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Mammalian Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy
by Rudolf Jaenisch
Available on: Online Video
In this talk, leading genetist Rudolf Jaenisch delivers a clear overview of the challenges facing the cloning, dispelling many of the misconceptions about cloning that are pervasive in popular media.
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Aubrey de Grey Says We Can Avoid Aging
by Aubrey de Grey
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.
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The Human Genome Project
by Eric S. Lander
Available on: Online Video
Dr. Lander is a geneticist, molecular biologist and a mathematician, with research interests in human genetics, mouse genetics, population genetics and computational and mathematical methods in biology.
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Human Cloning and Human Rights
by Rudolf Jaenisch
Available on: Online Video
Ignore the noisy debate around cloning, Rudolf Jaenisch quietly insists, and instead look closely at the biology involved.
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James Watson on How He Discovered DNA
by James Watson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
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Nanotechnology
by Colin Blakemore
Available on: Online Video
What is nanotechnology? Will it change the world, as some have promised? What's all this about molecular machines in our blood?
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Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering
by Michael Sandel
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering with Michael Sandel and William Haseltine speaking at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Elliot Gerson moderates the discussion.
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Genetically Modified Foods: Monsters or Miracles?
by Nina Federoff
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Genetically Modified Foods: Monsters or Miracles? with Nina Fedoroff.
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Tissue Engineering
by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Imagine a world where we could engineer living tissues to cure a disease, heal an injury, or fix a broken heart…
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Our Bodies, Our Technologies
by Ray Kurzweil
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
How close are we to a world in which the abilities of machines are indistinguishable from those of the species that invented them?
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