BioTech Nation ... with Dr. Moira Gunn

Dr. Jim Brown from DURECT talks about their clinical trials for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis, a condition for which there is no approved treatment.

Sir Rory Collins is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford and the Principal Investigator of the UK Biobank. With data from half a million people, it has served 30,000 scientists around the world, giving special support to young researchers and scientists in emergent countries.

When is a medical technology company more than a medical technology company? We’ll hear all about it when I speak with Dave Pacitti, the President and Head of the Americas at Siemens Healthineers. They’re out to solve problems bigger than the products they are known for.

Major Depressive Disorder. Serious Depression. PTSD. Alto Neuroscience CEO, Dr. Amit Etkin talks about developing new and innovative drugs tied directly to each patient’s underlying biology. For every drug, there is a test...

Discover how their AI technology is revolutionizing drug discovery with Dr. Vimal Mehta, Co-Founder and CEO BioXcel and how this is leading to the approval of their first drug for agitation in bipolar I and II and schizophrenia, and paving the way for new treatments.

This week on Biotech Nation , Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about “food as medicine" and how eating real, minimally processed food can prevent chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease, starting with kids and school lunches. Programs like Eat Real and the federal Food is Medicine initiative are working to improve diets and health nationwide. 

This week on BioTech Nation, Dr. Peter Vanderklish, Chief Scientific Officer at Spinogenix discusses their clinical trials focused on regenerating synapses to repair brain connections and offer hope for conditions like Alzheimer's, ALS, schizophrenia and depression. Phase 2 trials are underway. Check their website for patient recruitment information.

This week on BioTech Nation, Dr. Rollie Carlson, CEO of Immunexpress, talks about Sepsis—a deadly condition responsible for 1 in 5 deaths worldwide. Dr. Carlson talks about the FDA-cleared SeptiCyte test, a new tool that can quickly identify Sepsis within an hour, helping doctors treat it faster and avoid unnecessary antibiotics or even death.

This week on BioTech Nation, we talk with Dr. Eben Kirksey about the ethical issues behind CRISPR, the gene-editing tool that made headlines with the birth of the first “CRISPR babies” in China. Dr. Kirksey shares his experiences investigating this controversial experiment and highlights the deeper questions it raises. He stresses the importance of public dialogue, urging us to consider carefully...

This week on BioTech Nation, Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about how AI can personalize health advice using data from devices like your smartwatch. He explains how this technology can help people make better choices to stay healthy and avoid major illnesses. Dr. Kraft envisions AI as a personal health coach, offering real-time tips and reminders tailored to each person's needs.

Dr. Avak Kahvejian, Founding CEO of Cellarity, explains their new approach to discovering drugs by using AI to look at how cells behave as a whole, rather than focusing on one part of the problem. This approach could lead to faster development of better treatments, such as a pill for sickle cell disease.

Brian Culley, CEO of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, talks about a new approach to treating diseases called whole cell replacement therapy - which replaces damaged cells with new ones. Lineage is focusing this new therapy on dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness, through their collaboration with Genentech..

Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent introduces "multimodal medicine", combining data like proteomics, wearables, and imaging for early disease detection. He stresses the importance of both advanced diagnostics and listening to patients' stories for effective healthcare.

Dr. Antony Taubman, the former Director of the Intellectual Property Division at the World Trade Organization, discusses the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the rapid development and distribution of 15 billion doses of Covid vaccines, and how international intellectual property rules influenced these efforts. 

Part II - We continue our discussion with Dr. Leroy Hood and Dr. Nathan Price about the subject of their book "The Age of Scientific Wellness", delving into the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare and the ability to mine deep data to deliver hyper-personalized recommendations at a scale never before possible. 

Dr. Leroy Hood and Dr. Nathan Price delve into the subject of their book "The Age of Scientific Wellness", which highlights the advancements in science that enable the prediction and personalization of healthcare based on an individual's wellness level, and the potential advantages of early diagnosis and treatment of illnesses

Dr. Michael Weickert, CEO of Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, about their once-daily pill in trials now for cancer treatment - it’s already showing early indicators of success in stopping cancer growth in not just one, but a number of cancers.

Dr. Robert Coleman, CEO of Codagenix, discusses their innovative approach to virus engineering, which includes developing a nasally-delivered COVID-19 vaccine that targets multiple virus proteins for broader protection. Codagenix's "rational virus design" method creates genetically stable vaccines and therapeutics, reducing the risk of harmful mutations. Their work also extends to vaccines for oth...

Continuous monitoring ... when we want it, when we don’t, should we share it? Or not. Or perhaps just part of it. Dr. Kal Patel, the Co-Founder and CEO of BrightInsight talks about this brave new frontier.

Dr. Chris Gibson, the co-founder and CEO of Recursion Pharmaceuticals in Salt Lake City. We talk about their efforts to map ALL of human biology, and how this mapping will lead to better drugs. 

Glucose is essential for life. And the insulin we produce is designed to leave just the right of amount in our bodies for healthy functioning. Thus, when we underproduce insulin - or we overproduce it - the results can be devastating. Nevan Charles Elam, Founder and CEO of Rezolute, tells us about their work to treat the “diabetic eye condition”, DME, and a pediatric condition called Congenital hy...

This week on BioTech Nation, Dr. Amit Kumar, President and CEO of Anixa Biosciences, talks about their work on a breast cancer vaccine which targets a protein thought only to be expressed during breastfeeding. Building on research by the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Kumar describes ongoing human clinical trials and their potential for women with BRCA mutations.

This week on Biotech Nation,  Dr. Noah Davidsohn, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Rejuvenate Bio. The discussion centers around the regulation of protein expression and its implications for aging and health. Dr. Davidsohn explains how aging disrupts the balance of protein production, leading to various diseases. Rejuvenate Bio's gene therapies aim to restore this balance by targeting sp...

This week of BioTech Nation, Dr. Peter Diamandis about his new book, "Longevity: Your Practical Playbook on Sleep, Diet, Exercise, Mindset, Medications, and Not Dying from Something Stupid". We explore his lifelong interest in extending human health span and discuss practical steps for a healthier, longer life, including sleep, diet, exercise, and mindset. Dr. Diamandis introduces the "longevity e...

This week on BioTech Nation, Dr. Sam Clark, CEO of Terran Biosciences, discusses prodrugs—modified drugs that improve absorption and efficacy. Also, Terran Biosciences is developing non-hallucinogenic psychedelics by blocking the serotonin 2A receptor and manufacturing psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin for research. Dr. Clark highlights Terran's innovative, tech-inspired approach to rapidly dev...