Many people think of cells as the fundamental building blocks of life. These microscopic units are the foundation of every tissue and organ in our bodies. But inside each of these units is an incredible wealth of molecular machinery, and that presents opportunities for health and medicine.
“We like to think of cells as fundamentally programmable units of life, so much like you would program a computer writing computer code, we write DNA code and upload that into cells. And hopefully that will lead to better health products and therapies for patients all over the world,” says Nika Shakiba, assistant professor at the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering.
