Cancer Talks and Lectures

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Despite being diagnosed with cancer and several... Learn More

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Can we use micro-RNA to engineer a... Learn More

Karen’s annual trip to the gynecologist started as an ordinary day. There was no reason to suspect that her checkup would be... Learn More

Jack is a fifteen year old freshman in high school. He developed a paper sensor that could detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung... Learn More

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-immortal-cells-of-henrietta-lacks-robin-bulleri Imagine something small enough to float on a particle of dust that holds the keys to understanding cancer,... Learn More

How does it feel to fight cancer? Twice? With Art? Kartikey Sharma, a renowned graffiti artist inspires us. He talks about how... Learn More

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Actress Manisha Koirala who is making a comeback with ‘Dear Maya’ recently poured her heart about her battle with cancer during the... Learn More

After surviving a horrific bout with cancer, Ms. Bhojwani set up a foundation called the Women’s Cancer Initiative in partnership with the... Learn More

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED conferences. Cancer research relies heavily on testing drugs... Learn More

In the past, finding a cure for cancer has been used as a metaphor for something impossible. Yet a previously niche area... Learn More

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-s-at-risk-for-colon-cancer-amit-h-sachdev-and-frank-g-gress Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer and cancer... Learn More

Solutions to complex problems can be simple says Jack Andraka Jack Andraka is a 15-year-old Maryland high school student who has invented... Learn More

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Jessica had only just arrived in the... Learn More

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Just like in life, there are no... Learn More

Timo Betz researches at the interface of physics and biology. His approach is asking simple questions, like for example how cancer cells... Learn More

The stereotype about anxiety has led to its definition being synonymous with fragility, weakness, and failure. Mental health is a misunderstood field,... Learn More

Jack Andraka is a fifteen year old freshman at North County High School and lives in Crownsville, Maryland. He recently developed a... Learn More

Olympic gold medalist, cancer survivor and patient advocate Scott Hamilton makes a compelling case for a safer and more effective cancer treatment... Learn More

Dr. Geo Espinosa shows how men can thrive after cancer through CaPLESS living. Dr. Geo is a recognized naturopathic doctor known for... Learn More

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. When you hear of a leader changing... Learn More

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. On August 23, 2014, Sara Khatib left... Learn More

Dr. Jessica Winter is a nanotechnology cancer researcher who one day found herself to be a patient. Dr. Winter discusses her research... Learn More

Your cells are coated with sugars that store information and speak a secret language. What are they trying to tell us? Your... Learn More

Jimmy Lin is developing technologies to catch cancer months to years before current methods. He shares a breakthrough technique that looks for... Learn More

I’m a four time cancer survivor. To cope with the suffering I learnt mental strategies that I benefit from today as a... Learn More

Along with a crew of technologists and scientists, Jorge Soto is developing a simple, noninvasive, open-source test that looks for early signs... Learn More

Anthony Holland: Associate Professor, Director of Music Technology, Skidmore College. DMA, MM, MM, BM; President: Novobiotronics Inc. [a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable and... Learn More

How does cancer know it’s cancer? At Jay Bradner’s lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1 —... Learn More

Growing up knowing your mom is going to die of breast cancer. How a self check up can discover something , which... Learn More

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-leukemia-danilo-allegra-and-dania-puggioni Stem cells found in the bone marrow are crucial for our health because they are needed to become... Learn More

One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer—for some, cure will be an option; for others, cure will not. Why are... Learn More

In 2009, Dr. Patrick Lee made a breakthrough finding about the human reovirus, a naturally occurring virus that can attack cancer stem... Learn More

Dr. D’Agostino is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida College Of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology where he develops... Learn More

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-cancer-spread-through-the-body-ivan-seah-yu-jun Cancer usually begins with one tumor in a specific area of the body. But if the tumor is... Learn More

At the age of 31 Eyal woke up with severe gut pains that were diagnosed as terminal cancer.At that moment Eyal made... Learn More

Debra Jarvis had worked as a hospital chaplain for nearly 30 years when she was diagnosed with cancer. And she learned quite... Learn More

What if the future of cancer treatment lies not with stronger drugs and larger doses of radiation that kill cells indiscriminately, but... Learn More

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Dr. Glenn Begley is Vice President and Global Head of Hematology and Oncology Research at Amgen The author of more than 200... Learn More

Learn about the latest advances in the war against cancer from Stanford researcher Adam de la Zerda, who’s working on some cutting-edge... Learn More

Did you know that elephants get much less cancer than humans, despite being 100-times larger? Often times, solutions to the toughest questions... Learn More

Doctors had given Anita Moorjani just hours to live when she arrived at the hospital in a coma on the morning of... Learn More

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-cancer-cells-behave-differently-from-healthy-ones-george-zaidan How do cancer cells grow? How does chemotherapy fight cancer (and cause negative side effects)? The answers lie... Learn More

Just like our healthy cells, malignant cancer cells need energy to survive. Dr. Sophia Lunt explains how she intends to cut off... Learn More

Cancer is a very clever, adaptable disease. To defeat it, says medical researcher and educator Paula Hammond, we need a new and... Learn More

Speaking after her TEDxUCD 2016 talk Professor Michaela Higgins said, “We are seeing an exponential increase in cancer cases in the developing... Learn More

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Martin Inderbitzin was 32 years old, with... Learn More

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-we-eat-to-starve-cancer-william-li William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth... Learn More