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The pharmacy of the future? Personalized pills, 3D printed at home

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Daniel Kraft |

TED Salon: Optum

• July 2018

We need to change how we prescribe drugs, says physician Daniel Kraft: too often, medications are dosed incorrectly, cause toxic side effects or just don't work. In a talk and concept demo, Kraft shares his vision for a future of personalized medication, unveiling a prototype 3D printer that could design pills that adapt to our individual needs.

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We need to change how we prescribe drugs, says physician Daniel Kraft: too often, medications are dosed incorrectly, cause toxic side effects or just don't work. In a talk and concept demo, Kraft shares his vision for a future of personalized medication, unveiling a prototype 3D printer that could design pills that adapt to our individual needs.

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Physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur

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Daniel Kraft explores the impact and potential of rapidly developing technologies as applied to health and medicine.

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This talk was presented at a TED Salon event given in partnership with Optum. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TED Salons.

Learn more from a diverse array of innovators who are leveraging emerging technologies to reshape health and biomedicine.

Be a data donor and join the All of Us Research Program, a historic effort to gather data from US residents to accelerate research and improve health.

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