Laura Indolfi: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer
Лаура Індольфі: Хороші новини у боротьбі з раком підшлункової залози
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.
в своїх сферах.
all of them have in common?
підшлункової залози.
very sad this news,
of how lethal this disease can be.
до цієї смертельної хвороби.
of cancer deaths,
за смертністю,
will survive beyond five years.
діагнозом більше 5 років.
with breast cancer,
з раком молочної залози,
is almost 90 percent.
with pancreatic cancer
certain death sentence.
is that in the last 40 years,
за останні 40 років
treatment more effective?
раку підшлункової ефективнішим?
that seem impossible,
innovative solutions
with pancreatic cancer
of your belly, literally.
знаходиться в центрі живота.
organs in front.
by many other vital organs,
життєво важливих органів:
the bile duct.
to grow into those organs
also prevents the doctor
не дає можливості
for breast cancer, for example.
chemotherapy as the only option
для лікування раку підшлункової
piece of bad news.
very few blood vessels.
кровоносних судин.
about the blood vessel of a tumor?
кровопостачання пухлини?
how chemotherapy works.
until it reaches the tumor site.
аж поки не доберуться до пухлини.
trying to reach a destination.
водінням по автомагістралі.
doesn't have an exit on the highway?
з'їзду до вашого місця призначення?
хіміотерапію.
throughout all of your body.
for the patients overall,
на весь організму,
досягне пухлини.
дуже обмежена.
to have a whole-body treatment
препарати загальної дії
and effort have gone towards
було покладено
to treat pancreatic cancer,
від раку підшлункової залози.
in changing the way
good news, hopefully.
General Hospital in Boston,
у Бостоні,
the way we treat cancer
у боротьбі з раком,
drug delivery a reality.
реальністю.
on top of your destination,
у місце призначення,
all around the highway.
по автомагістралі.
into devices that look like this one.
that they can be folded
тому їх можна скрутити в таку трубочку
directly on top of the tumor
з мінімумом хірургічного втручання,
that once they are positioned
physically prevent the tumor
біорозкладанню.
slowly and more effectively
повільно і набагато ефективніше,
whole-body treatment.
загальним лікуванням.
we have demonstrated
the response to treatment.
у 12 разів.
where it's needed the most,
that is 12 times more powerful,
його дії у 12 разів
на весь організм.
this technology to the next level.
вивести цю технологію на новий рівень.
доклінічних досліджень
prior to asking the FDA for approval
необхідними для затвердження
will die from pancreatic cancer.
з раком підшлункової помирають.
extend their life
подовжити їхнє життя
рак підшлункової
more powerful and less toxic,
зменшуємо токсичність,
to finding new innovative solutions
інноваційних рішень
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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