Calls From the Future

Grow your own new organs with Eric Schuur - Calls From the Future #17


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Stem cell-based therapies for liver disease, curing death, and much more.

Our guest, Eric Schuur, is a scientist, entrepreneur, and the CEO of Hepatx.

Hepatx is a Y Combinator from the Summer 2018 batch.

Learn more and connect with Eric:
Website: http://hepatx.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/erschuur


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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Cell therapy for liver failure       
2:35 Going from vision to reality        
5:01 Human trials & FDA       
7:18 Scaling to larger markets        
10:20 What are stem cells?      
15:53 Curing death & increasing longevity      
20:28 Eric's journey      
25:17 People who move the world forward      
26:48 AlphaFold - DeepMind      
31:24 Cell engineering & ethical issues      
36:17 Reaching out to Eric  

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