Laura Indolfi: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer
로라 인돌피: 췌장암과의 전쟁에서의 희소식
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?
한번 손들어 보실래요?
in their fields.
분야에서 저명하시죠.
all of them have in common?
있는데, 무엇인지 아십니까?
very sad this news,
너무나도 슬펐지만
of how lethal this disease can be.
인식하게 하는데 큰 도움을 주었습니다.
of cancer deaths,
세 번째로 가장 높으며
will survive beyond five years.
살아남습니다.
with breast cancer,
비교하면 말입니다.
is almost 90 percent.
with pancreatic cancer
certain death sentence.
is that in the last 40 years,
지난 40년 동안
않았다는 것입니다.
treatment more effective?
더욱 효과적으로 할 수 있을까요?
that seem impossible,
풀어내는 걸 좋아합니다.
innovative solutions
with pancreatic cancer
of your belly, literally.
위치한다는 점입니다.
주황색으로 표시되어있습니다.
organs in front.
by many other vital organs,
그리고 담관과 같은
the bile duct.
to grow into those organs
쉽게 전이될 수 있다는 점도
also prevents the doctor
어려움을 겪게 하죠.
for breast cancer, for example.
비교하면 말입니다.
chemotherapy as the only option
췌장암 환자들이 선택 할 수 있는
piece of bad news.
두 번째 이유가 됩니다.
very few blood vessels.
매우 소수의 혈관이 존재합니다.
about the blood vessel of a tumor?
how chemotherapy works.
그 이유를 알 수 있습니다.
until it reaches the tumor site.
혈관을 따라 움직입니다.
trying to reach a destination.
고속도로를 달리는 것과 같죠.
doesn't have an exit on the highway?
고속도로 출구가 없으면 어떨까요?
도착하지 못할 것입니다.
췌장암의 문제입니다.
throughout all of your body.
다닌다는 것이죠.
for the patients overall,
종양에 다다르게 됩니다.
매우 제한적이죠.
to have a whole-body treatment
몸 전체에 약품을 퍼트리는 것은
and effort have gone towards
강력한 신약 개발에
to treat pancreatic cancer,
들어갔습니다.
in changing the way
투여하는 방법에 있어서는
good news, hopefully.
이야기도 말씀드리고 싶습니다.
MIT와 하버드 의과 대학
General Hospital in Boston,
공동 연구자들과 함께
the way we treat cancer
가능하게 함으로써
drug delivery a reality.
열었다는 것입니다.
on top of your destination,
목적지에 떨어지는 것과 흡사합니다.
all around the highway.
목적지에 도착하는 셈이죠.
into devices that look like this one.
장치들에 투입했습니다.
that they can be folded
directly on top of the tumor
수술만으로 이 장치을
that once they are positioned
physically prevent the tumor
slowly and more effectively
훨씬 국소적으로 천천히
전달하면서 말이죠.
whole-body treatment.
we have demonstrated
the response to treatment.
사실을 입증했습니다.
where it's needed the most,
국소적으로 전달만 함으로써
that is 12 times more powerful,
얻을 수 있었다는 것입니다.
독성을 줄이면서 말이죠.
this technology to the next level.
위해 열심히 일하고 있습니다.
prior to asking the FDA for approval
그 것이 성공적으로 끝나면
FDA의 허가를 요청할 것입니다.
will die from pancreatic cancer.
과반수는 죽음을 맞이합니다.
extend their life
수명을 늘리며
되기를 희망합니다.
다시 생각함으로써
more powerful and less toxic,
독성을 줄일 뿐만 아니라
to finding new innovative solutions
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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