Pectin

This clip (9 of 10) focuses on the Sasisekharan group's work on pectin, particularly its potential anti-cancer activity. Topics include the role of galectins; the "balloon in a balloon" strategy; and an integrated, rather than a reductionist, approach to therapeutics.
This clip is part of a lecture, "Studying the Effects of Natural Products," by Ram Sasisekharan, Ph.D, Alfred H. Caspary Professor of Biological Engineering and Health Sciences and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This lecture, given at NIH in 2006, is part of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Online Continuing Education Series. Free CME/CEU credit is available to health professionals (see http://nccam.nih.gov/training/videole....

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