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Can astronomers help doctors?

Michelle Borkin · TED

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About

How do you measure a nebula? With a brain scan. In this talk, TED Fellow Michelle Borkin shows why collaboration between doctors and astronomers can lead to surprising discoveries.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxBoston 2011
Speaker
Michelle Borkin
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Astronomy and space
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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