The comic · Genetics of Disease (GenD)

Week 17 of 22

NOVEMBER 18 TO 20

Fiction. No real student, family or grade appears.

Drawing, panel 76: Organ-allocation debate.

Who gets the organ. Sickest first, best match, longest waiting, most likely to survive.

Panel 76Organ-allocation debate · 2026-11-18
Drawing, panel 77: Recombinant DNA flow.

Putting a human gene into bacteria and having them manufacture the protein. That is where insulin comes from now.

Panel 77Recombinant DNA flow
Drawing, panel 78: Protocol and data stations.

Rotating stations, each with a protocol to follow exactly and data to record. Following someone else's protocol precisely is its own skill.

Panel 78Protocol and data stations · 2026-11-19
Drawing, panel 79: Tissue-engineering comparison.

Growing tissue rather than transplanting it. Scaffold, cells, signals, and the vascular problem that limits how thick anything can be.

Panel 79Tissue-engineering comparison · 2026-11-20
Drawing, panel 80: Final tracker evidence packet.

Portfolio audit before the break.

Panel 80Final tracker evidence packet
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