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We need better drugs -- now

Francis Collins · TED

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About

Today we know the molecular cause of 4,000 diseases, but treatments are available for only 250 of them. So what's taking so long? Geneticist and physician Francis Collins explains why systematic drug discovery is imperative, even for rare and complex diseases, and offers a few solutions -- like teaching old drugs new tricks.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDMED 2012
Speaker
Francis Collins
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Engineering
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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