Lectures tagged "stem cell"

IDEAS Boston Youth Summit: Dr. Amy Wagers
Amy Wagers
May 3, 2006
00:14:57
Amy Wagers talks about her research on defining the mechanisms that regulate the movement, growth, and regenerative potential of blood-forming and muscle-forming stem cells; and she discusses what led her to her current work. This lecture is presented by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston.
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Stem Cells 101 and Beyond
Divya Mathur
March 17, 2006
00:56:36
Divya Mathur and Chris Lengner from Rudolf Jaenisch's lab at the Whitehead Institute discuss the basics of stem cell research, as well as their latest findings.
Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy: Promise, Problem, Reality
Rudolf Jaenisch
March 8, 2006
00:50:03
Rudolf Jaenisch discusses how he has uncovered alternative methods to creating embryonic stem cells. As they struggle to grow human embryonic stem cells, biologists continue to face basic questions about how these cells work.
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Growing New Body Parts
David Scadden
May 3, 2005
01:08:50
Tissue engineering involves the application of the principles and methods of engineering and the life sciences towards the development of biological substitutes to restore, maintain, or improve functi
Inside a Stem Cell Laboratory
Ann Parson
January 6, 2005
01:20:30
Ann Parson, author of the recently published The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise for Medicine, shares some basic information about stem cells and what the future holds for medicines based on them.
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Stem Cell Research and Policy
George Q. Daley
November 19, 2004
01:16:42
George Daley and his team of stem cell rearchers from Harvard Medical School discuss the scientific and medical potential of stem cells, as well as the controversy and the impact of the recent election on stem cell policy.
Double Helix: Implications for Disease
Robert Weinberg
March 19, 2003
01:25:07
This is the third in a four-part series of lectures celebrating the 50th anniversary of Watson and Crick's discovery of DNA.