looking for medical-obsession internet buddy

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Hi. I'm Natkaa.
I'm a biomedical engineering student in the real world. But, since when do schools do anything interesting? We are stuck on the "basics" like general chem, bio etc. I'm not saying those are not important...just not as exciting as EBOLA! :3
I'm interested in all kinds of medical disorder and medical technology/treatment topics. Just to name a few: viral, bacterial, and fungal infections, genetic metabolic conditions, psychiatric disorders, birth defects, and oddities (like that one guy who __[fill in horrible occurrence]__) haha. I'm also interested in biological science in general, such as genetics, epigenetics, and genetic engineering/ gene therapy, biochemistry etc etc.

I was looking for somebody to engage in some mutual info-dumping with
We could talk about our favorite illness-of-the-day or send some articles to each other.
I look forward to hearing from at least one of you lovely creatures.

I am particularly interested in whether or not one can cure cancer and prevent aging simultaneously by injecting artificial cell membranes into the loci of a chromosome between a theoretical telomerase regulator gene and trying to perfect the rate of mitosis, but I don't know if that's a thing.

I am also especially interested in female reproductive disorders, mood disorders and obsessive-addictive disorders, as well as fatal, pest-bourne illnesses.

Hi Girlwithaspergers

I think I misread your response, but there are no membranes anywhere in a chromosome. If you wanted to "block" a gene, you would either just cut it out, or insert a stop codon (so long as you compensate for the frameshift in further genes down the line). Technically, even a single added/deleted/substituted base would upset the gene. It would be a huge breakthrough if we could do that artificially in a simple, efficient way.

I don't think telomerase has anything to do with regulation of the cell cycle. If anything, IT is regulated by the cell cycle. They are already looking into the whole telomeres and aging correlation. Shortened telomeres seem to be more of an indicator that the cell has divided many times (or as part of a disorder like progeria), than an actual cause of some age-related problem. Each division (or even just living a long life) is a risk for mutations to arise or accumulate. The whole aging process is quite complex and interesting. I suppose you just re-sparked that particular interest of mine haha. I don't know if telomeres have anything to do with cancer. Do they?

Female reproductive disorders are interesting too; As are assisted reproductive technologies. Isn't it sad how female hormones can affect our moods? I also wonder why most psychiatric disorders are more common in women, especially since the female brain seems to be "protected" against disorders. Autism is thought to be more common/ obvious in men for that reason. If you have a man and women with similar levels of autism symptoms, the woman will have a greater deviation from the norm in her brain. A male with her level of deviation woudl have much more drastic symptoms. Yet, in mood disorders, it seems men are more protected against them

i have an MD (unlicensed) and get "journal watch", so keep up with advances. i'm interested currently in the work on the malaria vaccine.

I'm interested in neurology and psychiatry (Future med student). I don't like infectology or virology (except rabies) and I hate gynecology.

At the moment I do not have enough time to pursue this interest.

I've heard theories that too many cell replications (reverse from aging) can cause growth of tumors and cancer cells.

I'm pretty fascinated with genetic disorders.