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== September Meeting: Prof Paolo Tasca: ''Bitcoins and the Blockchain.'' ==
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'''20th September'''


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Paul Veys collects immune system cells from the patient, modifies them to help to recognize his cancer cells. The modified cells, cultured in the lab, are then injected back into the patient. This allows the patients own immune system to recognize the cancer cells that were previously invisible to it and kill them. The advantage of this treatment is that the cells become part of the body's own immune system and provide indefinite protection against recurrence of the disease.


This is a new and exciting form of treatment for an old and devastating disease. Prof Veys will describe the trial he has carried out at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The successful trial was carried out on a one-year old child who was suffering from drug resistant leukemia. Prof Veys will indicate the chances that this form of treatment will become a viable alternative to the current mainstream cancer treatments, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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This is called Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy, or CAR-T therapy for short. The cells extracted from the patient are T-cells. They are genetically engineered to produce special receptors on their surface to recognize specific targeted cells from the patients own tumor. These receptors are the Chimeric Antigen Receptors. 'Chimeric' because they incorporate genetic information from more than two organisms. Once the T-cells are produced in sufficient quantities they can be injected into the patient.


T-cells are a key component of our immune system that fights off infection, and indeed any 'foreign' protein that our bodies are exposed to. Cancer cells evade the attention of our immune system. By using gene editing techniques it is possible to program T cells to recognize and eliminate cancer cells that would otherwise go undetected by our bodies. This is a very promising area of work, although it is still experimental and in early stages. Pioneering work has been done at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and we are delighted to welcome Prof Paul Veys to speak to the meeting of the Reform Club Science Group.
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= 2017 Programme =
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Dates for 2017 are as follows (all meeting are on Wednesdays, usually the 3rd one of each month):


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I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:
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! Month !! Day of Month !! Speaker !! Title
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| February || 15th || Prof [[Martyn Thomas]] || Cybersecurity
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| March || 15th || Prof [[Anil Seth]] || Machine Consciousness
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| April || 19th || Prof [[Peter Wilson]] || Anti-Microbial Resistance.
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| May || 16th, <!-- whichever is vacated by Pol Comm, 23rd (alternative, but near to Thackeray), or 31st (late in the month, not ideal) --> || Dr [[Giles Yeo]] || Are your genes to blame if your jeans don't fit?
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| June || 21st || Prof [[Stephen Devereux]] || CAR(T)s, BiTes, checkpoints and weaponised antibodies.
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| September || 20th || Dr [[Paolo Tasca]] || Bitcoins and the Blockchain
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| October || 18th || Prof [[J A Madrigal]] ||  Stem cell therapies.
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| November || 22nd [TBC] || Dr [[Uday Phadke]] || How to give Tech Businesses Scale
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|}


= 2018 Programme =
- Dark Matter,
Dates for 2018 are as follows (usually 3rd Wed of each month):


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- Quantum computing,
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! Month !! Day of Month !! Speaker !! Title
- Cyptocurrencies,
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| February || 21st ||  ||
- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),
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| March || 14th ||  ||
- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),
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| April || 25th ||  ||
- Autonomous vehicle liability,
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| May || 23rd ||  ||
- Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness,
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| June || 20th ||  ||
- The Chinese social credit system (or related).
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| September || 11th ||  ||
If you have a comment, please get in touch, especially if you can refer me to a suitable speaker on any of the topics above.
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| October || 24th ||  || 
 
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[[FAQ]]
| November || 28th ||  ||
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Revision as of 04:59, 17 December 2021

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2022 Programme

I am currently working on the 2022 programme. I hope to have talks on the following subjects:

- Dark Matter,

- Quantum computing,

- Cyptocurrencies,

- Applied Artificial Intelligence (speaker from DeepMind),

- Exploring Space (Nicole Stott),

- Autonomous vehicle liability,

- Use of psychedelic drugs in treatment of mental illness,

- The Chinese social credit system (or related).

If you have a comment, please get in touch, especially if you can refer me to a suitable speaker on any of the topics above.


FAQ