Stem Cells and Medicine: Be Your Own Guinea Pig
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Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/15/Stem_Cells_Not_What_They_Used_to_Be Dr. Bruce Conklin, Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, discusses the potential applications of stem cells in personalized medicine. By introducing a set of genes called the "Yamanaka factors," a simple skin sample can be transfo... Read more
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- -: Stem Cells and Medicine: Be Your Own Guinea Pig
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/15/Stem_Cells_Not_What_They_Used_to_Be Dr. Bruce Conklin, Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, discusses the potential applications of stem cells in personalized medicine. By introducing a set of genes called the "Yama...
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- -: TEDxDU Todd Blankenship -- Why we're long: the biology of shape
May 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Do you know why most species are longer than they are wide? Biologist Todd Blankenship does. In his lab at the University of Dener, Blankenship films the movement of cells. The unexpected behaviors revealed in slow motion analysis go beyond defining our shape and may hold clues as to why some c...
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- -: Aubrey de Grey: Why we age and how we can avoid it
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the...
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- -: David Bolinsky: Fantastic voyage inside a cell
July 24, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give th...
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- -: Juan Enriquez: Tech evolution will eclipse the financial crisis
February 17, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Even as mega-banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don't look for it on your ballot -- or in the stock exchange. It'll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids are going to be ... different. TEDTalks is a daily vid...
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- -: Anthony Atala on growing organs
January 21, 2010 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that "pri...
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- -: Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney
March 8, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder...
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- -: Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons
May 17, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ed Boyden shows how, by inserting genes for light-sensitive proteins into brain cells, he can selectively activate or de-activate specific neurons with fiber-optic implants. With this unprecedented level of control, he's managed to cure mice of analogs of PTSD and certain forms...
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- -: Moira Gunn - How U.S. Laws Affect Stem Cell Research
July 18, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1151 Host of NPR's Tech Nation and BioTech Nation Dr. Moira Gunn discusses ways in which current U.S. law presents challenges for American stem cell researchers. ----- "The Five Biggest Biotech Challenges Facing America" with Moira Gunn. ...
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- -: Have America's Anti-Terror Policies Made Us Safer?
September 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1473 Jules Lobel, University of Pittsburgh law professor and Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, argues that the Bush Administration's detention and deportation of terror suspects has not made the U.S. safer from terrori...
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