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A Radical New Approach to Treating Cancer

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Explore a groundbreaking perspective on cancer treatment as Danny Hillis, one of America's leading engineers, presents his innovative ideas at TEDMED 2010. Delve into the limitations of genomics and discover a new approach to understanding cancer as a system disease. Learn about proteomics and its potential medical applications in measuring proteins and developing targeted treatments. Gain insights into the future of cancer research and how this radical approach could revolutionize the way we combat this complex illness.

Syllabus

Intro
Thinking about cancer differently
Im a little nervous
A different perspective of genomics
Limitations of genomics
Restaurant analogy
Genome
The big deal
Medical applications
Proteomics
Measuring proteins
Applied proteomics
Treating cancer
System disease
Cancer
Cancer Research

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TEDMED

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