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The disease-eradicating potential of gene editing

Tal Zaks · TED

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If our cells are the hardware and our genetic material the operating system, what if we could change a few lines of code? In this cutting-edge science talk, oncologist Dr. Tal Zaks reviews the future of personalized medicine, which may lie with gene-editing vaccines tailored to each patient's immune system, teaching it to overcome the genetic mutations that trigger diseases like cancer.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxBeaconStreet
Speaker
Tal Zaks
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health
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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