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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- -: The Ethics of Designer Brains - Dr. Paul Root Wolpe
February 18, 2012 (about 12 years ago)~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://bigthink.com/ideas/41217 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Paul Root Wolpe is the senior bioethicist at NASA and a pioneer in the field of neuroethics. Peering into his children's and grandchildren's future, he sees an America that rewards competitiveness and productivity over relationshi...
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Jose Angel Garcia: TEDxSanAntonio - Jose Angel Garcia - Slam Dunk - Sports Boosts the Economy & the Future for Children
December 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)As Director of Operations, Grupo Garel and Founder of Huracanes Tampico, LNBP, Jose's talk is all about how it takes a village -"Slam Dunk - How Investing in Sports Boosts the Economy and the Future for Children in Tampico."In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-...
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- -: TEDxUniversityofGothenburg - Joakim Larsson - Our Drugs in their Water
December 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Where do the drugs we use come from, and what happens with the waste from their production? A daunting journey from Sweden to India and the pollution of active substances affecting the environment in so many ways. Joakim Larsson is associate professor of physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Un...
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- -: TEDxUChicago 2011 - James Leitzel - Re-legalizing Drugs
May 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Jim Leitzel is the Co-chair of the Public Policy Department at the University of Chicago and the Recipient of the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award. Jim Leitzel is Senior Lecturer and Director of Public Policy Studies in the College at the University of Chicago, where he teach...
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- -: Steven Levitt: Why do crack dealers still live with their moms?
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Freakonomics author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to popular myth, he says, being a street-corner crack dealer isnt lucrative: It pays below minimum wage. And your boss can kill you. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talk...
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- -: David Agus: A new strategy in the war against cancer
February 4, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to treat and analyze the whole body.
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- -: Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational
April 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Armed with bracing logic, wit and her "public-health nerd" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today's political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations -- from junkies in...
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- -: Mike Tyson is Better Than Ever
March 8, 2011 (about 13 years ago)After hitting one of the lowest lows of his life with the death of his daughter and substance abuse, Mike Tyson made an incredible recovery -- and shared his story with Ellen.
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- -: The War on Drugs Has Failed
August 27, 2010 (over 13 years ago)A Google Tech Talk August 17, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Stanford "Neill" Franklin, Police (Ret.) Executive Director, LEAP "It pains me to know that there is a solution for preventing tragedy and nothing is being done because of ignorance, stubbornness, unsubstantiated fear and greed." Hear...
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