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Meet the future of cancer research
– Eva Vertes

From TED.com

 

Eva Vertes — only 19 when she gave this talk — discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s.

Eva Vertes is a microbiology prodigy. Her discovery, at age 17, of a compound that stops fruit-fly brain cells from dying was regarded as a step toward curing Alzheimer’s. Now she aims to find better ways to treat — and avoid — cancer.

 

Why you should listen

 Eva Vertes may not yet have the answers she needs to cure cancer, but she’s asking some important — and radical questions: If smoking can cause lung cancer, and drinking can cause liver cancer, is it possible that cancer is a direct result of injury? If so, could cancer be caused by the body’s own repair system going awry?

She asks this and other breathtaking questions in her conference-closing 2005 talk. Her approach marks an important shift in scientific thinking, looking in brand-new places for cancer’s cause — and its cure. Her ultimate goal, which even she calls far-fetched, is to fight cancer with cancer.

 What others say

“Vertes and her colleagues are gifted researchers who realize that stem cells hold an infinite amount of possibility within their amazingly small frames. Unlocking their potential will produce cures that could end the suffering of hundreds of millions of afflicted people.” — Digital Journal

Now watch his video :

TITLE: Eva Vertes: Meet the future of cancer research
TED2005 · 18:49 minutes · Filmed Feb 2005

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