Laura Indolfi: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer
Лаура Индолфи: Добри вести во борбата против ракот на панкреасот
Laura Indolfi is revolutionizing cancer treatment with new technologies including implantable devices for delivering drugs locally to the site of a tumor. Full bio
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at least one person on the screen?
од овие на екранот.
in their fields.
области.
all of them have in common?
заедничко?
very sad this news,
тажни
of how lethal this disease can be.
да биде оваа болест.
of cancer deaths,
предизвикана од рак.
will survive beyond five years.
од 5 год.
with breast cancer,
пациенти со рак на дојка,
is almost 90 percent.
90%.
with pancreatic cancer
certain death sentence.
is that in the last 40 years,
години
treatment more effective?
за рак на панкреасот поефективен?
that seem impossible,
изгледаат невозможни,
innovative solutions
решенија
with pancreatic cancer
of your belly, literally.
во средина на стомакот.
organs in front.
пред него.
by many other vital organs,
органи,
the bile duct.
кесе.
to grow into those organs
овие органи
панкреасот
also prevents the doctor
спречува докторот
for breast cancer, for example.
на дојка на пример.
chemotherapy as the only option
хемотерапијата како единствена опција
piece of bad news.
very few blood vessels.
крвни садови.
about the blood vessel of a tumor?
садови на туморот?
how chemotherapy works.
хемотерапијата.
until it reaches the tumor site.
до локацијата на туморот.
trying to reach a destination.
обидувајќи се да стигнеш до дестинацијата.
doesn't have an exit on the highway?
автопатот?
throughout all of your body.
for the patients overall,
за пациентите во целост
to have a whole-body treatment
третман на цело тело
and effort have gone towards
to treat pancreatic cancer,
лекување на ракот на панкреасот,
in changing the way
good news, hopefully.
дека е добра.
General Hospital in Boston,
the way we treat cancer
на ракот
drug delivery a reality.
предавање на лековите реалност.
on top of your destination,
дестинацијата
all around the highway.
into devices that look like this one.
како овој.
that they can be folded
свиткани
directly on top of the tumor
директно врз туморот
that once they are positioned
бидат поставени
physically prevent the tumor
slowly and more effectively
многу поефективно
whole-body treatment.
кој го инволвира целото тело.
we have demonstrated
the response to treatment.
за 12 пати.
where it's needed the most,
што треба највеќе
that is 12 times more powerful,
this technology to the next level.
на следното ниво.
prior to asking the FDA for approval
дозвола од FDA
will die from pancreatic cancer.
ќе починат од рак на пакреасот.
extend their life
зголемиме животот
пренесуваме лекот,
more powerful and less toxic,
и помалку токсичен,
нови иновативни решенија
to finding new innovative solutions
подалеку.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura Indolfi - Biomedical entrepreneurLaura Indolfi is revolutionizing cancer treatment with new technologies including implantable devices for delivering drugs locally to the site of a tumor.
Why you should listen
Laura Indolfi is a biomedical entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of PanTher Therapeutics, an early stage spin-out from MIT and MGH that provides superior technologies for revolutionizing the treatment of locally advanced inoperable solid tumors. Prior to this she served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at the MGH Cancer Center and as a research associate in the Harvard-MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science. She was selected as a TED Fellow in 2016.
Indolfi has broad professional experiences and interests ranging from biomedical engineering to entrepreneurship and outreaching initiative to promoting science. Her scientific expertise covers a broad range of therapeutic areas (cardio, cancer, inflammation, regenerative medicine) and approaches (drug delivery, cell therapy, implanted devices). Together with her strong technical background, Laura has hands-on business and managerial know-how developed during her biomedical business training at Sloan and Harvard Business Schools and with several consulting firms. She strongly believes in the power of outreach initiatives to promote research awareness and foster the public audience's discovery of the beauty of science. In 2014 the line of clothes Cytocouture, created in collaboration with Colombian designer Carlos Villamil and inspired by her cell-therapy research, won the global competition Descience.
Indolfi holds a MS/BS degree in materials science and engineering and a PhD in biomaterials from the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Upon graduation, she joined the Harvard-MIT Division of health, science and technology, working on several projects spanning from devices for local drug delivery to tissue engineering approaches for cell therapies.
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