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Curated Video
Results, Technology, and Longterm Vision: Launching a Startup
Kira Radinsky is a Ukraine-born Israeli scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur who has been featured on Forbes 30 under 30 and MIT's 35 under 35. In this video, she shares her personal and professional philosophies that drive her...
Curated Video
Exploring the Intersection of Technology, Sports, and Ethics: The Case of Oscar Pistorius
The video discusses the evolving influence of technology in sports, highlighting how advanced medical engineering is enabling more people to participate in real-world sporting challenges. It specifically mentions the case of South...
World Science Festival
Mind Melds and Brain Beams: The Dawn of Brain-to-Brain Communication
Music students download the technique of their favorite pianist or singer directly into their brains. Medical students download the skills of a seasoned surgeon or diagnostician. And each one of us routinely uploads our thoughts and...
Curated Video
Controversy Surrounding Social Sex Selection: Exploring the Ethics and Motivations
The video discusses a study at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston where couples undergoing in vitro fertilization can choose the gender of their embryos for research purposes. The controversial practice of social sex selection is...
Curated Video
Unlocking Medical Breakthroughs: The Importance of Human Tissue Donation
The video highlights the establishment of a Human Tissue Bank at De Montfort University, which receives donated human tissue for medical research purposes. While not suitable for transplantation, the tissue proves valuable for studying...
Curated Video
Stem Cell Research: Promising Advances and Controversies
This video highlights the potential of stem cell research in treating various medical conditions. It discusses the ethical concerns surrounding embryonic stem cells while emphasizing the use of adult stem cells, which are considered...
Curated Video
IVF and Stem Cell Research: Advancements and Controversies in Reproductive Medicine
This video discusses the advancements and controversies surrounding in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryonic stem cell research. It highlights the increasing success rates of IVF, with a potential success rate of up to 50% for women...
TED Talks
TED: How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA | Jennifer Doudna
Geneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases ... but...
Curated Video
Different religious views about animal experimentation
Pupil outcome: I can explain different religious and non-religious views on animal experimentation, focusing on key ethical arguments and the impact on suffering and human health. Key learning points: - Animal experimentation uses...
Curated Video
The First Human Clone
Mired in ethical debate, human clones could help infertile couples to have children and be used to create organ banks, helping to cure disease. Is this scientific progress or man playing God? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. In...
Curated Video
The future of your genetic health
Recent developments in genetic technologies have accelerated us towards a new era of medicine. Personalised medicine is quickly moving from the realm of science fiction to everyday healthcare, whilst scientific ability to alter human...
World Science Festival
The Dawn of Brain-to-Brain Communication
Music students download the technique of their favorite pianist or singer directly into their brains. Medical students download the skills of a seasoned surgeon or diagnostician. And each one of us routinely uploads our thoughts and...
Curated Video
Neuropossibilities
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany gives her perspective on how advances in neuroscience and medical technology might lead to a safer and more ethical society.
Neuro Transmissions
Animal research is still the best option
Animal research is a controversial topic. It's critical for science and medicine, but is it "right" or ethical? New technologies are allowing scientists to conduct experiments in all kinds of new model systems. So that means that...
World Science Festival
Game Change – CRISPR's Brave New World
Just a handful of technologies deserve to be called “game changers”—and CRISPR-Cas9, the new gene-editing tool, is one of them. Discovered just three years ago, CRISPR is sweeping through labs around the world and researchers are already...
TED-Ed
Are We Ready for Neo-Evolution
As technology and medicine continue to make huge leaps, the days of choosing our own genes or the genetic traits of our offspring are right around the corner. Harvey Fineberg takes a look at some of the potential pathways humans may take...
FuseSchool
What Are Stem Cells?
Almost every cell in the body has a special job. Part of the Fuse School Genetics playlist, the video discusses the few unspecialized cells, called stem cells. It explains where they are found, what they do, and why they raise ethical...