TEDx Scottsdale Nov 1 Kurt Whittemore
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Nov. 1, 2011 TEDx Scottsdale - Kurt Whittemore from the Center for Innovations in Medicine talks about his research into a Cancer Vaccine at the Biodesign Institute.
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February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Nov. 1, 2011 TEDx Scottsdale - Kurt Whittemore from the Center for Innovations in Medicine talks about his research into a Cancer Vaccine at the Biodesign Institute.
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- -: TEDxStHilda'sSchool - Professor Michael Good - Make a vaccine to save 2million lives every year
August 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Professor Michael Good is a NHMRC Australia Fellow at Griffith University, the past Director of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, a past President of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes, and a past Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Vaccine Technolog...
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- -: Seth Berkley: HIV and flu -- the vaccine strategy
May 27, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats -- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from ...
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- -: Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola
October 12, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola, whose plugged-in, global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants -- and can get -- a Coke. Why shouldn't this work for co...
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- -: Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for good
May 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever. TEDTalks is...
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- -: Preparing for Swine Flu
September 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)According to the World Health Organization, The H1N1 Virus is estimated to affect 2 billion people (1/3 of the worlds population) over the next two years. Former head of the CDC, Jeff Koplan discusses the difficulties in preparing for this. http://bigthink.com/H1N1
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- -: The Barriers to a Global H1N1 Vaccine
September 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)As plans for an H1N1 vaccine are announced, Barry Bloom, Professor of Public Health at Harvard, explains the elements of corporate and international policy that will prevent these vaccines from reaching many of the populations that will need them most: http://bigthink.com/jeffkoplan/protecting-...
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- -: Why the DHS Focus on Swine Flu? - Janet Napolitano
June 16, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/03/Homeland_Security_with_Janet_Napolitano United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano responds to a question regarding the government's focus on H1N1, rather than on a murder spike among minority teenagers in Chicago. Napolitano classi...
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- -: Are We in Store for a Second Wave of Swine Flu?
October 6, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/30/Julio_Frenk_Health_Reform_in_an_Era_of_Pandemics Dr. Julio Frenk, Dean of Harvard School of Public Health, summarizes the lessons from the first wave of H1N1 pandemic virus. On the positive side, Dr. Frenk notes most patients only suffer a moderate fo...
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- -: Bill Gates Pledges to Eradicate Polio
February 16, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/01/28/Bill_Gates_Eradicating_an_Old_Reality_Once_and_for_All Bill Gates describes the Gates Foundation's new emphasis on the advancement of vaccinations to eradicate polio, which he predicts will energize the global health system. "In 1988 when the eradicat...
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