Skip to content
TEDMED Blog

TEDMED Blog

TEDMED is a global community dedicated to unlocking imagination in service of health and medicine.

  • The Event
    • Why Join Us?
  • Speakers
    • 2020 Stage Program
    • All Speakers
  • TEDMED Live
  • Talks
  • The Hive
  • Partnerships
  • About
  • Back to TEDMED

Bill Doyle: Zapping cancer cells with electric fields

A new approach to shrinking or slowing tumors, Tumor Treating Fields, uses electric fields to interrupt cancer cell division, with few or no side effects. Could this revolutionize cancer treatment?

Author Stacy LuPosted on February 3, 2012February 3, 2012Categories Speaker NewsTags Bill Doyle, cancer, Novocure, TEDMED 2011, Tumor Treating Fields

Post navigation

Previous Previous post: Five TEDMED 2012 speakers announced today
Next Next post: Alexander Tsiaras: The body visual

Join Us at TEDMED 2020: Make Way For Wonder

At TEDMED 2020, we will connect with an invisible force that has been propelling humanity forward for millennia: Wonder. Join us as we experience the power and possibilities that come to us when we  make way for wonder.

Get TEDMED Blog Posts In Your Inbox

STAY UPDATED ON TEDMED!

Sign up today to be the first to know when registration opens for the next TEDMED event and stay up to date on all talk releases, program and speaker announcements.

Recent Posts

  • New TEDMED 2020 Speakers Announced
  • Steve Pantilat on the Truth Behind the Myths About Palliative Care
  • David Asch on Behavioral Economics and Health: Designing Health Programs for Real People
  • More TEDMED 2020 Speakers Announced
  • Q & A with Daniel Streicker

Blogroll

  • Engaging the Patient
  • MedCityNews
  • Medgadget
  • Nature.com Blogs
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Public Health
  • RockWeekly
  • SciAm Blogs
  • SingularityHub
  • Speaking of Medicine
  • TED Blog
  • TEDMED Great Challenges
  • The Atlantic: Health
  • The Doctor Blog
  • The Health Care Blog
  • The New York Times Health News
  • The Event
    • Why Join Us?
  • Speakers
    • 2020 Stage Program
    • All Speakers
  • TEDMED Live
  • Talks
  • The Hive
  • Partnerships
  • About
  • Back to TEDMED
TEDMED Blog Proudly powered by WordPress