Innovations in science and technology play a vital role in changing the world map and making life easier. Thanks to these discoveries, treating life-threatening diseases has become easier.
This system is known as This system is known as the methodology, standards, testing, and quality (MSTQ) system.
Fighting cancer…gold nanoparticles
Reducing the size of any material to the nanometer level reveals its special properties. Due to the extraordinary properties of these materials, nanotechnology has become the creative material in this field and is considered the most important aspect of science and technology in the modern era. A nanometer is one millionth of a meter (or one millionth of a millimeter), and nanotechnology deals with materials equivalent to 100 nanometers (nm).
This scale can be seen from the fact that the DNA double helix has a diameter of 2 nanometers, while the smallest cellular life form, the Mycoplasma bacteria, is 200 nanometers long. The biggest challenge of chemotherapy for cancer patients is that the drugs also attack normal, healthy cells, causing serious side effects.
Scientists are looking for ways to selectively attack cancer cells and use a “rapid targeted attack” approach that can protect both healthy and cancer cells from the harmful effects of these drugs.
By affecting only the target area, the amount of drug used is significantly reduced, since a small portion of it only affects cancer cells. We will also avoid the disadvantages. Scientists at Northwestern University have created gold nanoparticles that can only target the nucleus of cancer cells.
This drug will be used against cancer cells that stick to the star-shaped gold nanoparticles. These nanoparticles will only contain anticancer drugs that bind to proteins on the surface of cancer cells. Only the cancer cells are destroyed by these proteins, which function as microscopic space shuttles, carrying nana-oils to the cell nucleus.
In preparation for this, it is necessary to implement training programs and systems that ensure that locally produced products meet the minimum standards set globally. This system is known as the methodology, standards, testing, and quality (MSTQ) system.
Competition for scientific and technological excellence
We live in a strange and charismatic scientific world. The knowledge that humans have accumulated since the beginning of the Earth will double in the next eight years. These astonishing figures reflect the scientific explosion that has occurred over the past 5 to 10 years. There is a clear shift from East to West in terms of new information opportunities.
Especially in the case of China and India. Hundreds of thousands of young people from both countries are studying in modern institutions and their impact on the socio-economic development of these countries is evident. The GDP of these countries is growing at a rate of 7 to 10% per year. Nine years ago, the number of Chinese students reached 2.5 million.
China’s great strides in space technology
A few years ago, China achieved a great success in space technology. They took a big step by sending an unmanned spacecraft 211 miles above the Earth. With this important step, China has made significant progress towards becoming a major space power
Later, Russia, Europe, and Japan built their own space stations. Due to its rapid growth, China is investing huge amounts of money in research and development.
Artificial kidneys can be transplanted
Thousands, even millions of people around the world suffer from kidney disease, and millions die from kidney failure every year. The only way to cure this disease is a kidney transplant. The number of kidney donors is very low. The final solution in this case is dialysis. During dialysis, the kidneys can only do 13% of their work. In this case, there is an urgent need to develop an artificial kidney in science and technology so that it can be implanted into the patient’s body. In such a situation, hope is born. Dr. Shuo Rui from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and his colleagues in the university’s Department of Biomedical and Health Sciences have developed the first artificial kidney implant, which includes thousands of microfilters and a bioreactor.
