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The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine | Kathryn A. Whitehead
FromTED Health
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13 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2021
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What if you were holding life-saving medicine ... but had no way to administer it? Zoom down to the nano level with engineer Kathryn A. Whitehead as she gives a breakdown of the little fatty balls (called lipid nanoparticles) perfectly designed to ferry cutting-edge medicines into your body's cells. Learn how her work is already powering mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines and forging the path for future therapies that could treat Ebola, HIV and even cancer.
Released:
Sep 28, 2021
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Podcast episode
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