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Biotechnology - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Cancer
        
        Modifying immune T cells
        
        Gene editing technology is used to remove the gene that encodes for a protein called PD-1 which is a protein found on the surface of immune cells that target some of some cancer drugs such as checkpoint inhibitors. This is because some tumour cells are able to bind to the PD-1 protein to block the immune response against cancer.
      - HIV
        
        CRISPR can cut into the viral DNA that the HIV virus inserts within the DNA of the immune cells. This approach can be used to attack the virus in its hidden, inactive form, which is what makes it impossible for most therapies to completely get rid of the virus.
      - Blindness
        
        Many hereditary form of blindness are caused by a specific genetic mutation, making it easy to use CRISPR-Cas9 to treat it by targeting and modifying a single gene.
      - Cystic Fibrosis
        
        As cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes sever respiratory problems, CRISPR technology could get to the origin of the problem by editing the mutations that cause it.
      - COVID-19
        
        Since the COVID-19 pandemic, CRSIPR has quickly been put to the use of making fast screening tests but in the long term, the gene-editing tool be capable of fighting COVID 19 and other viral infections.
      - Fragile X-Syndrome
      - Alzheimer's disease
    - - Quality of life of patients
      - More productive economy due to less people having hereditary health problems.
    - - Religious/Cultural opposition
        
        Some regions are against altering humans and other species of life
      - Society's views on being able to control human life