Tal Golesworthy Ted Talk

I'm not going to say too much here because I want to let the video speak for itself but I do want to first give a little bit of background. Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer who suffers from a genetic condition called Marfan Syndrome. This condition affects the connective tissue of the body, causing significant problems in various places such as bones, joints, eyes, blood vessels, and the heart. A signature symptom of Marfan Syndrome is aortic enlargement. The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the human body, so any kind of problem with it can be potentially fatal, especially one like enlargement, which could literally cause it to burst. This Ted Talk is the story of how Tal Golesworthy fixed his own heart.