Bob Langer

To life-saving. I really believe that if we could do this, it would make a big difference in medicine. How to succeed at failing, part two, beginning now.

To life-saving. I really believe that if we could do this, it would make a big difference in medicine. How to succeed at failing, part two, beginning now.

To life-saving. I really believe that if we could do this, it would make a big difference in medicine. How to succeed at failing, part two, beginning now.

I failed over 200 times before I finally got something to work.

I failed over 200 times before I finally got something to work.

I failed over 200 times before I finally got something to work.

All this is a key element in the future of the NHS. One day, not too far away, you'll wonder how you live without it.

All this is a key element in the future of the NHS. One day, not too far away, you'll wonder how you live without it.

All this is a key element in the future of the NHS. One day, not too far away, you'll wonder how you live without it.

My name's Bob Langer, and I'm an institute professor at MIT. I do research, but I've also been involved in helping get companies started, and I've done various advising to the government, FDA, and places like that.

My name's Bob Langer, and I'm an institute professor at MIT. I do research, but I've also been involved in helping get companies started, and I've done various advising to the government, FDA, and places like that.

My name's Bob Langer, and I'm an institute professor at MIT. I do research, but I've also been involved in helping get companies started, and I've done various advising to the government, FDA, and places like that.

Well, I would say I'm a chemical engineer or a biomedical engineer, but people have called me all kinds of things. You know, they've called me a biochemist. We do very interdisciplinary work, so I end up getting called more than one thing. Do you care what people call you? I just like them to call me Bob.

Well, I would say I'm a chemical engineer or a biomedical engineer, but people have called me all kinds of things. You know, they've called me a biochemist. We do very interdisciplinary work, so I end up getting called more than one thing. Do you care what people call you? I just like them to call me Bob.

Well, I would say I'm a chemical engineer or a biomedical engineer, but people have called me all kinds of things. You know, they've called me a biochemist. We do very interdisciplinary work, so I end up getting called more than one thing. Do you care what people call you? I just like them to call me Bob.

Well, I mean, a lot of things, but I'd go back to my own career. I failed at trying to get research grants. My first nine research grants were turned down. I'd send them to places like National Institutes of Health, and they have study sections, reviewers.

Well, I mean, a lot of things, but I'd go back to my own career. I failed at trying to get research grants. My first nine research grants were turned down. I'd send them to places like National Institutes of Health, and they have study sections, reviewers.

Well, I mean, a lot of things, but I'd go back to my own career. I failed at trying to get research grants. My first nine research grants were turned down. I'd send them to places like National Institutes of Health, and they have study sections, reviewers.

Mine would go, just because of the work I was doing, to what was called a Pathology B study section, and they would review it, and they said, well, Dr. Langer, you know, he's an engineer. He doesn't know anything about biology or cancer. I failed over and over again. Other things, like I failed to get a job in a chemical engineering department as an assistant professor even. Nobody would hire me.

Mine would go, just because of the work I was doing, to what was called a Pathology B study section, and they would review it, and they said, well, Dr. Langer, you know, he's an engineer. He doesn't know anything about biology or cancer. I failed over and over again. Other things, like I failed to get a job in a chemical engineering department as an assistant professor even. Nobody would hire me.