Lectures tagged "stem cells"

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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.
From Stem Cells To Cancer Cells
Fernando Camargo
October 21, 2005
00:58:55
Fernando Camargo discusses his research on how cancer arises, what can be done to stop it, and whether cancer is related to stem cells. The human stem cells found in our bone marrow have the amazing ability to develop into different types of cells such as blood or immune system cells.
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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: Genomes to Biological Networks
Trey Ideker
March 5, 2003
00:31:25
This is the fourth in a four-part series of lectures celebrating the 50th anniversary of Watson and Crick's discovery of DNA in 1953.