Home > Lectures > Lecture Details

Using Evolution to Understand Human Growth and Disease

By Matthew Scott - Stanford
get flash player
  • Summer 2006
  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
  • Stanford

Lecture Description

July 6, 2006 presentation by Matthew Scott for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach's Summer Science Lecture Series.

Matthew Scott, Professor of Developmental Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering explains how, through his research, he has discovered that genetic "hardware" - the genes and proteins that do the work - are for the most part dramatically similar among seemingly different animals.

Course Description

Course Index

  1. Recent Advances in Heart Surgery
  2. Back to Life: The Rebirth of the Monterey Coast
  3. Regenerative Medicine: What Is It?
  4. Using Evolution to Understand Human Growth and Disease
  5. 100 Years After 1906: Understanding Earthquakes and Effects
  6. Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy
  7. Cool Hands, Better Performance
  8. Archimedes: Ancient Text Revealed with X-Ray Vision
  9. Wired for Speech: Voice Interactions with People and Computers
  10. Drugs: One Size Does Not Fit All
  11. Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy
  12. Human Embryonic Stems Cells: Science, Ethics, and Politics