This page provides links to sample videos in Educate.Today’s Innovations in Health and Medicine video series.

Through videos in this series learn about the latest developments in health and medicine from the scientists, doctors, and medical professionals making them.

To see each sample video, click on the hyperlinked title below or click on the thumbnail image to the right.

Innovations in Health and Medicine:  New Breakthroughs in Lighting Up Cancer Cells to Find and Destroy Cancer
New research is successfully using light as a precision weapon against cancer by creating an army of light-triggered nanoparticles to lead the attack.  The new strategy is being used against cancer cells that have spread deep inside the body in animal studies at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  Samuel Achilefu, PhD, the Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Professor of Radiology at the School of Medicine, has proven how this technique can target and attack cancer cells when light emitted from a common cancer imaging agent causes tumors to glow.

Innovations in Health and Medicine:  Spray-On Skin Treatment for Serious Burns
Nearly half a million people in the United States receive medical treatment for burns every year. According to the American Burn Association, a serious burn injury occurs every minute. A new product, though, is changing the way the worst of those burns are treated. The AVITA Medical product is called spray-on skin, and it’s helping burn patients heal.

Innovations in Health and Medicine:  Scientists Identify Enzyme Responsible for Helping Cancer to Spread Through Body
Researchers at the University of Missouri discovered how a cancer-critical enzyme is positioned on cell surfaces and is helping to spread cancer throughout the body.  The breakthrough is an important step toward the development of pharmaceuticals in the fight against cancer.  Steven Van Doren, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Missouri, is leading this new approach.  His weapons include a computer and a 10 foot tall, 800 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, the most powerful one in the state of Missouri.  Van Doren and his colleagues use it to observe how a specific enzyme affects tumor cells in the human body, helping them to spread.

Innovations in Health and Medicine:  New Method of Protection Against Pneumococcal Pneumonia
VaxNewMo is developing pneumococcal conjugate vaccines to provide broader protection against more strains of bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia.  The company says its bioconjugation technology bypasses dependency on the synthetic chemistry techniques previously required to manufacture conjugate vaccines.  The startup has engineered E. coli to manufacture the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.  VaxNewMo says its method is faster, better and less expensive than traditional methods used by pharmaceutical companies.

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