Proteins are remarkable molecular machines: they digest your food, fire your neurons, power your immune system and so much more. What if we could design new ones, with functions never before seen in nature? In this remarkable glimpse of the future, David Baker shares how his team at the Institute for Protein Design is creating entirely new proteins from scratch — and shows how they could help us tackle five massive challenges facing humanity. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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I’m the first
I’m on the Top 10
Awesome. I’m looking forward to the changes you bring.
Louix Griego looking forward?! More like looking backwards
Hi, I am a woman who reads book in Canada, this is very interesting topic for all of us.
캐나다의 책읽어주는여자 no reason to doubt that claim. Carry on!
Studied this guy’s work at college, protein informatics is the future of medicine.
I am just curious to know your college
@Ahmed Abd-Allah Salem I am at a Institute Of Technology in Ireland.
3 clicks of my mouse ago I was watching Rick and Morty
still waiting for the next season 🙁
great speech, so much potential to be drawn from this technology
ennryu tes not too much potential as far as I’m concerned because the ((( Jewish people ))) will ruin it
soon we will be like the zerg. biology will be are technology and we shall enhance are serfs .
Being a pediatric RN for the last 30 years I have pioneered through the technologies we see today. I have seen many babies die of RSV and influenza. how nice it would be to have RSV and Flu Irradicated before I retire. I am excited to see the future of medicine. I hope to see a cure for cancer before it is my turn to get it.
I sometimes worry that protein patents will thwart progress. Hopefully, there will be many competing proteins that can do the same job.
The power of Computational Biology
Just read this morning about incredible advances google deepmind has made in protein folding and how they maybe able to challenge big pharma; naturally this inspiring video popped up in recommendations. Of course I was the 23rd commenter
A humanidade está chegando em um novo patamar, e isso me faz muito feliz!
Imaginem onde estaremos daqui a 30 anos, o tanto de avanços que já existirão em todas as áreas da humanidade! É lindo!
Anti-Vaxxers incoming
I dont know if people get it but encoding a protein is HUGEee.
This android’s voice synthesis is stilted and must be recalibrated
A piece of cake from Baker. I wish everybody get enjoyed with my Arabic subtitles when be approve and published.
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Wow amazing, thank you for sharing this. It’s Awesome
Think about the advancement and achievements that could be accomplished with unlimited access to the patent system