NCI SUMMARIZES THE YEAR

                                Linda and Carolyn, in happier times

NCI has published its list of most viewed stories for 2020.  Some I have blogged about; others I haven’t.  It is worth devoting a few minutes of your COVID-lengthened day to giving it a glance.  There are several very useful explanations of how things work – especially, our old friend CRISPR.  Just go to the NCI web site and poke around.

One thing that struck me during my own “poking around”:  there is a dangerous lack of people trained to properly administer these new therapies.  All the more reason to seek help from the major league institutions: Fred Hutch, Sloan Kettering, Fox Chase, MD Anderson, etc.  And all the more reason for smart and ambitious young people to train for these fields.

 And, of course – geez, these new wrinkles sound incredibly expensive!