printing. It is reliable because it is on an official science website and all of the information is cited throughout the article.
Emma Aanestad

Organ Printing - 0 views

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    "The "ink" in the bioprinting process employed by Organovo is composed of spheres packed with tens of thousands of human cells. These spheres are assembled or "printed" on sheets of organic biopaper." This is a very interesting video on how organ printing is accomplished. It describes how the use of bio-ink can enable us to create a functioning structure out of thousands of human cells, and it does this through clear descriptions and footage. It gives you a look inside of a lab where 3D organ printing is being created and introduces you to a scientist who is highly experienced in the field. We know it is reliable because in the description it tells us all about the man who made these predictions, Dr. Gabor Forgacs. This will be highly beneficial during our research by helping us understand how 3D printing works.
Emma Aanestad

A Printed Liver By 2014 - 0 views

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    "Approximately 18 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant. But that may change someday sooner than you think -- thanks to 3D printing." This website explains how a 3D printer would work and what progress is currently being made with them. It is predicted that we will be able to print a functioning liver by next year! This will be a reliable resource because it can help us understand how 3D printing will work and who will be affected by it. Not only does it talk about who would use the organs, but also how the companies that produced them would be affected. We know this is a reliable website because the author is cited, along with the references he used to get his information.
Emma Aanestad

The future of medicine means part human, part computer - 0 views

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    "Forget wearable technology. It may not be too much longer before sensors are actually put inside your body.It may sound a little bit futuristic and far-fetched, but the reality is that indigestible sensors and implantable chips are already in use and growing." This source could be beneficial for this project because it talks about yet another technological tool that may be used in the medical field of 2100. It provides information on how chronicle disease could be dealt with and why the electronic pills would be an efficient way to monitor the patients health status. This could be a part of the "Staying Young" topic. We know this is a reliable source because it is a news report from CNBC, which we know provides trustworthy information.
Emma Aanestad

The Future of Medicine Is Now - 0 views

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    "Surgeons at Boston Children's Hospital have developed a way to help children born with half a heart to essentially grow a whole one-by marshaling the body's natural capacity to heal and develop." This site shows some current prototypes of ideas that Kaku predicted in his book. It shows us that there are medical advancements, which we thought were not possible until much farther into the future, functioning almost flawlessly in our current society. This website will be a valuable resource in this project because it explains multiple advancements that have been made in the last few years and will be perfected in the near future. This article comes from a website that we know is reliable from previous research.
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