• Question: Have you ever discovered an element/bacteria/cure for an illness?

    Asked by Mugglewumpf to Laura, Francesca, Matthew, Andrew, Rebecca on 10 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by OLIIII.
    • Photo: Laura Schofield

      Laura Schofield answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      My research has found a molecule that we don’t think has been seen before! It’s all very secretive at the moment though as we want to make sure it is what I think it is before we tell everyone!

    • Photo: Andrew McKinley

      Andrew McKinley answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      I haven’t discovered a cure, but finding a way that electrons move through DNA might give us some understanding about DNA’s reactivity and how it is damaged – damaged DNA can lead to mutations and possibly cancer, so knowing how it happens is the first step towards prevention (and possibly cure).
      It’s early days stuff though…

    • Photo: Matthew Camilleri

      Matthew Camilleri answered on 20 Nov 2014:

      I have discovered a way how we can deliver drugs to specific cells in your body, but that will take a long time to be available in the market, given that it would still need to get through a lot of testing to ensure safety and no major side effects.

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