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SHOWS CURRENTLY AIRING ...

Show Originating on
December 29, 2015

BERNIE ROTH

Stanford University Engineering Professor,
Academic Director, The D-School
Author, The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of your Life


Moira speaks with Stanford professor BERNIE ROTH about what works now, and what can work a whole lot better - in your life. A habit of achieving serves you well for a lifetime ...

... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. JAMES CALLAWAY
CEO, ArmaGen

... using the insulin pathway for drug delivery – Hunter’s, Huler’s & San Filipo A ...
DR. LAURENT LEVY
Founder, Nanobiotix

... injecting nanoparticles to improve radiation therapy ...
 

 
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Show Originating on
December 22, 2015

MATT RICHTEL
Pulitzer Prize winner
New York Times journalist
Author, A Deadly Wandering



and Matt's novel: The Doomsday Equation


Moira speaks with New York Times journalist Matt Richtel about his two books - one non-fiction about the first case of texting while driving, and a novel where computers predict the end of civilization ...

... discovering where medications go throughout the body ...


 
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Show Originating on
December 15, 2015

DR. ERIC TOPOL
Cardiologist and Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute
Author, The Patient Will See You Now … The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands


Moira speaks with Scripps Genomics professor and cardiologist DR. ERIC TOPOL about the massive changes coming now that there is an explosion of patient data - all sourced by electronic devices and the patient ...

... and on BioTech Nation:


MARTIN McGLYNN
President
DR. STEPHEN HUHN
Chief Medical Officer
Stem Cells, Inc.

... early success treating cervical spinal cord injury with stem cells ...
     

 
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Show Originating on
November 24, 2015

DR. JON PATRICK

Founder and CEO, HLA-Global
Sydney, Australia


Moira speaks with DR. JON PATRICK, CEO of HLA-Global, about “dark text” – all those pieces of paper with doctor’s handwritten notes, and more ...

... late-stage, ARB-7 positive prostate cancer ...
     

DR SANDESH SETH
Executive Chairman,
Actinium Pharmaceuticals

... AML – Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the elderly ...
          

 
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Show Originating on
November 17, 2015

 
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Show Originating on
November 10, 2015

NEEL DOSHI and LINDSAY McGREGOR

Co-Authors, Primed to Perform


Moira speaks with NEEL DOSHI and LINDSAY McGREGOR about what motivates and de-motivates you at work – science knows all ...

... and on BioTech Nation:


VINCE AURENTZ
CEO, Hemoshear Therapeutics

... a tech company becomes a biopharmaceutical company ...
     

 
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Show Originating on
November 3, 2015

MICHAEL SHERMER
Scientific American columnist
Editor-in-Chief, skeptic.com
Author, The Moral Arc … How Science and reason lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom


Moira speaks with Scientific American columnist Michael Shermer about how science and reason shape humanity's perspective over time ...

... and on BioTech Nation:


PAUL PERRAULT
CEO
CSL

... From the Spanish flu a century ago to Hemophilia today ...
      SHANE KOVACS
CFO
PTC Therapeutics

... nonsense mutations and Duchene Muscular Dystrophy ...


 
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Show Originating on
October 20, 2015

GARY SHAPIRO

President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
Author, Ninja Innovation


Moira speaks with GARY SHAPIRO, the long-time President of the Consumer Electronics Association, about what’s happening with tech innovation in the United States and worldwide ...

... and on BioTech Nation:


DR RIPLEY BALLOU
Head of Clinical Research and Translational Science
GSK

... role of GSK in 2014 Ebola crisis ...
     

DR TIM MILLER
President & CEO,
Abeona Therapeutics

... Sanfilippo and juvenile Batten disease ...


DAVID WILLIAMS
Managing Director, Bactevo

... the power of bacteria in therapeutics ...
          

 
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Show Originating on
October 13, 2015

DAVID PETERSON

Alien Language Creator
Author, The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building


Moira speaks with DAVID PETERSON, a creator of alien languages, including Dothraki for HBO’s Game of Thrones -- it's both straightforward ... and complicated! ...

... and on BioTech Nation:


DR ROY BAYNES
Senior Vice President,
Global Clinical Development,
Merck

... the wide ranging cancer program centered on Merck’s therapeutic: Keytruda ...


  On BioIssue of the Week:

with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... IT meets Biotech ...


 
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Show Originating on
October 6, 2015

ADAM TANNER

Fellow, Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Author, What Stays in Vegas – The World of Personal Data – Lifeblood of Big Business – and the End of Privacy as We Know It


Moira speaks with ADAM TANNER about the amazing data collected on everyone who goes to Vegas and the far-reaching data collected everywhere ...

... and on BioTech Nation:


TODD SKRINAR
Principal for Life Sciences Advisory,
Leader for Big Data Advanced Analytics,
Ernst & Young

... All those clinical trials needed to prove a drug is safe? Big data and getting bigger ...


  On BioIssue of the Week:

with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the high cost of healthcare ...


 
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Show Originating on
September 29, 2015

JIM ARCHETTO

Vice President for Corporate Planning,
Gaumard Scientific

... and on BioTech Nation:


JORN ALDAG
CEO, Uniqure

... first approval of gene therapy in Europe and the US ...


  On BioIssue of the Week:

with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the high cost of healthcare ...


 
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Show Originating on
September 22, 2015

DANIEL LEVITIN

Dean, Arts & Humanities
Minerva Schools at KGI
Author, The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload


Moira speaks with DANIEL LEVITIN about the neuroscience of personal organization as well as his latest research into performance and connectedness ...