Adam de la Zerda: We can start winning the war against cancer
Adam de la Zerda: Wir beginnen, den Kampf gegen Krebs zu gewinnen
Adam de la Zerda develops new medical imaging technologies to detect and destroy cancer. Full bio
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bis 2015 gewinnen."
und das nationale Krebsforschungsinstitut
and the National Cancer Institute declared
but I don't buy that.
aber ich glaube das nicht.
anyone here will question that.
this war against cancer
a story about a good friend of mine.
über einen guten Freund erzählen.
Ehud was diagnosed with brain cancer.
bei Ehud ein Hirntumor diagnostiziert.
of the most deadly forms of brain cancer.
that they only have 12 months,
sie hätten nur 12 Monate
they have to find a treatment.
müssten sie eine Behandlung finden.
find a cure, he will die.
würde er sterben.
of different treatments to choose from,
Behandlungsarten zur Auswahl,
if a treatment is even working or not,
ob eine Behandlung anschlägt,
about three months or so.
into his first treatment,
just a few days into that treatment,
seiner ersten Behandlung
"Adam, I think this is working.
"Adam, ich glaube, es wirkt.
Something is happening."
Glück. Es geschieht etwas."
Woher weißt du das, Ehud?"
How do you know that, Ehud?"
I feel so terrible inside.
so schrecklich an.
we got the news, it didn't work.
dass es nicht gewirkt hatte.
into his second treatment.
gotta be working there."
es muss wirken."
again we get bad news.
wieder die schlechte Nachricht.
and then his fourth treatment.
und dann eine vierte Behandlung.
is going through such a huge struggle,
so einen harten Kampf kämpfen muss,
are going through your head.
this is the best that we can offer?
das Beste war, was wir hatten.
more and more into this.
mehr damit zu befassen.
the best that doctors could offer Ehud.
was die Ärzte Ehud bieten konnten.
patients with brain cancer generally.
Hirntumorpatienten anbieten können.
all across the board with cancer.
nicht gut gegen Krebs aufgestellt.
Statistiken mitgebracht.
have seen those statistics before.
so eine Statistik bereits gesehen.
how many patients actually died of cancer,
tatsächlich an Krebs gestorben sind,
that many things that have changed.
nicht viel verändert hat.
for example, on the rise.
for example, stomach cancer
of the biggest killers of all cancers,
Anyone knows, by the way?
struck by stomach cancer?
mehr von Magenkrebs gegeißelt?
medical technology breakthrough
medizinischer Durchbruch,
that saved humanity from stomach cancer?
or a better diagnostic?
oder eine bessere Diagnosemöglichkeit?
no longer eating spoiled meats.
verdorbenen Fleisch mehr essen.
that happened to us so far
Krebsforschung widerfahren ist,
the refrigerator was invented.
der Kühlschrank erfunden wurde.
nicht kleinreden
in cancer research.
was in der Krebsforschung getan wurde.
of good cancer research
an guter Krebsforschung,
that taught us about cancer.
die uns mehr über Krebs lehrten.
to still do ahead of us.
reason why this is the case,
dass der Hauptgrund,
großen Erfolg hatten,
medical imaging comes in.
Bildgebung zum Tragen.
of the best medical imaging
to brain cancer patients,
heute bekommen,
to all cancer patients,
where the bones are,
where tumors are.
outside of the body,
into these patients by the billions,
dieser Zuckermoleküle injiziert,
that are hungry for sugar.
for example, lights up there.
dass das Herz hier aufleuchtet.
needs a lot of sugar.
lights up there.
dass die Blase hier aufleuchtet.
is the thing that's clearing
dass die Blase das Organ ist,
a wonderful technology.
to look into someone's body
anderer Menschen schauen,
each and every one of the cells
allowing us to look into someone's body
in jemandes Körper zu schauen
has the cancer metastasized?
"Hat der Krebs metastasiert?
are showing you very clearly
zeigen Ihnen sehr deutlich,
where is the tumor.
small little hot spots there.
are in any one of these tumors?
in einem dieser Tumore sind?
that this number sunk in.
of these small little blips
leuchtenden Punkte,
at least 100 million cancer cells
100 Millionen Krebszellen sein,
like a very large number,
an incredibly large number,
in order to pick up something early enough
to do something meaningful about it,
that are a thousand cells in size,
a handful of cells in size.
pretty far away from this.
a little experiment here.
to now play and imagine
und sich vorzustellen,
that the tumor is out.
dass der Tumor entfernt wird.
have already been removed,
bereits geöffnet wurden
about the size of a golf ball or so
so groß wie ein Golfball
of this person's brain.
everything looks the same,
und leider sieht alles gleich aus,
and healthy brain tissue
und das gesunde Gehirngewebe
a little bit on the brain,
auf das Gerhirn zu drücken,
a little harder, stiffer,
a little bit like this and say,
ungefähr so und sagen:
and start cutting the tumor
mit Ihrem Skalpell heraus,
to a stage where you think,
an dem Sie denken:
I took out everything."
verrückt angehört hat --
like, pretty crazy --
challenging decision of your life here.
Entscheidungen Ihres Lebens treffen.
and let this patient go,
und den Patienten entlassen
some leftover cancer cells behind
übrig geblieben sind,
zusätzliche Ränder entfernen,
around the tumor
2,5 cm um den Tumor herum,
dass alles entfernt wurde?
have to take every single day
jeden einzelnen Tag treffen müssen,
to a few friends of mine in the lab,
mit Freunden im Labor,
there's got to be a better way."
einen besseren Weg geben."
that there's got to be a better way.
the sugar and so on.
und an den Zucker?
instead of using sugar molecules,
wenn wir statt Zuckermoleküle
little particles made of gold,
aus Gold nehmen würden
interesting chemistry around them.
to look for cancer cells.
damit sie nach Krebs suchen.
these gold particles
every single cell in our body
or are you a healthy cell?
Krebszelle oder gesund?
we're sticking in and shining out
hängen wir uns an dich und leuchten
"Hey, look at me, I'm here."
through some interesting cameras
Hirnchirurgen so navigieren können,
maybe we can guide brain cancer surgeons
and leaving the healthy brain alone.
und nicht das gesunde Gewebe.
and boy, this works well.
und es funktioniert gut.
into this mouse's brain
growing in this mouse's brain,
im Gehirn dieser Maus.
and asked the doctor
as if that was a patient,
out of the tumor.
to see where the gold particles are.
um die Goldpartikel zu sehen.
into this mouse,
right here at the very left there
where the gold particles are.
wo die Goldpartikel sind.
is that these gold particles
"Hey, we're here. Here's the tumor."
"Hier ist der Tumor."
to the doctor yet.
now please start cutting away the tumor,
den Tumor herausschneiden soll
just took the first quadrant of the tumor
den ersten Tumorquadranten entfernt
is now missing.
the second quadrant, the third,
und dritten Quadranten
the doctor came back to us and said,
kommt der Arzt zu uns und sagt;
What do you want me to do?
Was soll ich nun tun?
some extra margins around?"
"You've missed those two spots,
and then let's take a look."
and lo and behold,
die Stellen und siehe da,
that the cancer is completely gone
aus dem Gehirn dieser Person
huge amounts of healthy brain
nicht viel gesundes Gehirn
jetzt eine Welt vorstellen,
as they take away a tumor,
während sie einen Tumor entfernen,
have to guess with their thumb.
to take those tiny little leftover tumors.
die kleinen Tumore zu entfernen?
even if it's just a handful of cells,
auch wenn es nur einige Zellen sind,
ultimately fail
extra margins that were left positive,
that were left there.
die drin gelassen wurden.
is where I think we're heading from here.
wie es von hier aus weitergeht.
what should we be working on now?
An was arbeiten wir von nun an?
medical imaging is heading to
medizinischen Bildgebung ist es,
of these cells separately.
dieser Zellen separat zu betrachten.
way, way earlier in the process,
viel früheren Stadium zu finden,
so we can actually do something about it.
und wir noch etwas dagegen tun können.
of the cells might also allow us
ist es uns möglich,
we are now getting to a point
these cancer cells real questions,
tatsächlich fragen können,
to the treatment we are giving you or not?
die Behandlung an oder nicht?
to stop the treatment right away,
bereits nach wenigen Tagen ab,
nasty, nasty chemotherapy drugs,
Chemotherapie bekommen,
side effects of the drugs
von Medikamenten leiden,
in fact not even helping them.
from winning the war against cancer,
den Krieg gegen Krebs zu gewinnen,
with better medical imaging techniques
medizinischen Bildgebungsverfahren wehren
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam de la Zerda - Biologist, electrical engineerAdam de la Zerda develops new medical imaging technologies to detect and destroy cancer.
Why you should listen
Adam de la Zerda is an assistant professor at the Departments of Structural Biology and Electrical Engineering (courtesy) at Stanford University – School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate degree in computer engineering and physics from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 2005 Summa Cum Laude. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2011, where he developed the Photoacoustic Molecular Imaging technique with Sanjiv Sam Gambhir. He was then a postdoctoral fellow at the lab of Carolyn Bertozzi at UC Berkeley – Chemistry Department, before joining the Stanford faculty in 2012.
de la Zerda's research interests span the broad field of molecular imaging. His lab focuses on developing new optical imaging instrumentation and chemistry tools to study the complex spatiotemporal behavior of biomolecules in living subjects. The lab uses animal models for cancer and ophthalmic diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. His research efforts span both basic science and clinically translatable work.
de la Zerda has received many awards and honors for his work, including the Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research, the AFOSR Young Investigator Award, Baxter Faculty Scholar Award, Dale F. Frey Award, Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 in Science and Healthcare for 2012 and 2014, NIH Director’s Early Independence Award, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Era of Hope Distinguished Predoctoral Poster Award, Best Poster Presentation at SPIE Photonics West, the Young Investigator Award at the World Molecular Imaging Congress, the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Award for Predoctoral researchers, the Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowship and first place at the Bay Area Entrepreneurship Contest. He has published papers in leading journals including Nature Medicine, Nature Nanotechnology and PNAS. He holds a number of patents and is the founder of a medical device company, Click Diagnostics.
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