Biotechnology Project
- Zika Reserch
- Zika is caused by a virus.
- The current therapy is only directed at relieving symptoms, and rehydrating. There is no vaccine or specific treatment.
- Development of a vaccine would be the best treatment.
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Scientists don’t yet fully understand what causes Alzheimer's disease in most people. Early onset is usually caused by a genetic mutation, however latter onset is due to a very complex combination of brain ageing, genetic, and environmental factors.
- Current therapies do not cure or reverse the symptoms, they only slow it.
- Finding the causes and developing a medication, or genetheropy treatments.
- Schizophrenia
- The exact cause of schizophrenia isn't known, but genetics, environment, and imbalanced brain chemicals may play a role.
- No current cure, medication, and therapy can help.
- Finding a the causes and developing a gene therapy.