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• Nanotechnology is the science of working with incredibly tiny things, like molecules and atoms, typically around a scale of 1 to 100 nanometers.
• Gers Bennig is not the father of nanotechnology.
• Using nanotechnology, we can make new structures that nature doesn’t have.
• The invention of STM in 1981 and the discovery of fullerence in 1985 lead to the emergence of nanotechnology.
• Nano sensors were developed to detect pathogens and contaminants in food.
• Regulations and safety standards is crucial in nanotechnology since nanoscale materials are not even visible to the naked eye.
• Nanotechnology is used to improve food production, enhance the quality of a food, and extend the shelf life of it.
• Nanotechnology is also used in medical fields for diagnosis and treatment.
• Nanotechnology can change the average human lifespan 20-30 years from now.
• The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres.
• Nanosiliva-based fertilizer was used in agriculture to enable gene transformation in plant and animal cells, several pesticides and fertilizers containing nanoparticles were developed, and nano-based sensors were used for precision agriculture.
• Barriers and Constraints in adoption to nanotechnology includes the lack of access to necessary equipment, public perception, and technology transfer.
• Nanotechnology focuses on manipulating matter on the atomic and molecular scale to create or produce cutting-edge inventions.
• Fire uses IT and scientific mass production to further the progress and comprehensively materialize nanotechnology.
• The DOST-PCAARRD crafted a 10-year strategic roadmap with a budget of 60 Million USD from our government and private sectors to fortify economic development and technological advancement.
• NanoGrid is a statistics portal established to monitor the latest developments in the field of nanotech.
• One of the factors that permits nanotech to eventually develop and be adopted in a country like the PH is “technology transfer”.
• In 2001, there was an unusual weather phenomena recorded in the history and that was a rainstorm, but not the typical rainstorm as the rain that poured was blood-red.
• GMOs are genetically modified organisms designed to fight public health issues.
• Climate Change is the broader context of the changes happening to our planet's climate system.
• As a student that is aware of the issues regarding the Climate Change and Global Warming in the Global Aspect, In your own ways, how can you help elevate this consistent problem that all of us are facing?
• Study 1 involving gene therapy for recurrent malignant gliomas using an adenoviral vector encoding TP53 did not show systemic viral dissemination.
• Genetic engineering is a medical intervention that involves introducing functional or healthy genes to replace a disease-causing gene within a person’s cells.
• Different gene therapy strategies have been employed for cancer.
• Weather Patterns are the particular weather pattern of a Region.
• Cancer types that have been targeted with gene therapy include brain, lung, breast, pancreatic, liver, colorectal, prostate, bladder, head and neck, skin, ovarian, and renal cancer.
• The words stem cells were first used by Haeckel in 1686 to describe the origin of multicellular organisms from unicellular organisms.
• Electroporation is the action or process of introducing DNA or chromosomes into bacteria or other cells using a pulse of electricity to briefly open the pores in the cell membranes.
• Creed Pettit is the youngest person in the US to receive the new gene therapy.
• Gendicine™ is the first approved gene therapy product for clinical use and demonstrated therapeutic potential in a Phase I trial for laryngeal cancer patients.
• Global Warming is the gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect.
• The advancement of vector technologies, such as repurposing viral vectors through chemical modification, molecular evolution, and epitope insertion, has coincided with an increase in the transduction efficiency of gene transfer vectors.
• Isaac Newton's Law of Motion is a contributor in the Earth's movement around the sun particularly it's Rotation in its Axis.
• The first patient who was treated by gene therapy in 1990 was 4-year-old Creed Pettit.
• In gene therapy, patients can discuss the test criteria and results with their physicians and determine how to proceed on an individual basis.
• The Niche Centers in the Regions for Research and Development (NiCeR) will enable research linked to nanotechnology and greatly aid in gaining the infrastructure required for the country's nanotechnology development.
• Genetic engineering involves the modification of an organism's genome using biotechnology.
• Rogers conducted the first human gene therapy trial using a wild-type Shope papilloma virus, attempting to introduce the arginase gene into two girls with a urea cycle disorder.
• Coral bleaching is a phenomenon where corals expel their symbiotic algae, leading to tissue death.
• Climate warming is endangering human health.