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Robert Langer: Edison of Medicine
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jun 19, 2017
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Podcast episode
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Some of Robert Langer's inventions sound like the stuff of science fiction: "smart" pills that can release medicine by remote control... organs and bone, coaxed into growing on polymer scaffolds. But these inventions are already in clinical trials, or in development at Langer's Lab at MIT, the largest bioengineering lab in the country. In this episode, Robert Langer talks about the very unconventional route he took from chemical engineer to medical pioneer, and he explains his first discovery, in the 1970's, which led to one of the primary treatments for Cancer.
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*Our theme music is from Karasquare.com. Additional music in this episode is from Bensound.com.
Released:
Jun 19, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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