Topic: Biotech
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Rohit Shukla, CEO of the LARTA Institute. He discusses how some governments are helping struggling biotech start-ups.
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Eric Simons, author of the book Darwin Slept Here, a portrait of a young Charles Darwin. 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.
Most people would rather take a pill than deal with injections. Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Dr. Andrew Hopkins about why this issue is affecting the field of biotech pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews David Young of FermiScan, a company that is developing a new method of breast cancer detection using a snip of hair. He talks about the benefits of the test and its current market status.
Jim Greenwood, President of BIO, joins Moira Gunn to discuss the state of biotech today. In particular, he talks about what we can expect from the new Obama administration.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with two scientists involved with new companies formed to work with new medical discoveries. Dr. Carolee Barlow discusses newly updated knowledge about anti-depressants and how they work. Then, Dr. Paul Rubin talks about the science of fish oils.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Don Elmer about a new approach for fighting HIV now being developed by Koronis Pharmaceuticals. The company is pioneering the development of a new class of anti-viral therapeutics based on a novel mechanism called Viral Decay Acceleration (VDA).
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with various leaders of industry of the biotech industry in the San Diego BioTech Cluster and asks them how to attract biotech venture capital in a place where the venture capitalists don't live.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Wayne Pisano, the CEO of the world's largest flu vaccine producer Sanofi Pasteur, and asks him whether Americans receive the same vaccination as Europeans do, and how you can prepare for a global flu epidemic.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Robert Walsh, the president of LS9 Inc., about their innovative new process of turning any kind of biomass into biodiesel.
