TWC Individual Topical Review Paper Outline
Technology & Medicial Science: Recombinant DNA technology may be the key to future cancer research
(i) Innovation of Interest:
The focus on the research paper will be on how technology influenced the progressment of the medical profession, and how technology will influence in the future.
(ii) Rationale for Selection:
(iii) Proposed Approach
(i) Innovation of Interest:
The focus on the research paper will be on how technology influenced the progressment of the medical profession, and how technology will influence in the future.
(ii) Rationale for Selection:
Cancer is an incurable disease in the past. However, with the progress of technology, cancer is no longer an incurable disease. Currently, there are some ways to prevent and cure cancer. In addition, everyone has the invisible cancer cells, and all cancers occur due to abnormalities in DNA sequences. That means cancer is the commonest genetic disease. Currently, recombinant DNA is widly used in biotechnology, medicine and research.
(iii) Proposed Approach
(1) Executive Summary
(2) Background / Introduction
• Definitions of the Recombinant DNA technology
• What caused cancer?
• Recombinant DNA technology
1. The study and/or modification of gene expression patterns
2. Gene cloning
3. Creation of transgenic plants and animals
2. Gene cloning
3. Creation of transgenic plants and animals
(3) Historical Perspective
• The idea for Recombinant DNA
--The idea was first proposed by Peter Lobban, a graduate student of Prof. Dale Kaiser in the Biochemistry Department at Stanford University Medical School.
--Recombinant DNA products
• Idea/knowledge of cancer
--How to diagnose cancer
--The way of curing method
--What research they did about curing cancer
(4) Current Situation
• Current way to prevent/cure cancer
1. Four standard methods of treatment for cancer: surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation therapy, and Biologic or Targeted Therapy.
2.vaccine
• How does each way works
--efficiency
--negative consequences
(5) Future Considerations / Possible Problems
--Development prospects--Reasons why can use Recombinant DNA technology to cure cancer
(6) Conclusion
Recombinant DNA technology may be the key to future cancer research
(7) References
Hi Yuxuan!
ReplyDeleteI have a few suggestions that you could consider including in your paper:
Under the ‘current situation’ section, maybe you can include some information on what uses Recombinant DNA technology already has in the present, and why it would be better than the four standard methods of treatment that you have mentioned.
And in the ‘future considerations’, perhaps you could talk about what developments need to take place in order to make the use of recombinant DNA technology another standard method of cancer treatment.
Other than that, I think your points would cover everything that I would need to know about your topic :D
Thanks Namratha. I will work on it. :))
ReplyDeleteHi, Yuxuan!
ReplyDeleteProbably, you can explain more about the transition and development of cancer-treatment technology from past to present and to future. Highlight what are the challenges and opportunities from time to time. For example, you can emphasize on which scientific innovation has brought what breakthrough in recombinant DNA technology that may provide higher chances of resolving cancer cells.
Regards,
Erwin
Thanks Erwin, I will work on it.
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