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UnavailableWe can hack our immune cells to fight cancer | Elizabeth Wayne
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We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer | Elizabeth Wayne

FromTED Health


Currently unavailable

We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer | Elizabeth Wayne

FromTED Health

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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Oct 17, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After decades of research and billions spent in clinical trials, we still have a problem with cancer drug delivery, says biomedical engineer Elizabeth Wayne. Chemotherapy kills cancer -- but it kills the rest of your body, too. Instead of using human design to fight cancer, why not use nature's? In this quick talk, Wayne explains how her lab is creating nanoparticle treatments that bind to immune cells, your body's first responders, to precisely target cancer cells without damaging healthy ones.
Released:
Oct 17, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

From way-new medical breakthroughs to smart daily health habits, doctors and researchers share their discoveries about medicine and well-being onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.