TechNation Health Podcast

By Moira GunnScience

TechNation Health Podcast episodes

June 06, 2018 Episode 18-23 The applications of the biotechnology: CRISPR
On Tech Nation Health, the biotechnology of CRISPR. We hear from Katrine Bosley, the President & CEO of Editas Medicine. This is a new kind of therapeutic.
13 min
May 30, 2018 Episode 18-22 The Chinese Typewriter
On Tech Nation Health, we celebrate the Summer of Love. Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft follows the recreational drugs through today with new therapeutics. And Amit Munshi, the President & CEO of Arena Pharmaceuticals tells us about their many drug candidates, including one sourced from cannabinoids.
14 min
May 23, 2018 Episode 18-21 Serious invasive fungal infections
On Tech Nation Health, Dr. Marco Taglietti, President and CEO of Scynexis, talks about their work in serious invasive fungal infections.
.. Science searches for the afterlife ..
15 min
May 18, 2018 Episode 18-20 Research on viruses, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and more ..
On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Carl Ware, the Director of the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Centre at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla talks about their research involving viruses, cancer and autoimmune diseases.
15 min
May 09, 2018 Episode 18-19 Economies of “Unscale”
On this week’s Tech Nation, how technology has enabled the economies of scale to trickle down to everyone. Hemant Taneja, a managing director at the venture capital firm General Catalyst talks about “Unscaled – How AI and the Next Generation of Upstarts are Creating the Economy of the Future.”
And on Tech Nation Health, understanding more about our immune systems – and how they change as we age. We’ll hear from Dr. Thomas Olin, the CEO of Kancera from Stockholm, Sweden. And the Maker Movement in Healthcare. Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the niche of MakerNurse and his own experience developing a new surgical tool.
20 min
May 02, 2018 Episode 18-18 Global tech firms are jumping into healthcare
On this week’s Tech Nation, a new technology aims to make a range of existing medications more effective. George Yeh, President of TLC Bio, describes their first targets - Osteo arthritis and liver cancer. And Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, explores how global tech firms are addressing healthcare.
22 min
April 25, 2018 Episode 18-17 The reality and the potential of using drones in healthcare
On this week’s Tech Nation, Chief Correspondent Dr Daniel Kraft examines the reality and the potential of using drones in healthcare.
10 min
April 18, 2018 Episode 18-16 lectroceuticals - electricity as medicine
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, what the World Health Organization calls out as a burning need – healthcare management. Steve Sammut joins us with a solution in Africa. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about electroceuticals - electricity as medicine.
24 min
April 13, 2018 Episode 18-15 The Opioid Crisis
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft brings us up to date on the Opioid Crisis with the surprising findings of a new study.
13 min
April 04, 2018 Episode 18-14 “artificial intelligence” in healthcare
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft takes us beyond the hype on “artificial intelligence” in healthcare.
15 min