CRISPR than a New Pair of (Onco) Genes, with Erin Marshall
04/06/21 • 26 min
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.
Ritual Music Promotion: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow
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
Statistics Canada - Leading causes of death
https://cc-arcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Current-gotay.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209562/
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
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.
Ritual Music Promotion: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow
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
Statistics Canada - Leading causes of death
https://cc-arcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Current-gotay.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209562/
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
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Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and more about the ones you don’t.
Credits
Editing and Production Assistance: Mack Britton
Logo design: Brad Hart
Music: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 (thanks to RitualMusic.com)
Links:
Canadian Women In Medicine - The first ever Canadian Women Physicians Day
What the gender pay gap in medicine tells us about women’s health (Op-Ed by Dr. Michelle Cohen)
What’s driving the gender pay gap in medicine? 2020 News article by Boesveld S in The Canadian medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
https://informedopinions.org/view-expert-profile/?expert-id=45189
Sex-based disparities in the hourly earning of Surgeons in the Fee-For-Service system in Ontario 2019 Research article by Dossa F, et. al in Journal of American Medical Asscotaion (JAMA) Surgery.
Pay gaps in medicine and the impact of COVID-19 on doctors’ careers 2020 Comment article by Woodhams C, et. al in The Lancet.
A structured compensation plan improves but does not erase the sex pay gap in surgery 2018 Abstract by Morris M, et. al at the 138th Annals of Surgery Annual Meeting.
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The Rarest Twins you Never Heard of?
Can you get pregnant twice, during the same pregnancy? We know - sounds impossible. Well, imagine finding out months into your pregnancy that you are now going to be having twins: twins that are 3 weeks apart in age...? This episode brings you the story of one family’s incredibly rare journey through the little known world of superfetation!
Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.
Ritual Music Promotion: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow
Credits
Editing, and production assistance by Mack Britton
Logo design by Brad Hart
Music: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 (thanks to Ritual Music.com)
Links
Washington Post - Woman gets pregnant while already pregnant
StatsCan Fertility Data 2012-2016
A review of the mechanisms and evidence for typical and atypical twinning 2016 research review article by McNamara HC, et al. in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Superfetation: case report and review of the literature 2008 case report by Pape A et al. in the Journal de Gynécologie et Obstétrique et Biologie de la Reproduction
Unpredicted ovulations and conceptions during early pregnancy: an explanatory mechanism of human superfetation 2013 peer-reviewed article by Tarín JJ et al. in Reproduction: Fertility and Development
A critical inquiry regarding superfœtation, with cases 1865 research article by Bonnar GL in the Edinburgh Medical Journal.
Uterus duplex bicollis, vagina simplex, and superfetation. A 1927 research article by Moench GL in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Toronto Notes [2018] Textbook by Marvasti TB et al.
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