episode 84 - James J. Collins - part 01

James J. Collins is professor of biomedical engineering and co-director and co-founder of the Center for BioDynamics in the College of Engineering at Boston University. He attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, received a MacArthur "Genius" Award, has been named an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and is the 2009 recipient of the Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award. This interview covers, in very accessible terms, the breathtaking range of Dr. Collins's research. Dr. Collins explains that most systems in the real world are non-linear, and that by introducing "noise"-- i.e. chaotic material-- medical researchers can help stroke patients regain physical coordination, heart patients with arrhythmias regularize their heartbeat, and diabetics with numbness in their feet and legs increase sensory function.

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