Gene editing, amazing technology, and personalized medicine?! From advancements in treatment to providing insight on improving rates of survival, cancer PhD student and friend of the show Erin Marshall (University of British Columbia) has us covered. Together we explain a big misconception of cancer, share some of the mind blowing research developments in the world of oncology, and how these advancements have made “cancer startups” all the rage.

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.

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Credits

Thanks to Erin Marshall, the expert guest on the episode

Logo design: Brad Hart

Musical theme: Double Whistle TripHop by Down 7 thanks to RitualMusic.com

Editor: Mack Britton

Links

The top 10 causes of death

Statistics Canada – Leading causes of death

BC Cancer Foundation

https://cc-arcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Current-gotay.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209562/

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/12/11/2143509/0/en/Metastatic-Cancer-Treatment-Market-Size-To-Be-Worth-USD-111-16-Billion-by-2027-Emergen-Research.html

https://www.cancer.ca/en/about-us/our-research/?region=on#:~:text=In%202019%E2%80%932020%2C%20the%20Canadian,in%20the%20future%20of%20cancer. 

https://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/crispr-bombshell-chinese-researcher-claims-have-created-gene-edited-twins

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/15-worrying-things-about-crispr-babies-scandal/577234/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00673-1

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/did-crispr-help-or-harm-first-ever-gene-edited-babies

https://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf