Clay Jensen, the narrator, is sending a shoebox-sized package to Jenny, the next person on Hannah Baker’s list. The project not only resulted in a working prototype undergoing pre-clinical testing, but it also brought into the fold many experts from seemingly unrelated fields who are now striving together for yet more ambitious projects. Thirteen Reasons Why begins at a post office. Vladir Mironov, one of the pioneers of 3D bioprinting and head of a group called Center for information Technology Renato Archer, Campinas in San Paolo, Brazil, brought together a multidisciplinary international team to develop a machine to print bone and cartilage right on the operating table. publically-traded company called Organovo already demonstrated viability (proof of concept) of applying 3D bioprinting technology to produce some of the most complex tissues such as liver. It brings together materials scientists to produce biopolimers and gels, molecular biologists to regulate the cellular processes, cell biologists to grow cells, tissue engineering scientists to design the organ structure, robotic engineers to build bioprinting machinery, programmers to write software, imaging professionals to ensure quality control and medical doctors from many fields to facilitate clinical application.Īt the risk of this sounding like science fiction, a U.S. It is a prime example of the many areas of scientific research converging and evolving in tandem. At around the very same time, if not a little earlier, BGI launched a similar test and performed more prenatal tests based on next-generation sequencing technology than all of the US companies combined.ģD Bioprinting, which is a revolutionary new field which endeavors to build new organs using the patient's own cells, uses a device similar to the inkjet printer. To provide another example that demonstrates the aggressive mindset of the Chinese and how fast they have caught up, the nascent field of non-invasive prenatal diagnostics was pioneered by the US-based company Sequenom, which launched its test commercially in November of 2011. A study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry claimed that in the month following the show’s debut in March 2017, there was a 28.9 increase in suicide amongst Americans aged 10-17.
and around the world, but it is also working on ambitious projects of its own, including genetic modification of plants and animals, drug development and innovative diagnostics. This news comes months after it was revealed that 13 Reasons Why had actually been linked to a spike in teen suicide. Located in three factory buildings provided by the government, it not only provides contract sequencing services to Harvard, Stanford, MIT and other top academic and commercial institutions in the U.S. '13 Reasons Why' star Dylan Minnette will see a pay bump from around 80,000 an episode to 200,000 for the show's 13-episode third season, which debuts August 23, according to Deadline.
The largest genetic sequencing center, BGI, mentioned earlier, led by a brilliant Chinese scientist, Huanming (Henry) Yang, is located in Shenzhen. The China Medical City is just one example.