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Understanding Chemotherapeutic Drug Targets
Understanding Chemotherapeutic Drug Targets
Dr. Nozomi Ando conducts research on a protein that is essential for DNA synthesis, repair and replication. She explains how this protein is in equilibrium between an active and an inactive form, and how discovering strategies to lock the protein in the inactive ...
The Virtual Nurse Will See You Now
The Virtual Nurse Will See You Now
In the hectic world of a hospital, a computer-simulated nurse can be surprisingly comforting.
The Science of IPS Cells
The Science of IPS Cells
Biologist James Thompson and others discuss the discovery of IPS cells: the science and the potential for research and personalized medicine.
The Extensible Obama
The Extensible Obama
Watch Tom Daschle, the incoming secretary of health and human services, and Lauren Aronson, a member of Obama's health-policy team, respond to online comments in this video made by the Obama transition team.
Targeting Cancer's Protein Folding Apparatus
Targeting Cancer's Protein Folding Apparatus
Paul Chang, Assistant Professor of Biology at MIT, explains his lab's recent discovery that the protein PARP16 plays an important role in the cell's response to unfolded proteins, and could be a target for future cancer therapies.
Stem Cells and Entrepreneurs
Stem Cells and Entrepreneurs
How Cellular Dynamics International is commercializing the new technology of induced pluripotent stem cells.
Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells
Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cells
Jeff Hrkach and Greg Troiano of BIND Biosciences explain how they make drug-delivering nanoparticles.
SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: Understanding the Path to ...
SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: Understanding the Path to Personalized Cancer Care
This with/in/sight program on Nov. 7, 2012, featured three experts exploring the future of cancer diagnostics and treatments that are personalized to the unique attributes of each patient and their cancer: Nikhil Munshi, multiple myeloma physician at Dana-Farber Cancer ...
Project Description, August 2009
Project Description, August 2009
Rational Design of a Cardiac Tissue Engineering Scaffold
On the hunt for rare cancer cells
On the hunt for rare cancer cells
Jellyfish-inspired device that rapidly and efficiently captures cancer cells from blood samples could enable better patient monitoring.
Novel Chip for Monitoring Breast Cancer
Novel Chip for Monitoring Breast Cancer
This video illustrates how estrogen is extracted from a drop of human blood using a novel microfluidics chip developed at the University of Toronto. The samples are lysed, and then the estrogen is extracted into a polar solvent (methanol), while the unwanted parts of the blood sample are ...
Networking Patients to Combat Chronic Diseases
Networking Patients to Combat Chronic Diseases
Paul Wicks, director of R&D at PatientsLikeMe, discusses his innovative work.
MIT News at Noon: Jeffrey Karp
MIT News at Noon: Jeffrey Karp
Karp discusses his team's new medical adhesive that is safe enough for an infant's delicate skin.
MIT News at Noon with Burcu Erkmen
MIT News at Noon with Burcu Erkmen
Berkmen discusses her research with Professors Utkan Demirci and Ed Boyden in developing 3-D brain tissue constructs.
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Piya Sorcar
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Piya Sorcar
Piya Sorcar presents her work at EmTech 2011. Piya creates software that can be localized to teach taboo topics. Company: TeachAIDS
TR35: Paul Wicks
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Paul Wicks
Wicks present his work at EmTech 2011: Networking patients to combat chronic diseases PatientsLikeMe Read the full story here: http://techre.vu/AFcW6M
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Fan Yang
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Fan Yang
Yang presents her work at EmTech 2011: Reprogramming stem cells to repair blood vessels Stanford University Injury and disease can damage blood vessels. But Fan Yang, a Stanford professor of bioengineering and orthopedic surgery, has developed
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Ajit Narayanan
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Ajit Narayanan
Narayanan describes his work at EmTech 2011: Affordable speech synthesizers Invention Labs Some four million people in India suffer from cerebral palsy and other disabilities that make it difficult or impossible for them to speak. Giving them a voice is the job of Ajit Narayanan's low-cost ...