Real Food From Real Farms for Real Health - Joel Salatin - TED
Discover how sustainable farming practices can enhance food quality and human health, exploring the intricate relationship between soil, microorganisms, and nutrition.
Busted- Outing the Top Five Health Myths - TEDMED Great Challenges
Debunking top health myths with experts, exploring their origins, impact, and strategies for combating misinformation in the digital age. Discusses vaccines, nutrition, screening, and scientific communication.
Shopping for Health - TEDMED Great Challenges
Explore the complexities of health-conscious shopping, examining consumer behavior, grocery trends, and strategies for making informed choices in a changing food landscape.
Genomics and Medicine- Where Promise Meets Clinical Practice - TEDMED Great Challenges
Explore genomics in medicine: challenges, opportunities, ethics, and impact on healthcare. Experts discuss technology, data, regulation, and societal implications of genetic advancements.
The Future of Personalized Medicine - TEDMED Great Challenges
Explore the future of personalized medicine, its potential to revolutionize healthcare, and the challenges it faces in implementation, regulation, and patient adoption.
The Obesity Crisis - TEDMED Great Challenges
Explore the complex, multifaceted nature of the obesity crisis and its far-reaching societal impacts through expert perspectives and potential approaches to addressing this persistent health challenge.
The Extended Impacts of Sleep Deprivation - TEDMED Great Challenges
Explore the complex impacts of sleep deprivation on health and society, featuring expert insights, research findings, and innovative approaches to improving sleep quality.
The Life Unfolding Inside Your Cells, Revealed in 3D - Gokul Upadhyayula - TED - 2023
Explore revolutionary 3D imaging technology unveiling cellular activity, offering new insights into living organisms and paving the way for life-saving advancements in biological understanding.
The Power of CRISPR-Cas9 Comes With Great Responsibility - TED
Explore CRISPR-Cas9's potential and challenges, focusing on precision control tools for responsible gene editing and its future implications in biotechnology and medicine.
What Vaccinating Vampire Bats Can Teach Us About Pandemics
Explore innovative approaches to predict and prevent pandemics through vampire bat research, including genomics, edible vaccines, and understanding virus transmission patterns.
Biological Engineering—The Nexus Between Computer Programming and Medicine - Tim Lu - TED - 2018
Explore the intersection of computer programming and medicine in bioengineering, focusing on engineered cells as living therapeutics and the future of biological programming.
A Living Drug That Could Change the Way We Treat Cancer - TED
Discover how genetic engineering led to CAR T cells, a groundbreaking "living drug" that detects and destroys cancer cells, offering long-term protection and high remission rates in cancer treatment.
Why Science Says to Listen to Your Gut
Explore the gut-brain connection and its potential to revolutionize treatments for neurological conditions like Autism and Parkinson's, offering new insights into disease causes and innovative therapies.
The Promise and Limits of Cancer Immunotherapy - TED
Explore cancer immunotherapy's potential and limitations with oncologist Lennie Sender. Learn about immune system complexities, current treatment options, and future possibilities in cancer care.
A Groundbreaking Way to Stop Mitochondrial Disease - Mary Herbert - TED - 2017
Discover a groundbreaking technique to prevent mitochondrial disease transmission from mother to child, exploring the challenges and potential of three-parent IVF to eliminate genetic disorders.
The Surprising Science of Alpha Males - Frans de Waal - TED - 2017
Explore primate behavior to understand human social structures, leadership, and the true meaning of being an "alpha" in nature and society.
Talking Simply, Not Simplistically, About Health
Discover innovative approaches to communicate complex health topics effectively, building trust and engagement with audiences through simplicity and humor.
Can We Grow Older Without Growing Sicker? - Nir Barzilai - TEDMED - 2016
Explore the biology of centenarians and discover insights into aging, longevity, and potential ways to extend healthy lifespan through cutting-edge research and scientific discoveries.
Combating Infectious Diseases With Next-Generation Sequencing - Charles Chiu - TED - 2016
Next-gen sequencing accelerates diagnosis of mysterious infectious diseases, enabling faster life-saving treatments. Learn about metagenomics, nanopore sequencing, and real-time sequencing applications.
What if We Could Rewrite the Human Genome? - TED
Explore the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing technology, its origins in bacterial immune systems, and its potential to transform human DNA and medicine.
The Problem With Race-Based Medicine - TED
Exposing myths of race-based medicine, exploring genetic testing, social constructs, and evidence-based approaches to challenge harmful medical practices and assumptions.