"We are All Beautiful Bioreactors"

The treatment of cancer, and other diseases, is being transformed by powerful new cellular therapies using immune cells from our own bodies. Cancer is personal—we all know someone afflicted with cancer. What if we could treat cancer differently? In this talk, Chris shares how recent scientific breakthroughs have led to advances in cell therapy treatments which will empower us to fight cancer and other diseases using our own immune cells and will help us take control of our healing journeys.

Chris Leidli, MS, MBA, has worked at leading biotechnology companies, like Amgen, where he performed cancer research and development in pursuit of novel targeted therapies, biologics, and cell and gene therapies. He has graduate level training in molecular biology, physiology and cell biophysics from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and later went on to earn his MBA from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

This talk was given at a local TEDx event at TEDxBreckenridge in Breckenridge, CO, and was produced independently of the TED Conferences. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx.