Dr. Rodney Dietert has authored a number of books on the immune system and extensively published on the topics of noncommunicable diseases, immune dysfunction, and the microbiome. His latest book is titled “The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life.” In this podcast, Dr. Dietert discusses the microbiome in the context of nonclinical development of therapeutic drugs.

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Oligonucleotide therapeutics are all medications that utilize RNA- or DNA-based techniques as the effective entity. The nonclinical development of these therapeutics presents unique challenges and these are discussed here with Drs. Sven Korte from Covance, Brian Vuillemenot from Genentech and Scott Henry from Ionis Pharmaceuticals, all experts in oligo therapeutic development.

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