# Why science needs to get behind natural medicine

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2023
- Speaker: Jeff Chen
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_chen_why_science_needs_to_get_behind_natural_medicine)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Pharmaceutical companies often only patent drugs they can monetize, creating synthetic versions of remedies already available in nature. In this quick talk, physician and entrepreneur Jeff Chen offers a path to affordable, effective natural medicines — for everyone.

## Lectures

1. [Why science needs to get behind natural medicine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jeff_chen_why_science_needs_to_get_behind_natural_medicine/b12ec44d039a), 4 min (TED's player)