What if we printed our food?
As humans continue to multiply, can we feed ourselves using meat created with a 3D bioprinting process? In the first demonstration of its kind, Gabor Forgacs heats and …
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When should Uncle Sam become Dr. Sam?
The U.S. Surgeon General talks about how preventive health care can help fight leading causes of death, and why it’s so hard for doctors to provide it.
Regina Benjamin at TEDMED 2011 – Q and A
The TEDMED audience asks the U.S. Surgeon General about the role of government in promoting preventive health care, among other issues.
Are you ready for tissues you can “print on demand”?
What if we could simply “print” new organs for use in clinical trials? Gabor Forgacs from Organovo tells us about a radical new approach to tissue engineering.
Gabor Forgacs at TEDMED 2011 – Q and A
The biological physicist answers questions about a new way of “printing” cells for tissue engineering, and its uses for clinical research and, potentially, in humans.
What if we couldn’t hear music?
A Johns Hopkins neurotology specialist explains why humans hear music differently than other sounds, and why technology to help the hearing impaired, while relatively advanced, is still catching …
Where will the next medical breakthroughs come from?
In the search for new medical breakthroughs, the EVP and chief medical officer of Pfizer asks: What if we just stepped out of our comfort zone and tapped …
Eythor Bender at TEDMED 2011 – Q and A
The CEO of Ekso Bionics, and a paralyzed man he helped, take questions about human exoskeletons – “wearable robots” – how they help paraplegics walk, and what lies …
What’s a good second step?
Eythor Bender’s Ekso Bionics makes powered, wearable robots known as “exoskeletons” that boost human strength, endurance, and mobility. But can they help a paraplegic walk? Watch this incredible …
Juan Enriquez at TEDMED 2011 – Q and A
The managing director of Excel Venture Management discusses current regulatory hurdles to getting medical advances to market.