Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Boško Eraković Lektor: Andrea Jovanovic

Organic chemists make molecules,

Organski hemičari stvaraju molekule,

very complicated molecules,

veoma komplikovane molekule,

by chopping up a big molecule into small molecules

deleći veliki molekul na male molekule

and reverse engineering.

i obrnutim inženjeringom.

And as a chemist,

I kao hemičar,

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

jedna od stvari koje sam hteo da pitam moju istraživačku grupu pre par godina je,

could we make a really cool universal chemistry set?

možemo li da napravimo jedan stvarno kul univerzalni hemijski set?

In essence, could we "app" chemistry?

U suštini, možemo li da napravimo "aplikaciju" za hemiju?

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

Šta bi to podrazumevalo i kako bismo to uradili?

Well to start to do this,

Pa, da bismo započeli sa ovim,

we took a 3D printer

uzeli smo 3D štampač

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

i počeli da štampamo kupe i epruvete sa jedne strane,

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

a istovremeno smo štampali molekul sa druge strane

and combine them together in what we call reactionware.

i zatim ih zajedno kombinovali u procesu koji smo nazvali "reactionware".

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

Štampajući sud i primenjujući istovremeno hemiju,

we may start to access this universal toolkit of chemistry.

možemo početi da pristupamo ovom univerzalnom alatu za hemiju.

Now what could this mean?

Šta bi ovo moglo da znači?

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

Pa ako bismo mogli da ugradimo biološke i hemijske mreže poput pretraživača

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

i ukoliko imate ćeliju koja je bolesna i treba lečenje

or bacteria that you want to kill,

ili bakteriju koju želite uništiti,

if you have this embedded in your device

ako imate ovo ugrađeno u vaš uređaj

at the same time, and you do the chemistry,

istovremeno i obavite hemijski deo posla,

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

mogli biste da stvorite lekove na jedan nov način.

So how are we doing this in the lab?

Kako ovo radimo u laboratoriji?

Well it requires software, it requires hardware

Pa, zahteva softver, zahteva hardver

and it requires chemical inks.

i zahteva hemijske tinte.

And so the really cool bit is,

Tako da je onaj zaista kul deo,

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

ta ideja po kojoj želimo da imamo univerzalni set tinti

that we put out with the printer,

koje izradimo štampačem

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

i skinete nacrt, organsku hemiju za taj molekul

and you make it in the device.

i napravite ga u aparatu.

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

I tako možete da napravite vaš molekul u štampaču koristeći ovaj softver.

So what could this mean?

Šta bi ovo moglo da znači?

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

Pa, naposletku, moglo bi da znači da možete da štampate sopstvene lekove.

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

I to je ono što mi radimo u laboratoriji trenutno.

But to take baby steps to get there,

Međutim, da bismo išli korak po korak,

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

pre svega želimo da se posvetimo dizajnu lekova i produkciji,

or drug discovery and manufacturing.

ili pronalasku lekova i proizvodnji.

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

Ukoliko bismo mogli da proizvodimo nakon što smo ih sami otkrili,

we could deploy it anywhere.

mogli bismo da ih raširimo bilo gde.

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

Ne biste morali da idete kod apotekara više.

We can print drugs at point of need.

Izrađivali bismo lekove po potrebi.

We can download new diagnostics.

Možemo skidati nove dijagnostike.

Say a new super bug has emerged.

Recimo da se pojavila nova super-buba.

You put it in your search engine,

Stavite je u vaš pretraživač

and you create the drug to treat the threat.

i stvorite lek za tretman te pretnje.

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

Ovo vam pruža mogućnost za sastavljanje molekula "u letu".

But perhaps for me the core bit going into the future

Međutim, za mene možda najvažnija, gledajući u budućnost,

is this idea of taking your own stem cells,

jeste ta ideja uzimanja sopstvenih matičnih ćelija,

with your genes and your environment,

sa vašim genima i okruženjem

and you print your own personal medicine.

i izrađivanja vaših ličnih lekova.

And if that doesn't seem fanciful enough,

Ako vam to ne deluje dovoljno sanjarski,

where do you think we're going to go?

kuda vi mislite da sve ovo vodi?

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

Pa, imaćete proizvođača vaše lične građe.

Beam me up, Scotty.

Teleportuj me, Skoti.

(Applause)

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