Ep. 36 - Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment ft. Samuel Little

<p>Our guest this week is Samuel Little, a bioengineering PhD candidate at Concordia University. His current research is focused on developing an innovative treatment known as CAR-T Therapy, in which an individual's immune system is removed from the body, genetically modified, and reinserted into the body to fight off cancer with unprecedented strength and efficiency. Sam brings the heat and turns the knowledge volume up to 11, if that makes sense -- this is a crazy episode, in the best way possible. I've already listened to it thrice from start to finish! What are you waiting for? Hey are you still reading this?&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Questions Answered</strong><br> How has bioengineering paved the way for a new innovative cancer therapy?<br> How can we beat cancer at its own game?<br> Why is cancer a more perfect version of us?<br> Are we on the brink of a revolution in cancer treatment?<br> How can we manipulate our own immune system to maximize its efficacy?<br> Is it worth engaging in research for research sake?<br> <em>And many, many.... many more!</em></p> <p><strong>Topics &amp; Concepts</strong><br> A Day in the Life of an Interdisciplinary Lab<br> Microscopic vs. Macroscopic Engineering<br> The Biological Scale<br> Somatic Gene Therapy<br> CAR-T: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy<br> Cancer's Invisibility Cloak<br> ALL: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia<br> Cancer: A More Perfect Version of Us<br> Immune System Evasion<br> Famous Papers: The Hallmarks of Cancer<br> Blood Cancers: A Starting Point for CAR-T<br> Chemotherapy: Thank You Dr. Sidney Farber<br> The CD-19 Protein<br> Microfluidics<br> Electroporation<br> CRISPR<br> Research for Research's Sake<br> The Dream: Mechanizing CART-T Therapy<br> <br> <strong>Sam's Book Recommendation:<br> </strong>The Emperor of All Maladies - Siddhartha Mukherjee <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor_of_All_Maladies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor_of_All_Maladies</a></p> <p><strong>Jeremy's Book Recommendations: