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Your COVID Vaccine Could Be The Cure For a Heart Attack

That’s right! With the mRNA technology that powers Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, we can combine this with injectable hydrogels to promote…

11 min readAug 1, 2021

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Your COVID Vaccine Could Be The Cure For a Heart Attack

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Erica Akene

Tiny, But Mighty. The Power Of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: A Review

A literature review on the future potential of MSC-EVs for regenerative medicine therapeutics

16 min readJul 19, 2021

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Tiny, But Mighty. The Power Of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: A Review

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Erica Akene

The End of the Battle Against Diabetes?

Using Transdifferentiation of Hepatocytes Into Pancreatic Progenitors Using TGIF2 (A mouthful, I know, I’ll explain)

9 min readFeb 22, 2021

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The End of the Battle Against Diabetes?

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Erica Akene

Extending Healthspan With Regenerative Medicine

The applications of Regenerative Medicine in Human Longevity

9 min readJan 3, 2021

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Extending Healthspan With Regenerative Medicine

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Erica Akene

Growing Organs, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, Oh My!

17 people die each day waiting for an organ donor. Over 109, 000 people in the United States are on the National Transplant Waiting List…

7 min readNov 13, 2020

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Growing Organs, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, Oh My!

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Erica Akene

The Chemistry Behind Our Emotions

What makes us human? The fact that we have a conscience, morals, or passions and feelings? I think that one thing that separates us from…

9 min readOct 13, 2020

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The Chemistry Behind Our Emotions

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Erica Akene

Erica Akene

16 y/o researcher exploring the applications of biotechnology and medicine for treating some of the world's biggest medical problems.

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