ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elizabeth Wayne - Biomedical engineer
TED Fellow Dr. Elizabeth Wayne is a biomedical engineer and advocate for women in higher education.

Why you should listen
Dr. Elizabeth Wayne received her Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and Moelis Access Science Scholar. She continued her education at Cornell University, where her research on the role of immune cells in cancer progression and their potential as drug delivery carriers was supported by funding from the National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences in Oncology Network and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 2016, Wayne earned her PhD in biomedical engineering, where her work in immune cell-mediated drug delivery resulted in several publications and a technology patent. Her current research uses macrophages to delivery therapeutic genes to solid tumors.

Wayne is a strong advocate for women in science. She has been a chief organizer for the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWIP) at Cornell as well as a panelist and workshop leader at CUWiPs held at Yale and Harvard. She has received awards for her advocacy including the Constance and Alice Cook Award.

Wayne is currently a National Cancer Institute Cancer Nanotechnology Training Program Postdoctoral Fellow in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC-Chapel Hill. She was recognized as a 2017 TED Fellow for her cancer nanotechnology research and efforts to amplify voices of women in leadership and higher education through her podcast PhDivas. Wayne has been featured in various publications including Bust Magazine, Cornell Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times.

As a speaker, Wayne works with high schools, colleges and nonprofit organizations across the country to encourage the inclusion of women in science.
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TED2017

Elizabeth Wayne: We can hack our immune cells to fight cancer

Elizabet Vejn (Elizabeth Wayne): Možemo ishakovati naše imunoćelije da se borimo protiv raka

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Biomedicinski inženjer Elizabet Vejn kaže da, nakon decenija istraživanja i milijardi dolara potrošenih na klinička istraživanja, još uvek imamo problem sa aplikacijom lekova protiv raka. Hemoterapija ubija rak, ali ubija i ostatak vašeg tela. Umesto da koristimo ideje do kojih su došli ljudi, zašto, u borbi protiv raka, ne bismo koristlil ideje iz prirode? U ovom kratkom govoru, Vejnova objašnjava kako njena laboratorija razvija terapiju nanočesticama koje se vezuju za imuno ćelije, hitnu pomoć vašeg tela, da bi se precizno ciljale ćelije raka bez oštećenja zdravih ćelija.
- Biomedical engineer
TED Fellow Dr. Elizabeth Wayne is a biomedical engineer and advocate for women in higher education. Full bio

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Nakon decenija istraživanja
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After decadesдеценија of researchистраживање
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and billionsмилијарди of dollarsдолара
spentпотрошено in clinicalклинички trialsсуђења,
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i milijardi dolara potrošenih
na klinička istraživanja,
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we still have a problemпроблем
with cancerрак drugдрога deliveryиспорука.
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još uvek imamo problem
sa aplikacijom lekova protiv raka.
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We still give patientsпацијенти chemotherapyхемотерапија,
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Pacijenti i dalje primaju hemoterapiju
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whichкоја is so non-specificнеспецифични
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koja je toliko neprecizna
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that even thoughипак
it killsубија the cancerрак cellsћелије,
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da, iako ubija ćelije raka,
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it kindкинд of killsубија
the restодмор of your bodyтело, too.
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takođe nekako ubija i ostatak vašeg tela.
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And yes, we have developedразвијен
more selectiveselektivno drugsдроге,
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Da, razvijamo selektivnije lekove,
ali je njihovo prosleđivanje u tumor
i dalje problematično,
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but it's still a challengeизазов
to get them into the tumorтумор,
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and they endкрај up accumulatingакумулира
in the other organsorgani as well
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tako da se oni, na kraju, talože
i u drugim organima
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or passingпролаз throughкроз your urineурина,
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ili se izbacuju kroz urin,
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whichкоја is a totalукупно wasteгубљење.
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što je potpuno rasipanje.
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And fieldsпоља like mineмој have emergedпојавио се
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Oblasti kao što je moja se pojavljuju
00:48
where we try to encapsulateUčaurivanje these drugsдроге
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i pokušavamo da obložimo ove lekove
da bismo ih zaštitili
dok putuju kroz telo.
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to protectзаштитити them as they
travelпутовање throughкроз the bodyтело.
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But these modificationsmodifikacije causeузрок problemsпроблеми
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Međutim, ove izmene uzrokuju probleme
za čije rešavanje pravimo dodatne izmene.
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that we make more modificationsmodifikacije to fixпоправи.
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So what I'm really tryingпокушавајући to say
is we need a better drugдрога deliveryиспорука systemсистем.
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Pokušavam da kažem
da nam je potreban
bolji sistem aplikacije lekova.
Predlažem da, umesto da koristimo
samo ideju do koje su ljudi došli,
01:03
And I proposeпредложити,
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ratherприлично than usingКористећи solelyisključivo humanљудско designдизајн,
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why not use nature'sприрода?
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zašto ne da ne koristimo ideju iz prirode?
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ImmuneImun cellsћелије are these versatileсвестран vehiclesвозила
that travelпутовање throughoutтоком our bodyтело,
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Imunoćelije su prilagodljiva prevozna
sredstva koja putuju kroz naše telo
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patrollingpatroliraju for signsзнаци of diseaseболест
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u potrazi za znakovima bolesti
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and arrivingdolazi at a woundрана
mereмере minutesминута after injuryповреда.
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i stižu do rane jedva nekoliko
minuta nakon povrede.
Zato vas pitam -
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So I askпитати you guys:
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If immuneимуно cellsћелије are alreadyвећ travelingпутовање
to placesместа of injuryповреда or diseaseболест
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ako imunoćelije već putuju
do mesta povrede ili bolesti
u našem telu,
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in our bodiesтела,
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zašto ne dodati još jednog putnika?
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why not addдодати an extraекстра passengerputnik?
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Why not use immuneимуно cellsћелије to deliverиспоручи drugsдроге
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Zašto ne koristiti imunoćelije
da dostavimo lekove
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to cureлек some of our biggestнајвеће problemsпроблеми
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da izlečimo neke od najvećih problema
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in diseaseболест?
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vezanih za oboljenja?
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I am a biomedicalbiomedicinskih engineerинжењер,
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Ja sam biomedicinski inženjer
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and I want to tell you guys a storyприча
about how I use immuneимуно cellsћелије
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i želim da vam ispričam priču
o tome kako koristim imunoćelije
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to targetциљ one of the largestнајвеће
problemsпроблеми in cancerрак.
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da rešimo jedan od najvećih
problema vezanih za rak.
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Did you know that over 90 percentпроценат
of cancerрак deathsсмрти
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Da li znate da se preko 90 posto
smrtnih slučajeva od raka
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can be attributedpripisao je to its spreadширити?
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mogu pripisati njegovom širenju?
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So if we can stop these cancerрак cellsћелије
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Dakle, ako možemo
zaustaviti ove ćelije raka
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from going from the primaryПримарна tumorтумор
to a distantдалеко siteсите,
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da se prošire od prvobitnog tumora
ka udaljenom mestu,
možemo zaustaviti rak u mestu
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we can stop cancerрак right in its tracksтрацкс
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i vratiti ljudima više njihovog života.
01:56
and give people more of theirњихова livesживи back.
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02:00
To do this specialпосебан missionмисија,
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Za ovu posebnu misiju,
odlučili smo da dostavimo
nanočesticu sačinjenu od lipida,
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we decidedодлучио to deliverиспоручи
a nanoparticleNano иestica madeмаде of lipidsmasti,
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whichкоја are the sameисти materialsматеријали
that composeкомпонујте your cellмобилни membraneмембрана.
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koji su isti gradivni elementi
koji sačinjavaju vaše ćelijske membrane.
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And we'veми смо addedдодато two specialпосебан moleculesмолекули.
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Takođe smo dodali dva posebna molekula.
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One is calledпозвани e-selectine-selectin,
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Jedan se zove e-selektin
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whichкоја actsделује as a gluelepak
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i ponaša se kao lepak
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that bindspovezuje the nanoparticleNano иestica
to the immuneимуно cellмобилни.
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koji vezuje nanočesticu za imunu ćeliju.
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And the secondдруго one is calledпозвани trailстаза.
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A drugi se zove trejl.
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TrailTrag is a therapeuticтерапеутски drugдрога
that killsубија cancerрак cellsћелије
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Trejl je terapeutski lek
koji ubija ćelije raka,
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but not normalнормално cellsћелије.
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ali ne i obične ćelije.
Kada spojite ova dva,
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Now, when you put bothи једно и друго of these togetherзаједно,
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you have a mean killingубијање machineмашина on wheelsточкови.
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dobijate opaku mašinu
za ubijanje na točkovima.
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To testтест this, we ranтрчао
an experimentексперимент in a mouseмиш.
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Da bismo ovo isprobali,
sproveli smo eksperiment na mišu.
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So what we did was we injectedубризгане
the nanoparticlesnanoparticles,
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Ubrizgali smo nanočestice
i one su se skoro trenutno vezale
za imunoćelije u krvotoku.
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and they boundвезани almostскоро immediatelyодмах
to the immuneимуно cellsћелије in the bloodstreamkrvotok.
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And then we injectedубризгане the cancerрак cellsћелије
to mimicмимик a processпроцес
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Onda smo ubrizgali ćelije raka
da bismo simulirali proces
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throughкроз whichкоја cancerрак cellsћелије
spreadширити throughoutтоком our bodiesтела.
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kojim se ćelije raka šire kroz naše telo.
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And we foundнашао something very excitingузбудљиво.
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Otkrili smo nešto veoma uzbudljivo.
Otkrili smo da su u grupi
koja je dobila tretman
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We foundнашао that in our treatedтретирани groupгрупа,
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over 75 percentпроценат of the cancerрак cellsћелије
we initiallyна почетку injectedубризгане were deadмртав or dyingумирање,
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preko 75 posto ćelija raka koje smo
na početku ubrizgali umrle ili umirale,
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in comparisonпоређење to only around 25 percentпроценат.
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u poređenju sa samo oko 25 posto.
03:05
So just imagineзамислити: these fewerмање
amountизнос of cellsћелије were availableдоступан
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Samo zamislite ovo - manje količine ćelija
bile su u mogućnosti
03:09
to actuallyзаправо be ableу могуцности to spreadширити
to a differentразличит partдео of the bodyтело.
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da se prošire na drugi deo tela.
Ovo je samo dva sata posle terapije.
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And this is only after
two hoursсати of treatmentтретман.
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Our resultsрезултате were amazingНевероватно,
and we had some prettyприлично interestingзанимљиво pressпритисните.
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Naši rezultati su bili zapanjujući
i nekoliko prilično zanimljivih
novinskih članaka je objavljeno o nama.
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My favoriteомиљени titleнаслов was actuallyзаправо,
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U stvari, moj omiljeni naslov je bio:
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"StickyLepljiva ballsлоптице mayможе stop
the spreadширити of cancerрак."
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„Lepljive kuglice mogu
zaustavili širenje raka“.
03:24
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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I can't tell you just how smugsamozadovoljni
my maleМушки colleaguesколеге were,
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Ne mogu vam objasniti koliko su
moje kolege bile samozadovoljne
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knowingзнајући that theirњихова stickyлепљива ballsлоптице
mightМожда one day cureлек cancerрак.
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znajući da njihove lepljive kuglice
jednog dana mogu izlečiti rak.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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But I can tell you they madeмаде
some prettyприлично, prettyприлично, excitingузбудљиво,
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Ipak, mogu vam reći da su napravili
neke prilično uzbudljive i kuražne majice.
03:38
prettyприлично ballsyhrabro t-shirtsмајице.
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This was alsoтакође my first experienceискуство
talkingпричају to patientsпацијенти
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Ovo je takođe bilo moje prvo iskustvo
da razgovaram sa pacijentima
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where they askedпитао how soonускоро
our therapyтерапија would be availableдоступан.
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kada su me pitali
kada će naša terapija biti dostupna.
03:48
And I keep these storiesприче with me
to remindПодсетите me of the importanceзначај
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Čuvam ove priče da se podsetim važnosti
nauke, naučnika i pacijenata.
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of the scienceНаука,
the scientistsнаучници and the patientsпацијенти.
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03:55
Now, our fast-actingbrzo deluje resultsрезултате
were prettyприлично interestingзанимљиво,
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Naši rezultati brzog dejstva
su bili veoma zanimljivi,
ali smo još uvek imali
jedno preostalo pitanje -
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but we still had one lingeringprisutan questionпитање:
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04:00
Can our stickyлепљива ballsлоптице,
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mogu li naše lepljive kuglice,
04:02
our particlesчестице actuallyзаправо attachedу прилогу
to the immuneимуно cellsћелије,
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naše čestice prikačene za imunoćelije,
04:04
actuallyзаправо stop the spreadширити of cancerрак?
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zaista zaustavili širenje raka?
04:07
So we wentотишао to our animalживотиња modelмодел,
and we foundнашао threeтри importantважно partsделови.
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Vratili smo se našem životinjskom uzorku
i pronašli smo tri važna dela.
04:12
Our primaryПримарна tumorsтумори were smallerмањи
in our treatedтретирани animalsЖивотиње,
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Naši prvobitni tumori su bili manji
kod lečenih životinja,
04:15
there were fewerмање cellsћелије in circulationциркулација,
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bilo je manje ćelija u pokretu
04:18
and there was little to no
tumorтумор burdenтерет in the distantдалеко organsorgani.
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i bilo je jako malo ili nimalo
ćelija tumora u udaljenim organima.
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Now, this wasn'tније just a victorypobeda
for us and our stickyлепљива ballsлоптице.
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Ovo nije bila pobeda samo
za nas i naše lepljive kuglice.
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This was alsoтакође a victorypobeda to me
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Ovo je takođe bila pobeda za mene
04:28
in drugдрога deliveryиспорука,
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u aplikaciji lekova,
04:30
and it representsпредставља a paradigmпарадигма shiftсмена,
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i ona predstavlja promenu paradigme,
04:32
a revolutionреволуција --
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revoluciju -
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to go from just usingКористећи drugsдроге,
just injectingUbrizgavao them
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pomak od korišćenja lekova
i njihovog ubrizgavanja
04:37
and hopingнадати се they go to the right
placesместа in the bodyтело,
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i nadanja da će otići
na prava mesta u telu
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to usingКористећи immuneимуно cellsћелије
as specialпосебан deliveryиспорука driversupravljački programi in your bodyтело.
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do korišćenja imunoćelija
kao posebnih dostavljača u vašem telu.
04:45
For this exampleпример, we used two moleculesмолекули,
e-selectine-selectin and trailстаза,
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Za ovaj primer smo koristili
dva molekula, e-selektin i trejl,
04:49
but really, the possibilityмогућност
of drugsдроге you can use are endlessбескрајно.
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ali, zaista, mogućnosti lekova
koji se mogu koristiti su nebrojene.
04:53
And I talkedпричао about cancerрак,
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Pričala sam o raku,
04:55
but where diseaseболест goesиде,
so do immuneимуно cellsћелије.
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ali gdegod da je bolest,
tamo idu i imunoćelije.
04:59
So this could be used for any diseaseболест.
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Ovo se može koristiti za bilo koju bolest.
05:02
ImagineZamislite usingКористећи immuneимуно cellsћелије
to deliverиспоручи crucialкључно wound-healingrana zarasta agentsагенти
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Zamislite da koristimo imunoćelije
za aplikaciju neophodnih supstanci
za zalečenje rana
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after a spinalспинална cordкабл injuryповреда,
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nakon povrede kičmene moždine
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or usingКористећи immuneимуно cellsћелије to deliverиспоручи drugsдроге
pastпрошлост the blood-brainkrv-mozak barrierбаријера
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ili da koristimo imunoćelije
za aplikaciju lekova kroz moždanu membranu
05:13
to treatлијечити Parkinson'sBoluje od Parkinsonove bolesti
or Alzheimer'sAlzheimerova bolest je diseaseболест.
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u lečenju Parkinsonove
ili Alchajmerove bolesti.
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These are the ideasидеје that exciteузбуђује me
about scienceНаука the mostнајвише.
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Ovo su ideje koje kod mene stvaraju
najveće uzbuđenje vezano za nauku.
05:20
And from where I standстој,
I see so much promiseобећање and opportunityприлика.
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Iz mog ugla, vidim toliko puno
obećanja i mogućnosti.
05:24
Thank you.
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Hvala.
05:25
(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Mirjana Čutura
Reviewed by Tijana Mihajlović

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elizabeth Wayne - Biomedical engineer
TED Fellow Dr. Elizabeth Wayne is a biomedical engineer and advocate for women in higher education.

Why you should listen
Dr. Elizabeth Wayne received her Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and Moelis Access Science Scholar. She continued her education at Cornell University, where her research on the role of immune cells in cancer progression and their potential as drug delivery carriers was supported by funding from the National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences in Oncology Network and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 2016, Wayne earned her PhD in biomedical engineering, where her work in immune cell-mediated drug delivery resulted in several publications and a technology patent. Her current research uses macrophages to delivery therapeutic genes to solid tumors.

Wayne is a strong advocate for women in science. She has been a chief organizer for the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWIP) at Cornell as well as a panelist and workshop leader at CUWiPs held at Yale and Harvard. She has received awards for her advocacy including the Constance and Alice Cook Award.

Wayne is currently a National Cancer Institute Cancer Nanotechnology Training Program Postdoctoral Fellow in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC-Chapel Hill. She was recognized as a 2017 TED Fellow for her cancer nanotechnology research and efforts to amplify voices of women in leadership and higher education through her podcast PhDivas. Wayne has been featured in various publications including Bust Magazine, Cornell Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times.

As a speaker, Wayne works with high schools, colleges and nonprofit organizations across the country to encourage the inclusion of women in science.
More profile about the speaker
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