Dr. Tim Cernak

I mean, they, they tried the first two doses in little, little pinky mice.

So, um, and then she didn't like the mice, but then they formulated it in baby quail.

Um, I'm sorry.

Pebbles has been in full remission for a year now.

Uh, she regained all the weight she lost and has really beautiful colors now.

Uh, and yeah, she's good.

Sure.

So, I mean, avian flu is, is a major, uh, area of research for us.

We're identifying those mutant strains of avian flu that are, that are wiping out wildlife populations and trying to design drugs specifically tailored to that situation.

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Sea turtles are an area of much excitement for us.

We are screening cancer drugs and even attempting to develop new ones that would be specifically designed for sea turtles.

Because this is a major disease driving sea turtle stranding in the US right now.

They get tumors all over their body and they just can no longer, they get so many of them that they can't swim.

It tends to go over their mouth and eyes.

It's a really gross disease.

Well, sea turtles are one of the iconic species that have sea turtle hospitals.

And so we partner with those bodies that have, you know, pretty nice equipment for treating sea turtles.

But sea turtles don't have much of a blood-brain barrier.

So for so much of my career, I've been like, how can I get a molecule across the blood-brain barrier?