Inventors Revisited: Conquering cancer with gene-based testing (part 2)

episode

Talk innovation: unlocking technology not yet transcribed

▲ 0

Transcript

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet Upvotes decide what gets transcribed next — 0 so far. Sign in to upvote

More from Talk innovation: unlocking technology

Battery circularity: how used EV batteries become future resources 15 min · 03 Jul 2026

Out of the Box: how smart lighting saves lives 15 min · 23 Jun 2026

Luca Rossettini's mission to clean up space debris 38 min · 09 Jun 2026

All episodes from Talk innovation: unlocking technology →

Report any issue

Source

Recorded09 Feb 2021

Publisheranchor.fm ↗

Handlerec:13131539

Show notes

Moderator: Marjorie Chopinaud, Team Manager, EPO Guest: Laura van 't Veer, Co-founder and Chief Research Officer, Agendia Inventor, researcher, professor and businesswoman: Laura van 't Veer wears many hats. She invented a gene-based breast cancer test that helps doctors decide whether a patient needs to undergo chemotherapy. Since winning the European Inventor Award in 2015, Laura’s invention was part of a large clinical trial which showed that many patients can overcome cancer without the devastating effects of chemotherapy.

Ask this episode

“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.