Empowered Patient Podcast

Dr. Guy Chamberland, CEO, Tetra Bio-Pharma discusses why Tetra is focusing on developing cannabinoid-based therapies to help relieve chronic and breakthrough pain in patients with advanced cancers. He also speaks to how important it is to shorten the time to pain relief for those who are suffering. In the current climate of opioid abuse, Tetra is looking to help both doctors and patients with new options for their candidate therapies.

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#cannabinoid #biopharma #advancedcancer #breakthroughpain

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Dr. Guy Chamberland, CEO, Tetra Bio-Pharma discusses why Tetra is focusing on developing cannabinoid-based therapies to help relieve chronic and breakthrough pain in patients with advanced cancers. He also speaks to how important it is to shorten the time to pain relief for those who are suffering. In the current climate of opioid abuse, Tetra is looking to help both doctors and patients with new options for their candidate therapies.

@TetraBioPharma

#cannabinoid #biopharma #advancedcancer #breakthroughpain

Tetra Bio-Pharma

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Dale Gieringer, Director, California NORML talks about some of the many reasons there has not been more research done on the uses for cannabis to treat a wide variety of diseases and chronic conditions. We met at the recent 2nd Annual Cannabis and Health Symposium a gathering of researchers and other stakeholders presenting on basic and clinical science discovery and therapeutics. With many years in the fight to better understand the active elements of cannabis, Dale also reminds us of the value of anecdotal evidence and the history of work in this field.

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Dale Gieringer, Director, California NORML talks about some of the many reasons there has not been more research done on the uses for cannabis to treat a wide variety of diseases and chronic conditions. We met at the recent 2nd Annual Cannabis and Health Symposium a gathering of researchers and other stakeholders presenting on basic and clinical science discovery and therapeutics. With many years in the fight to better understand the active elements of cannabis, Dale also reminds us of the value of anecdotal evidence and the history of work in this field.

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Jenna Balestrini is Head of Cell Bioprocessing and Precision Medicine at Draper, the not-for-profit MIT spin-off engineering lab. Working with scientists and engineers, Jenna describes their efforts addressing the time and costs related to immunotherapy treatments by looking at manufacturing limitations, applying new engineering physics to speed up the process, and utilizing machine learning and AI to improve current cell therapy platforms and to build platforms for next generation cell therapies.

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Draper.com

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Jenna Balestrini is Head of Cell Bioprocessing and Precision Medicine at Draper, the not-for-profit MIT spin-off engineering lab. Working with scientists and engineers, Jenna describes their efforts addressing the time and costs related to immunotherapy treatments by looking at manufacturing limitations, applying new engineering physics to speed up the process, and utilizing machine learning and AI to improve current cell therapy platforms and to build platforms for next generation cell therapies.

@draperlab

#precisionmedicine

Draper.com

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Dr. Uchenna Umeh, pediatrician and CEO Teen Alive talks about the challenges of talking with teens about depression and suicidal thoughts, ways in which parents, teachers and friends can help teens express their pain and frustrations in positive ways, and warning signs of suicide in teens as well as adults. On a positive note, Dr. Umeh believes suicide is 100% preventable.

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Dr. Uchenna Umeh, pediatrician and CEO Teen Alive talks about the challenges of talking with teens about depression and suicidal thoughts, ways in which parents, teachers and friends can help teens express their pain and frustrations in positive ways, and warning signs of suicide in teens as well as adults. On a positive note, Dr. Umeh believes suicide is 100% preventable.

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Thomas Lingelbach, CEO, Valneva talks about their work developing and commercializing vaccines for infectious diseases with unmet needs. This biotech company is in development of a Lyme disease vaccine and vaccines for mosquito-borne illnesses such as Zika and chikungunya. Thomas talks about the challenges of testing vaccines to prevent a disease within a healthy population and why it is impossible to eliminate all the vectors that can transmit a disease.

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#Lyme #LymeDisease #chikungunya

Valneva.com

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Additional links:

Chikungunya Fact Sheet

Lyme Fact Sheet

World Health Organization Zika virus resources

World Health Organization Japanese encephalitis resources

Thomas Lingelbach, CEO, Valneva talks about their work developing and commercializing vaccines for infectious diseases with unmet needs. This biotech company is in development of a Lyme disease vaccine and vaccines for mosquito-borne illnesses such as Zika and chikungunya. Thomas talks about the challenges of testing vaccines to prevent a disease within a healthy population and why it is impossible to eliminate all the vectors that can transmit a disease.

@ValnevaSE

#Lyme #LymeDisease #chikungunya

Valneva.com

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Additional links:

Chikungunya Fact Sheet

Lyme Fact Sheet

World Health Organization Zika virus resources

World Health Organization Japanese encephalitis resources