It took scientists centuries to get a complete picture of the cells, the tiny units of life that make up all living things.Flashforward, and doctors are increasingly working with mobile phones level, transplant or modify individual cells to find cures for diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
Siddhartha MukherjeeIn his latest book, The Song of the Cell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and cancer physician, Dr. Mukherjee also warns about ethical gray areas. occur of cell medicine Possibility to augment human cells.
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We are changing the process of repair and rejuvenation by transplanting stem cells. What I call “new humans” is the idea that we are manipulating humans by manipulating cells.
Imagine someone walking around with electrodes in their brain. Imagine a person transplanted with cells that have altered their ability to make insulin.
We do this in a very futuristic way. The “new human” is not Keanu Reeves in black Muumuu. The “new human” is the kind of person we create when we manipulate your emotions. T cells Or when inserting electrodes into the brain, when combining a prosthesis with a cellular prosthesis.
