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Like-Minded Conversations

» Stress and the Balance Within
Esther Sternberg shares fascinating scientific insight into the molecular level of the mind-body connection.

» Listening Generously, The Medicine of Rachel Naomi Remen
Dr. Remen on the art of listening to patients and other physicians, the difference between curing and healing, and how our losses help us to live.

About the Image

Doris Taylor motions toward a "bioreactor" that contains a beating regenerated heart in her lab at the University of Minnesota.
(image: Andy Dayton)

SoundSeen (our multimedia stories)

"Bioreactors + Building Hope" [video, 4:17]
See elaborate architectural glass bulbs with tubes feeding suspended rodent hearts — one lifeless with old cells; another one stage farther, a pale "scaffold" ready for stem cells to be injected; and finally a regenerated heart pink, pumping, alive and beating on its own. Also hear the story of the man with a heart disease that told Taylor she is "building hope."

"Surprising Beauty: Holding a Pig's Heart" [video, 4:41]
Doris Taylor shows Krista a pig's heart and liver that have had their cells removed.

Unheard Cuts

» Unedited Interview with Doris Taylor (mp3, 93:43)

We had to cut some good portions of Krista's conversation with Doris Taylor in order to fit into an hour-long program. Here you can be the judge and listen as if you were behind the glass.

SOF Observed

» The Timeliness of Telomeres

Three scientists were awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work on telomeres — a term that came up in our interview with Doris Taylor. She explains that just as stress can shorten telomeres, they have the potential to be lengthened and extend life.

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Doris Taylor
Taylor is the Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Repair at the University of Minnesota.