Why I lived happily despite being afflicted with cancer | Saidus Khaled Sumon | TEDxUIU
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Despite being diagnosed with cancer and several... Learn More
Engineering micro-RNA to cure skin cancer | Larry Zhang | TEDxMileHigh
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
Cancer Is a Laughing Matter | Karen Mills | TEDxChattanooga
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
My 3 Cents on Cancer: Jack Andraka at TEDxSanJoseCAWomen
Jack is a fifteen year old freshman in high school. He developed a paper sensor that could detect pancreatic, ovarian and lung... Learn More
The immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks – Robin Bulleri
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
Art – From Cancer to Canvas | Kartikey Sharma | TEDxGLIMChennai
How does it feel to fight cancer? Twice? With Art? Kartikey Sharma, a renowned graffiti artist inspires us. He talks about how... Learn More
Manisha Koirala’s TED Talks on surviving cancer is inspiring!
Actress Manisha Koirala who is making a comeback with ‘Dear Maya’ recently poured her heart about her battle with cancer during the... Learn More
Triumph over breast cancer: Devika Bhojwani at TEDxPune
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
Why curing cancer is so hard | Azra Raza | TEDxNewYork
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED conferences. Cancer research relies heavily on testing drugs... Learn More
How our generation will cure cancer | Neeraj Lal | TEDxBrum
In the past, finding a cure for cancer has been used as a metaphor for something impossible. Yet a previously niche area... Learn More
Who’s at risk for colon cancer? – Amit H. Sachdev and Frank G. Gress
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
For A World Without Cancer: Jack Andraka at TEDxOrangeCoast
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
How cancer gave me purpose | Jessica Weller | TEDxSquareMile
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Jessica had only just arrived in the... Learn More
Life lessons from 34 years of fighting cancer | Tyler Jacks | TEDxCambridge
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Just like in life, there are no... Learn More
The Mechanics of Cancer | Timo Betz | TEDxMünster
Timo Betz researches at the interface of physics and biology. His approach is asking simple questions, like for example how cancer cells... Learn More
Anxiety: A Cancer of the Mind | Aneysha Bhat | TEDxUIUC
The stereotype about anxiety has led to its definition being synonymous with fragility, weakness, and failure. Mental health is a misunderstood field,... Learn More
Inventing a Low-Cost Test for Cancer at Age 15: Jack Andraka at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012
Jack Andraka is a fifteen year old freshman at North County High School and lives in Crownsville, Maryland. He recently developed a... Learn More
Surviving the cancer cure | Scott Hamilton | TEDxKC
Olympic gold medalist, cancer survivor and patient advocate Scott Hamilton makes a compelling case for a safer and more effective cancer treatment... Learn More
Cancer and Men — Natural Medicine and How it Fits In: Geo Espinosa at TEDxCapeMay 2013
Dr. Geo Espinosa shows how men can thrive after cancer through CaPLESS living. Dr. Geo is a recognized naturopathic doctor known for... Learn More
The immune system vs. cancer | Jedd Wolchok | TEDxTimesSquare
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. When you hear of a leader changing... Learn More
4 lessons I learned while battling cancer | Sara Khatib | TEDxLAU
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. On August 23, 2014, Sara Khatib left... Learn More
Nanotechnology in Cancer Research | Jessica Winter | TEDxColumbus
Dr. Jessica Winter is a nanotechnology cancer researcher who one day found herself to be a patient. Dr. Winter discusses her research... Learn More
What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you | Carolyn Bertozzi
Your cells are coated with sugars that store information and speak a secret language. What are they trying to tell us? Your... Learn More
A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early | Jimmy Lin
Jimmy Lin is developing technologies to catch cancer months to years before current methods. He shares a breakthrough technique that looks for... Learn More
How Cancer Can Make You Do the Impossible | Aron Andersson | TEDxUmeå
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
The Future of Early Cancer Detection? | Jorge Soto | TED Talks
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
Shattering cancer with resonant frequencies: Anthony Holland at TEDxSkidmoreCollege
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
Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research
How does cancer know it’s cancer? At Jay Bradner’s lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1 —... Learn More
Why cancer made me hate lasagna | Betsy Nilan | TEDxHartford
Growing up knowing your mom is going to die of breast cancer. How a self check up can discover something , which... Learn More
What is leukemia? – Danilo Allegra and Dania Puggioni
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
The Answer to Cancer Lies in the Past | Lincoln Nadauld | TEDxBYU
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
Killing Cancer With Viruses: Patrick Lee at TEDxHalifax
In 2009, Dr. Patrick Lee made a breakthrough finding about the human reovirus, a naturally occurring virus that can attack cancer stem... Learn More
Starving cancer: Dominic D’Agostino at TEDxTampaBay
Dr. D’Agostino is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida College Of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology where he develops... Learn More
How does cancer spread through the body? – Ivan Seah Yu Jun
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
The cancer that died of laughter | Eyal Eltawil | TEDxTelAvivUniversity
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: Yes, I survived cancer. But that doesn’t define me
Debra Jarvis had worked as a hospital chaplain for nearly 30 years when she was diagnosed with cancer. And she learned quite... Learn More
Immune to Cancer | Michael Jensen | TEDxStMarksSchool
What if the future of cancer treatment lies not with stronger drugs and larger doses of radiation that kill cells indiscriminately, but... Learn More
Why is it so hard to cure cancer? – Kyuson Yun
Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed’s nonprofit mission: http://adbl.co/2gauxND Check out Siddhartha Mukherjee’s “The Emperor of All Maladies”: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/the-emperor-of-all-maladies-a-biography-of-cancer View full... Learn More
TEDxConejo – Dr. Glenn Begley – The Complex Biology of Cancer (or Why Haven’t We Cured It Yet?)
Dr. Glenn Begley is Vice President and Global Head of Hematology and Oncology Research at Amgen The author of more than 200... Learn More
We can start winning the war against cancer | Adam de la Zerda
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
How Nature Has Already Beat Cancer | Carlo Maley | TEDxASU
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
Dying to be me! Anita Moorjani at TEDxBayArea
Doctors had given Anita Moorjani just hours to live when she arrived at the hospital in a coma on the morning of... Learn More
How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones? – George Zaidan
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
Starving cancer away | Sophia Lunt | TEDxMSU
Just like our healthy cells, malignant cancer cells need energy to survive. Dr. Sophia Lunt explains how she intends to cut off... Learn More
A new superweapon in the fight against cancer | Paula Hammond
Cancer is a very clever, adaptable disease. To defeat it, says medical researcher and educator Paula Hammond, we need a new and... Learn More
The Cancer Story you Haven’t Heard | Michaela Higgins | TEDxUCD
Speaking after her TEDxUCD 2016 talk Professor Michaela Higgins said, “We are seeing an exponential increase in cancer cases in the developing... Learn More
My survival story — what I learned from having cancer | Martin Inderbitzin | TEDxZurich
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Martin Inderbitzin was 32 years old, with... Learn More
Can we eat to starve cancer? – William Li
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