Topic: Biotech
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with John Lupton, the CEO of MedCare Systems, Sydney, Australia, who tells us about technology which keep us healthier and out of the hospital. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with David Plotz, the deputy editor of Slate and author of "The Genius Factory -- Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank." He'll tell us how he uncovered the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank and offer a cautionary tale for our brave new world. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations.]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Joseph Fuselier, an instructor at Tulane Health Sciences Center and co-founder of Synscia. He'll connect the dots on how DNA relates to proteins, and why that's important to know. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
From the Tech Nation Summer Archive Series, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Gruinder Shahi, the Chair and CEO of Singapore's BioEnterprise Asia. They talk about his current interest: Asia's cultural readiness for biotech. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Russian scientist, Evgenie Severin, who heads the Biochemistry Department at the Moscow Medical Academy. They'll talk about how science evolved in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Professor Sir Christopher Evans, a microbiologist and the Founder and Chairman of Merlin Biosciences, the largest BioTech venture capital fund in Europe. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Joel Garreau, the cultural revolution correspondent to the Washington Post. They talk about GRIN: genetics, robotics, Information and nanotech. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. David Coy, Professor of Medicine, Tulane Health Sciences Center, about how their research may unexpectedly help a very common condition: macular degeneration. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Novogen Research Director, Dr. Allen Husband, who tells us how a dietary supplement which relieves menopause symptoms in women shows great promise as a cancer drug. [BioTech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. Wayne Harris, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Xavier University about the challenges for patients taking the new gene-based medicines. [BioTech Nation audio on IT Conversations]