Medical Technology


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Tyler Jacks: Genetics of Cancer
Tyler Jacks
May 1, 2009
00:53:08
Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, talks about his research on cancer and his career in genetics.
NOTES: Incision-Free Surgery
David Rattner
October 30, 2008
00:20:32
David Rattner talks about his belief that an emerging scar-free surgical technique that accesses diseased organs through the body’s orifices can transform health care to the benefit of patients everywhere.
Epilepsy and New Treatments
Andrew Cole
November 29, 2007
00:23:01
Andrew Cole talks about the neurological disease epilepsy.
Nanotechnology and Cancer Drug Discovery
Cynthia Bamdad
October 29, 2006
00:11:33
Cynthia Bamdad, chief scientific officer of Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation, describes her company's nanoparticle-sized biochips and how they are being used to understand how cancer starts and how
Stem Cells: Where Will the Road Lead?
George Q. Daley
May 4, 2006
01:22:08
A panel of experts meet to discuss the future of stem cell research. Few topics have touched so many areas as stem cell research. It has stirred politics, medicine, business, economics, and religion.
IDEAS Boston Youth Summit: Conor James Walsh
Conor James Walsh
May 3, 2006
00:15:17
Conor James Walsh talks about his objective at MIT: to develop practical engineering technologies that assist humanity directly, including high-tech medical devices for doctors to improve patient care, assistive devices that augment the physical ability of humans, and low-tech solutions to problems
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Planarians: How to Regenerate a New Head in Under a Week
Peter Reddien
March 24, 2006
00:57:52
Peter Reddien, a researcher at MIT's Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, discusses how he uses the planarian flatworm to study the mystery of regeneration. The human anatomy is no stranger to regeneration.
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Origins of Cancer Stem Cells
Robert Weinberg
March 15, 2006
01:20:54
Whitehead Member Bob Weinberg explores how researchers are looking into the origins of the cancer stem cell. Why is cancer so difficult to treat? The answer may be found in the cancer stem cell, a concept that scientists have only recently begun to explore.