Topic: Health and Medicine
Dr. Moira Gunn learns about adult stem cells from Aldagen CSO,Andrew Balber and talks with QRX Pharma CEO, John Holaday about new uses for existing and proven drugs.
How can good design reduce coffee cup waste? Or improve prescription drug compliance? When people encounter down sides to our spectacular modern products and services, how can designers create solutions? Brynn Evans and Krista Sanders talk about how to use design thinking to peel apart "squirrelly-wicked problems." Their methods balance the needs of businesses and users to find solutions people are willing to embrace.
Dr. Moira Gunn sits down to talk science with writer, James Schwartz about his new book,In Pursuit of the Game:From Darwin to DNA,digging into the world of science and the personalities behind it. From Darwin's belief in pangenesis to explain the inheritance of physical variations to Hermann Muller's Nobel Prize winning work on X-rays and genetic mutation.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with author and columnist,David Ewing Duncan to get the scientific scoop on the latest developments in biotechnology and it's connection to sharkfin soup.
Dr.Moria Gunn sits down with the president of the Global Vaccines and Infectious Disease, a division of Merck and Company, to talk about the new vaccines on the market.
Rob Neville - Nano-Particle Lung Treatments
Dr. Moira Gunn sits down with Savara Pharmaceuticals chair, Rob Neville to discuss their innovative way of using nano technology to treat damaged lungs.
Seven time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong and serial entrepreneur Richard Rosenblatt have at least one thing in common: they both believe in social connections in social media. Rosenblatt interviews Armstrong at the 2008 O'Reilly Web 2.0 Conference about how they connected, how useful and positive social media can be and how it can be spread across everything, including health and wellness issues.
Hagar was the biblical woman who became the victim of neglect and violence when she was cast out of the fold of Abraham and Sarah. In Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Vietnam, thousands of "Hagars" and their children suffer poverty, trafficking, and other human rights abuses. Janet Tafel, who was invited by the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, discusses how her organization, Hagar USA, helps individuals restore their lives through holistic healing, community integration, and social entrepreneurship.
Moira speaks with Tom Wiggans, Chairman & CEO of Peplin and Chairman of the Biotechnology Institute. Tom discusses an emerging treatment for skin cancer.
David Ewing Duncan discusses his interview with the new Commissioner of the FDA. Dr Margaret Hamburg shared her thoughts on biotech, tobacco and personalized medicine.
