Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Tune Kristensen Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

Organic chemists make molecules,

Organiske kemikere laver molekyler,

very complicated molecules,

meget komplicerede molekyler,

by chopping up a big molecule into small molecules

ved at hakke et stort molekyle i stykker til mindre molekyler

and reverse engineering.

og lave reverse engineering.

And as a chemist,

Og som kemiker

one of the things I wanted to ask my research group a couple of years ago is,

var en af de ting, jeg for et par år siden ville spørge min forskningsgruppe om

could we make a really cool universal chemistry set?

ville vi kunne lave et virkelig sejt, universelt kemisæt?

In essence, could we "app" chemistry?

Skåret ind til benet, ville vi kunne lave kemi som en "app"?

Now what would this mean, and how would we do it?

Okay, hvad ville det betyde, og hvordan skulle vi gøre det?

Well to start to do this,

For at komme i gang

we took a 3D printer

tog vi en 3D-printer

and we started to print our beakers and our test tubes on one side

og begyndte at printe vores bægre og reagensglas på den ene side

and then print the molecule at the same time on the other side

og samtidig printe molekylet på den anden side

and combine them together in what we call reactionware.

og kombinere dem til, hvad vi kalder 'reactionware'.

And so by printing the vessel and doing the chemistry at the same time,

Så ved at lave stoffet og kemien samtidig

we may start to access this universal toolkit of chemistry.

kommer vi tættere på sådan en universel kemi-værktøjskasse.

Now what could this mean?

Men hvad ville det betyde?

Well if we can embed biological and chemical networks like a search engine,

Hvis vi kan samle biologiske og kemiske netværk i en søgemaskine,

so if you have a cell that's ill that you need to cure

så hvis du har en celle, der er syg og skal kureres

or bacteria that you want to kill,

eller bakterier, du vil slå ihjel,

if you have this embedded in your device

hvis du har det indbygget i dit apparat

at the same time, and you do the chemistry,

samtidig, og du laver kemien,

you may be able to make drugs in a new way.

kan du måske lave lægemidler på en ny måde.

So how are we doing this in the lab?

Hvordan gør vi det i laboratoriet?

Well it requires software, it requires hardware

Det kræver software, det kræver hardware,

and it requires chemical inks.

og det kræver kemisk 'blæk'.

And so the really cool bit is,

Så det rigtigt seje er,

the idea is that we want to have a universal set of inks

tanken er, at vi skal have et universelt sæt af kemisk blæk,

that we put out with the printer,

som vi 'skriver ud' på printeren,

and you download the blueprint, the organic chemistry for that molecule

og du downloader en opskrift - molekylets organiske kemi

and you make it in the device.

og du laver det med apparatet.

And so you can make your molecule in the printer using this software.

Så kan du lave dit molekyle i printeren ved at bruge softwaren.

So what could this mean?

Hvad vil det betyde?

Well, ultimately, it could mean that you could print your own medicine.

I sidste ende kunne det betyde, at du vil kunne printe din egen medicin.

And this is what we're doing in the lab at the moment.

Og det er, hvad vi gør i laboratoriet for tiden.

But to take baby steps to get there,

Men for at komme derhen med små skridt

first of all we want to look at drug design and production,

vil vi først se på design og produktion af lægemidler,

or drug discovery and manufacturing.

eller opdagelse og fremstilling af lægemidler.

Because if we can manufacture it after we've discovered it,

For hvis vi kan fremstille det, når vi har opdaget det,

we could deploy it anywhere.

vil vi kunne sætte det ind hvor som helst.

You don't need to go to the chemist anymore.

Så behøver du ikke mere gå på apoteket.

We can print drugs at point of need.

Vi kan printe lægemidlerne der, hvor der er brug for dem.

We can download new diagnostics.

Vi kan downloade nye diagnoser.

Say a new super bug has emerged.

Forestil dig en ny, aggressiv infektionssygdom.

You put it in your search engine,

Du taster den ind i din søgemaskine,

and you create the drug to treat the threat.

og du skaber medicinen til at behandle truslen.

So this allows you on-the-fly molecular assembly.

Det her giver dig mulighed for at samle molekyler med det samme.

But perhaps for me the core bit going into the future

Men for mig er det centrale i fremtiden

is this idea of taking your own stem cells,

ideen om at tage dine egne stamceller,

with your genes and your environment,

med dine gener i dit eget miljø

and you print your own personal medicine.

og printe din egen personlige medicin.

And if that doesn't seem fanciful enough,

Og hvis det ikke er vildt nok,

where do you think we're going to go?

hvor tror du så vi er på vej hen?

Well, you're going to have your own personal matter fabricator.

Du kan få din egen personlige stof-generator.

Beam me up, Scotty.

Beam me up, Scotty.

(Applause)

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