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TED Talks: Season 2019

2019x16 Doreen Koenning: Can sharks help us fight cancer?
TV-PG

  • 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 15m
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Medicine made from human antibodies help us battle cancer and other diseases — but they blend into our immune system so well, it's difficult to track their side effects. Shark antibodies, by contrast, stand out like a sore thumb. Antibody researcher Doreen Koenning has dedicated her career to studying how these proteins could become a valuable tool in clinical drug trials — and potentially create a new breed of treatment in the fight against cancer.
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