Laura Indolfi: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer
Лаура Индольфи: Борьба с раком поджелудочной железы: хорошие новости
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?
in their fields.
известен в своей области.
all of them have in common?
от рака поджелудочной железы.
very sad this news,
of how lethal this disease can be.
к этой смертельной болезни.
of cancer deaths,
занимает третье место по смертности,
will survive beyond five years.
живут более пяти лет.
with breast cancer,
is almost 90 percent.
with pancreatic cancer
рак поджелудочной железы
certain death sentence.
означает смертный приговор.
is that in the last 40 years,
treatment more effective?
лечения рака поджелудочной железы?
that seem impossible,
innovative solutions
with pancreatic cancer
рака поджелудочной железы —
of your belly, literally.
буквально в центре живота.
organs in front.
by many other vital organs,
многие жизненно важные органы:
the bile duct.
to grow into those organs
прорастать в эти органы
also prevents the doctor
for breast cancer, for example.
при раке груди.
chemotherapy as the only option
единственным методом лечения
piece of bad news.
со второй проблемой —
very few blood vessels.
очень мало кровеносных сосудов.
about the blood vessel of a tumor?
кровоснабжение опухоли?
how chemotherapy works.
как работает химиотерапия.
until it reaches the tumor site.
trying to reach a destination.
doesn't have an exit on the highway?
не имеет выхода на шоссе?
химиотерапией.
throughout all of your body.
for the patients overall,
на организм,
крайне ограничена.
to have a whole-body treatment
для лечения определённого органа
and effort have gone towards
от рака поджелудочной железы
to treat pancreatic cancer,
in changing the way
good news, hopefully.
о возможном решении.
General Hospital in Boston,
в Бостоне
the way we treat cancer
революционный метод лечения рака,
drug delivery a reality.
точечную доставку препарата.
on top of your destination,
в пункт назначения,
all around the highway.
into devices that look like this one.
вот в такое устройство.
that they can be folded
directly on top of the tumor
к минимуму.
that once they are positioned
physically prevent the tumor
распространению опухоли
slowly and more effectively
whole-body treatment.
чем традиционный метод лечения.
we have demonstrated
было установлено,
the response to treatment.
эффективность лечения в 12 раз.
where it's needed the most,
где оно необходимо,
that is 12 times more powerful,
на организм.
this technology to the next level.
эту технологию на новый уровень.
и тестов на животных
prior to asking the FDA for approval
у Управления по санитарному надзору
will die from pancreatic cancer.
с раком поджелудочной железы умирают.
extend their life
продлить жизнь
сделать рак поджелудочной железы
способ применения лекарства,
more powerful and less toxic,
и снижаем токсичность,
to finding new innovative solutions
новых инновационных решений
рака поджелудочной железы,
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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