Laura Indolfi: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer
Лаура Индолфи (Laura Indolfi): Добре вести у вези са борбом против рака панкреаса
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?
бар једну особу на екрану?
in their fields.
у својим пољима рада.
all of them have in common?
very sad this news,
веома тужне вести,
of how lethal this disease can be.
колико ова болест може бити смртоносна.
of cancer deaths,
међу болестима рака,
will survive beyond five years.
преживи више од пет година.
with breast cancer,
is almost 90 percent.
скоро 90 процената.
with pancreatic cancer
значи суочавање
certain death sentence.
is that in the last 40 years,
да се у последњих 40 година
treatment more effective?
да лечење рака панкреаса буде ефикасније?
that seem impossible,
који делују нерешиво,
innovative solutions
иновативна решења
with pancreatic cancer
of your belly, literally.
у средини вашег стомака, буквално.
наранџастом бојом на екрану.
organs in front.
by many other vital organs,
многим другим виталним органима
the bile duct.
to grow into those organs
да се рашири на ове органе
also prevents the doctor
такође спречава лекаре
for breast cancer, for example.
са раком дојке, на пример.
chemotherapy as the only option
хемотерапију као једину опцију
од рака панкреаса.
piece of bad news.
very few blood vessels.
тек неколико крвних судова.
about the blood vessel of a tumor?
крвни суд тумора?
how chemotherapy works.
о томе како хемотерапија функционише.
until it reaches the tumor site.
док не стигне до места на ком је тумор.
trying to reach a destination.
покушај да стигне на одредиште.
doesn't have an exit on the highway?
нема излаз на ауто-пут?
throughout all of your body.
for the patients overall,
по укупно стање пацијента,
to have a whole-body treatment
and effort have gone towards
је било усмерено
to treat pancreatic cancer,
за лечење рака панкреаса,
in changing the way
good news, hopefully.
General Hospital in Boston,
the way we treat cancer
у начину лечења рака панкреаса
drug delivery a reality.
локализованијег давања лека.
on top of your destination,
на врх одредишта,
all around the highway.
дуж целог ауто-пута.
into devices that look like this one.
које изгледају као овај.
that they can be folded
directly on top of the tumor
директно на врх тумора
that once they are positioned
да ће се, када се једном позиционирају
physically prevent the tumor
slowly and more effectively
полако и ефикасније
whole-body treatment.
we have demonstrated
смо демонстрирали
the response to treatment.
реакцију на лечење.
where it's needed the most,
где је најпотребнији
that is 12 times more powerful,
која је 12 пута јача,
this technology to the next level.
да подигнемо ову технологију на виши ниво.
prior to asking the FDA for approval
од Управе за храну и лекове
will die from pancreatic cancer.
умрети од рака панкреаса.
extend their life
more powerful and less toxic,
и мање токсичним,
to finding new innovative solutions
нових, иновативних решења
од рака панкреаса и шире.
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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