Dr. Nathan Bryan
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And that's the goal of therapy, is that you understand the mechanism of disease to the extent that you can treat it, you can prevent it, you can reverse it, and you can cure it.
And that's the goal of therapy, is that you understand the mechanism of disease to the extent that you can treat it, you can prevent it, you can reverse it, and you can cure it.
I believe in the truth, and I come from a very objective scientific background, so everything that we do is based on objective data.
I believe in the truth, and I come from a very objective scientific background, so everything that we do is based on objective data.
No, absolutely, because, you know, we talk about epiphanies and eureka moments in science. But for me, one of the kind of complete change in paradigm in the way that I think was changed when I was in academia and teaching in medical school and doing research in an academic institution. And you start to think, in the scientific community, we've cured every disease.
No, absolutely, because, you know, we talk about epiphanies and eureka moments in science. But for me, one of the kind of complete change in paradigm in the way that I think was changed when I was in academia and teaching in medical school and doing research in an academic institution. And you start to think, in the scientific community, we've cured every disease.
Every disease known to man, we've cured it in rats and mice. So then the question is, why isn't this translated into patient care? Why can't we do this in humans? Number one, in animal experiments, we control their environment. We control their food. We control their light cycle. We control everything about them. You can't do that. Everybody has a different diet.
Every disease known to man, we've cured it in rats and mice. So then the question is, why isn't this translated into patient care? Why can't we do this in humans? Number one, in animal experiments, we control their environment. We control their food. We control their light cycle. We control everything about them. You can't do that. Everybody has a different diet.
Everybody has different drug therapy that they're on or hygienic practices. But then what I realized was because when I was in academia, we wanted to create this consortium, a center of excellence for diseases, because my thought process was, you know, Western medicine is siloed, right? If you have a heart problem, you go to a cardiologist.
Everybody has different drug therapy that they're on or hygienic practices. But then what I realized was because when I was in academia, we wanted to create this consortium, a center of excellence for diseases, because my thought process was, you know, Western medicine is siloed, right? If you have a heart problem, you go to a cardiologist.
If you've got a GI problem, you go to a gastroenterologist. If you've got a neurological problem, you go to a neurologist or psychiatrist. But none of these disciplines talk to one another. So if you go to, that neurologist is going to treat that condition much different than the cardiologist would, much different than the GI doc would. But what if we're looking at the exact same root cause?
If you've got a GI problem, you go to a gastroenterologist. If you've got a neurological problem, you go to a neurologist or psychiatrist. But none of these disciplines talk to one another. So if you go to, that neurologist is going to treat that condition much different than the cardiologist would, much different than the GI doc would. But what if we're looking at the exact same root cause?
And so my philosophy, well, let's create a center of excellence and let's bring everybody in the room. Let's bring the GI docs, the neurologist, the cardiologist, the geneticist, the pulmonary docs, the kidney docs, the renal docs. And let's understand this kind of wheel and cog because everything occurs at the mitochondria, subcellular level, and energy production.
And so my philosophy, well, let's create a center of excellence and let's bring everybody in the room. Let's bring the GI docs, the neurologist, the cardiologist, the geneticist, the pulmonary docs, the kidney docs, the renal docs. And let's understand this kind of wheel and cog because everything occurs at the mitochondria, subcellular level, and energy production.
And then basically everything can manifest from that. But what I quickly realized when you go to, for instance, MD Anderson and trying to treat cancer, no one is interested in curing cancer. No one is interested in curing human disease. Because the epiphany for me came because medicine is a business. It's a for-profit business.
And then basically everything can manifest from that. But what I quickly realized when you go to, for instance, MD Anderson and trying to treat cancer, no one is interested in curing cancer. No one is interested in curing human disease. Because the epiphany for me came because medicine is a business. It's a for-profit business.
In fact, it's the largest business and economic model in the world, trillion-dollar annualized market. And most of these drug companies who influence and pay and support scientific journals, JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, the major publications, the major journals, and they're influencing regulation and policy and FDA.
In fact, it's the largest business and economic model in the world, trillion-dollar annualized market. And most of these drug companies who influence and pay and support scientific journals, JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, the major publications, the major journals, and they're influencing regulation and policy and FDA.
And so when you figure out that there's undue influence by these for-profit companies, because the number one rule of business, as you know as an entrepreneur and a business guy, is acquire a customer and keep that customer as long as you can. Call it lifetime value of that customer. And that's what medicine is. They get you, they acquire you as a customer. They put you on a drug.
And so when you figure out that there's undue influence by these for-profit companies, because the number one rule of business, as you know as an entrepreneur and a business guy, is acquire a customer and keep that customer as long as you can. Call it lifetime value of that customer. And that's what medicine is. They get you, they acquire you as a customer. They put you on a drug.