BioTech Nation ... with Dr. Moira Gunn
Episodes
Who Could Forget About Dolly The Sheep??? Sir Ian Wilmut, Director, Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We honor Sir Ian Wilmut, the Scottish embryologist who gained worldwide renown as the leader of the scientific research group that cloned the equally ...
Everybody Has a Thyroid... What Could Go Wrong??? Dr. Mark Sumeray, CMO of Amolyt Pharma
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Sumeray from Amolyt Pharma talks about their innovative approach to treating hormonal conditions. We’ll talk about two – when yourparathy...
It’s All About Cancer, and Covid??? Dr. Andrew Allen, President, CEO, & Co-Founder Gritstone Bio
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on BioTech Nation, Andrew Allen, President, CEO and Co-Founder of Gritstone Bio – a full spectrum look at how cancer starts and cancer tre...
Is Medical School Curriculum Outdated??? Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about how Medical Schools decide what to teach. You might be surprised that it’s based...
Your Digital Twin May Already Exist!!! Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about your Digital Twin … your Digital Twin … yes, you have one.
A New Approach To Treating Diabetes... Dr. Anthony Japour, President & CEO, iTolerance
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anthony Japour, President and CEO from iTolerance in Miami, Florida tells us about implanting insulin-producing cells in your pancreas – it’s ...
What's New in Digital Health!!! Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us about the explosion of digital health.
Google's First Radio Interview Ever!!! Larry Page & Sergey Brin, Co-Founders, Google
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 25th anniversary of the founding of Google … and 23 years ago, Google founders - Larry Page and Sergey Brin – came to the Tech Nation s...
Old Dog, New Tricks ??? ... Dr. Robert Ladner, CEO & Founder, CV6 Therapeutics
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Robert Ladner, the Founder of CV6 Therapeutics in Belfast, Northern Ireland, tells us about their work to make a cornerstone cancer chemotherapy, ...
Can Good Viruses Kill Deadly Infections??? Tom Ireland, Science Journalist & Author
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Science journalist Tom Ireland tells us about a burgeoning field of science, which is changing the fight to successfully treat antibiotic infections. ...
Osteoarthritis... Mostly in the Knee, But Pick a Joint!!! Dr. Diem Nguyen, CEO of Xalud Therapeutics
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Osteoarthritis – mostly in the knee, but pick a joint. Dr. Diem (Zem) Nguyen (N’Win) is the CEO of Xalud (Za-lood) Therapeutics. We’ll talk abou...
Why Do AI One Way, When You Can Do it 25??? Dr. Ben Thomas and Dermot Tierney, CEO & CCO, Amply Discovery
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why use one AI approach when you can use 25? CEO Dr. Ben Thomas and Chief Commercial Officer Dermot Tierney from Amply Discovery talks about how their...
Acute Cannabis Intoxication... Is There An Antidote??? Dr. Ken Cundy, CSO at Anebulo Pharmaceuticals
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Modern cannabis products, with higher potency than those from the past, can lead to acute cannabis intoxication. Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, led by Chief...
Gliobastoma + New View on Clinical Trials... Dr. Fahar Merchant, President & CEO Medicenna Therapeutics
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer, and progress in treating Glioblastoma has been elusive. Now, Toronto-based Medicenna has com...
Innovation in Head & Neck Cancers!!! Dr. Mark Newman, CSO, GeoVax
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's BioTech Nation, we discuss Geovax, a company working on a novel approach to treat head and neck cancers, which are often difficult to t...
We Still Can't Ignore Long Covid... Dr. Jeffrey Cleland, CEO Ashvattha Therapeutics
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of Biotech Nation, Dr. Jeffrey Cleland, the President and CEO of Ashvattha Therapeutics, discusses their drug development effor...
Can The Time Needed for CAR-T be shortened? EXUMA Says Yes!!! Dr. Gregory Frost, CEO, EXUMA Biotech
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of Biotech Nation, Dr. Greg Frost, CEO of Exuma Biotech, discusses their innovative approaches to cancer treatment. They are wo...
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy - TLE - Will Cell Therapy Work??? Dr. Cory Nicholas, CEO, Neurona Therapeutics
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A new cell therapy, just entering human clinical trials. It focuses on a particular type of Epilepsy - Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. I speak with Dr. Cory N...
New Hope For Glaucoma... Dr. Chris Nave, Managing Director of Brandon Capital and Chair of PolyActiva
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as Dr. Chris Nave, the managing director of Brandon Capital and Chair of PolyActiva, reveals groundbreaking advancements in eye treatments on ...
The Beauty Contest... Winner Goes to Phase I - Dr. Richard Austin, Founder & CEO Reglagene
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr. Richard Austin, Founder and CEO of Reglagene, as he reveals the intense process of selecting the most promising drug candidate for treating b...
Sticky Proteins??? Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS...Dr. Maria Maccecchini, President & CEO, Annovis Bio
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we explore the commonalities among neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS. Dr. Maria Macccecchini, Founder an...
When Your Distant Cousins ID You For Murder… Ed Humes, Author of "The Forever Witness"
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Ed Humes. His latest is “The Forever Witness … How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Mu...
Are Fibroblasts All Over My Body??? Dr. Hamid Khoja, CSO at FibroBiologics
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Hamid Khoja, Chief Scientific Officer of Fibro Biologics, discusses the potential of fibroblasts in regenerative medicine, highlighting their abun...
Engineering Viruses to Treat Solid Tumors... Dr. Paul Peter Tak, CEO of Candel Therapeutics
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Peter Tack, CEO of Candel Therapeutics, unveils their groundbreaking approach to cancer treatments using engineered viruses. Discover how the...
AI Three Different Ways to a New Drug??? Dr. Francois Vigneault, Co-Founder & CEO Shape Therapeutics
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discover the limitless potential of mRNA engineering as Dr. Francois Vigneault, Co-Founder and CEO of Shape Therapeutics, discusses their groundbreaki...
Fighting the Most Advanced Prostate Cancer... Dr. Philip Kantoff, CEO Convergent Therapeutics
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
200,000 men at diagnosed each year with Prostate cancer … beginning a journey of many successive treatments. Still, 35,000 men die as a result of pr...
A Different Approach, A New Cancer Drug... Dr. Paul Lammers, CEO Triumvira Immunologics
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cancer treatments which work with the immune system are making great strides, with Keytruda from Merck being perhaps the best known. Still there is mu...
Are Your Genes Failing You??? Dr. Noah Davidsohn, Co-Founder & CSO Rejuvenate Bio
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nolan Davidson, the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Rejuvenate Bio, discusses the importance of regulating protein expression and the r...
25 Years in the Making - Treatment in Schleroderma? Dr. Darren Kelly, CEO, Certa Therapeutics
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Darren Kelly, a professor and researcher at the University of Melbourne and the Founder and CEO of Certa Therapeutics, tells us about their clinic...
Fatty Liver, NASH, Cirrhosis - Can They Be Stopped??? Dr. Robert Foster, CEO Hepion Pharmaceuticals
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that 1 in 4 Americans suffer from fatty liver disease? And that can lead to a more serious condition called Nash, which can ultimately ca...
Hand Foot Skin Reaction - A Painful Chemotherapy Side Effect - Could There Be a Treatment?? Dr. Mike McCullar, CEO of OnQuality Pharmaceuticals
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A side effect of chemotherapy, where hands and feet may be raw, painful, and immobilized. With no current treatment, a new candidate has just finished...
Has Medtech Excluded Persons of Color & Women?? Dr. Patrice Matchaba President, Novartis US Foundation
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Patrice Matchaba, the President of the Novartis US Foundation, shows us how medical technology can create systemic racism, both in the medical fie...
Safe NON-OPIOID Pain Relief - Is It Possible? Dr. Hernan Bazan, Co-Fdr & CEO, South Rampart Pharma
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The next generation of pain relief – non-opioid pain relief - with the goal of being equally powerful pain relief without addiction. Dr Hernan Bazan...
Long Covid related to Fibromyalgia? Dr. Seth Lederman, Tonix Pharmaceuticals
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Seth Lederman, Co-Founder and CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, tells us that Long Covid may be related to Fibromyalgia. Now recruiting in advanced Hu...
The Oxford Dodo? ... Joe Hernandez, Blue Water Vaccines
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Even Saturday Night Live couldn’t resist the story of a “genetics engineering company” trying to de-extinct the dodo bird. Blue Water Vaccines, ...
Getting Immune Systems to Recognize HER2+ tumors - Dr. Randy Schatzman, President & CEO, Bolt Biotherapeutics
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bolt Biotherapeutics’ Dr. Randy Schatzman talks about the role of myeloid cells in teaching our immune systems to recognize tumors in our own bodies...
22-45 Getting a Vaccination? What about a nasal spray?
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Robert Coleman, the Co-Founder and CEO of Codagenix, shows us how to precisely engineer viruses to be effective vaccines, which can be delivered n...
23-03 Dr. Rob Ross, CEO, Surface Oncology
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Surface Oncology's strategy to improve on the first generation of immuno-oncology drugs. Their Phase 2 trials in lung cancer and liver cancer are unde...
23-01 Gene Kinney, President & CEO, Prothena Biosciences
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Prothena's 1-2-3 punch for Alzheimer’s + their work in Parkinson’s, ALS, and the role of Amyloids in Down Syndrome
22-52 Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize Winner, "The Forever Witness"
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a long-form feature from Tech Nation, it’s Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Edward Humes, with “The Forever Witness … How DNA and Genealogy Sol...
22-51 Keven Ali, CEO, Organon
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A new global company with 64 products, many of which are for women? Kevin Ali is the CEO of Organon.
22-50 Dr. Steve Worland, Co-Founder & CEO, eFFECTOR Therapeutics
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cancer is a hijacker, hijacking cells for its own purposes. And that’s where eFFECTOR Therapeutics is determined to intervene. Dr. Steve Worland, th...
22-49 Dr. Zandy Forbes, Pres & CEO, MeiraGTx
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Like the idea of replacing some of your DNA with DNA that works better? And what if you want that new DNA to stop? Dr. Alexandria Forbes, the Presiden...
22-48 Dr. Robert Ang, President & CEO, Vor Biopharma
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vor Biopharma has a unique approach to a particular kind of cancer – Acute Myeloid Leukemia – perhaps better known to you, as AML. Dr. Robert Ang ...
22-47 Dr. James Mackay, President & CEO, Aristea Therapeutics
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Too much of a good thing spells trouble - in this case, that would be neutrophils – the white blood cells that act as our immune system’s first li...
22-46 Dr. Maria Maccecchini, Founder, President & CEO, Annovis Bio
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS, among others, are often grouped as Neurodegenerative Disorders. While they each present a different profile of s...
22-16 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer is the most aggressive of all
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anixa is pioneering a new approach to preventing the truly aggressive triple-negative form of breast cancer. Based on research from Cleveland Clinic, ...
Dr. George Yancopoulos, CEO, Regeneron
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. George Yancopoulosis is the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. Regeneron is successful on many levels but is perhaps best known ...
Dr. Daniel Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer, Anthos Therapeutics
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Blood clots of any sort are dangerous. So dangerous in fact, that 1 in 4 people die from blood clots - independent of medical condition, medicines the...
Mark Litton, President & CEO, Athira Pharma
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s dementia, and other neurodegenerative diseases continue to be challenging, but now new science has led to a better unders...