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 2012 White House Science Fair
February 9, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Meet some of the participants at the White House Science Fair. The President hosted the second White House Science Fair to celebrate the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. At the fair, the President viewed exh...
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- -: President Obama Speaks at White House Science Fair
February 7, 2012 (about 12 years ago)President Obama honors the hard work and extraordinary talent of students participating in the second White House Science Fair. February 7, 2012.
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- -: STEM to STEAM: The Meaning of Innovation
December 7, 2011 (over 12 years ago)In the current moment of economic uncertainty, every economy is taking stock and once again turning to innovation as the silver bullet that will guide us forward. Yet in the eyes of many leaders, innovation seems tightly coupled with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math -- the STEM subjects...
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- -: Champions of Change: Girls and Women in STEM
December 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Champions of Change event honors twelve local leaders working to recruit and retain girls and women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. December 9, 2011.
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- -: TEDxConejo - Samantha Guhan - Mussels and Curiousity
May 25, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Samantha is a junior at Newbury Park High School. Science has been her passion since middle school and she has won numerous awards in science fairs at county, state and national levels since the sixth grade. Most recently, she was awarded the 2010 Outstanding Young Scientist of California by the ...
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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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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - David Burns - Heartache of Education
November 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)The pathway that David took to being a pioneer in the STEM/ 21st Century Learning Movement is a fascinating journey. But what this leader knows about education makes him question: is education system viable anymore? He'll uncover his own trepidation on this topic, fueled both by the irrelevant s...
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