David Baker·TED2019 (transcript)
5 challenges we could solve by designing new proteins
Summary
"Take proteins from various food" You must be told by your mother, so proteins really work in our bodies every day.
The speaker's team study about designing new proteins. It has tendencies to protect us from new diseases.
By taking existing flu proteins in the world, a new universal flu vaccine might be created and It must protect us from bioterrorism. 1)
Proteins are components of amino acids. By using new amino acids, new therapeutic candidates for conditions of chronic pain might be designed. 2)
In our bodies, a delivery system can be built to repair gene. It means that proteins help in our bodies to carry food, blood, medicines, and so on. 3)
Finding the target of autoimmune disorder leads healthy-immune cells to working well. 4)
Completely new protein-based material also might be able to be designed. 5)
The speaker is exciting them and the era also helps him with technology growth.
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