GEN Podcasts
75 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) has retained its position as the premier biotech publication since its launch in 1981. GEN publishes a print edition monthly and has additional exclusive editorial content online, including news and analysis as well as webinars, videos, and polls. GEN's unique news and technology focus covers the entire bioproduct life cycle, including drug discovery, early-stage R&D, applied research (e.g., omics, biomarkers, and diagnostics), bioprocessing, and commercialization.GEN's print magazine, which also can easily be accessed online, includes feature articles on emerging technologies, product roundups, in-depth overviews from key scientific and bioindustry meetings, and industry-standard tutorials and technical articles on drug discovery, bioprocessing, and assay technologies.
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Episodes
Inhibiting Cancer Metastasis
November 29, 2017 16:04 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MBGEN Sounds of Science November 29, 2017Canadian team identifies protein that when hindered decreases invasion rate of cancer cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
New Method Developed for Growing Tissue Engineered Corneas
October 24, 2017 17:15 - 3 minutes - 3.11 MBGEN Sounds of Science October 23, 2017Researchers discovered that corneal cells isolated from human donors and grown on a dome-shaped surface behaved differently than those on flat one. There are a number of advantages to using such curved substrates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Millipore Says It is Bullish on Continuous Bioprocessing
September 26, 2017 17:42 - 11 minutes - 5.57 MBGEN Sounds of Science September 15, 2017MilliporeSigma is using is expertise in biomanufacturing to take advantage of the growing interest in continuous or next generation bioprocessing. The company is investing in specific technologies in terms of dedicated teams, focused R&D efforts, and product-development projects.Website: http://www.emdmillipore.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
New Drug Delivery Materials May Help Patient Compliance with Meds
August 01, 2017 17:30 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MBHydrogels May Last in Stomach for Lengthy Periods of TimeGEN Sounds of Science January 9, 2017Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital create triggerable tough hydrogels. Hydrogels may last in stomach for lengthy periods of time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Looking at the CAR-T Landscape As First Approval Nears
July 19, 2017 15:25 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MBGEN Sounds of Science July 18, 2017Brad Loncar, CEO of Loncar Investments, discusses the outlook for chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) cancer therapies as Novartis nears FDA approval for the first such treatment, CTL019. Some other CAR-T therapies have also shown early, yet promising, clinical data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is Calcium the Achilles Heel for Clostridium Infections?
July 14, 2017 16:16 - 4 minutes - 2.87 MBGEN Sounds of Science July 13, 2017]Findings from a new study published in PLOS Pathogens by investigators at the University of Michigan and the FDA underscores the importance of calcium in Clostridium difficile spore germination.Study Link: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006443 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SARS and MERS Inhibited by Ebola Drug
June 29, 2017 15:03 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBGEN Sounds of Science June 29, 2017A research team from Vanderbilt University, University of North Carolina, and Gilead Sciences has just released new findings in Science Translational Medicine describing how a new antiviral drug candidate inhibits a broad range of coronaviruses, including SARS and MERS.Link to artice: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/396/eaal3653 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bioengineers Use Quantum Dots to Help Develop New Therapies for MS
June 19, 2017 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.59 MBGEN Sounds of Science June 19, 2017Team believes a rational therapeutic design approach will allow scientists to transform how the disease is tackled. Quantum dot technology also should be applicable to other autoimmune diseases as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Soft Tissue Synthetic Retina Created
May 31, 2017 16:43 - 3 minutes - 2.89 MBGEN Sounds of Science May 25, 2017A synthetic, soft tissue retina developed by an Oxford University doctoral chemistry student could offer fresh hope for visually impaired people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
FDA’s New Commissioner Hits the Ground Running
May 19, 2017 14:38 - 3 minutes - 3.23 MBGEN Sounds of Science May 19, 2017Sara Radcliffe, president and CEO of the California Life Sciences Association, discusses where Scott Gottlieb, M.D., is most likely to impact biopharma, and what the industry hopes he will accomplish as the FDA’s new commissioner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
New Zika Test Shines LAMP in the Dark
May 09, 2017 14:47 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBGEN Sounds of Science May 4, 2017A new test not only rapidly and inexpensively detects Zika virus in mosquitoes and human bodily fluids, but can also distinguish between African and Asian strains. Listen now for more details!http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/9/388/eaag0538 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Inflammation-Sensing Gut Bacteria Brought to You by Synthetic Biology
April 17, 2017 14:47 - 4 minutes - 3.86 MBGEN Sounds of Science April 14, 2017New research may eventually lead to orally ingestible bacteria for monitoring gut health and disease—with the ultimate goal being the development of a home inflammation test. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Standing Up Against NIH Budget Cuts
April 10, 2017 15:16 - 3 minutes - 3.08 MBGEN Sounds of Science April 7, 2017Mary Woolley, President of Research!America, which advocates for medical and health research funding, talks about how her group and other advocates plan to fight back against President Donald Trump’s one-two punch to NIH funding. Researchers will be key to those efforts, she says. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is Maple Syrup the Answer to Antibiotic Resistance?
April 03, 2017 14:43 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBGEN Sounds of Science April 3, 2017McGill University researchers may have found a natural way to cut down on antibiotic use without sacrificing health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sensitive Genotypes and their Impact on Economic Success
March 17, 2017 15:08 - 6 minutes - 5.26 MBGEN Sounds of Science March 16, 2017A recent study suggest that children with sensitive genotypes who come from low-income homes will be less financially successful than their same sex sibling without those genotypes. But children with those same genotypes from a high-income home would actually fare better economically as young adults than their brother or sister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cancer Immunotherapy: CAR T as 'Car Race'
March 10, 2017 17:44 - 3 minutes - 3.37 MBGEN Sounds of Science March 9, 2017Brad Loncar, CEO of Loncar Investments, weighs in on recent developments in the scramble to develop CAR T cancer immunotherapies. How significant a setback is Juno Therapeutics’ halting development of JCAR015? How could some second-tier companies yet come out on top in the “car race”? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Turning Patients' Cells into Therapeutic Antibody Factories
March 03, 2017 15:02 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBGEN Sounds of Science March 2, 2017A collaborative team of scientists demonstrates a novel method to deliver safer and more cost-effective therapeutic antibodies, utilizing mRNA.See Article: http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14630 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cannibalism: A Biological and Evolutionary Perspective
February 28, 2017 15:51 - 6 minutes - 5.3 MBGEN Sounds of Science February 28, 2017Scientists have long written off cannibalism as a strange phenomenon with little biological significance. However, the true nature of cannibalism —the role it plays in evolution as well as human history — is even more intriguing (and more normal) than the misconceptions we’ve come to accept as fact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Seeking Young Scientists for Research in Space
February 23, 2017 16:06 - 3 minutes - 2.95 MBGEN Sounds of Science February 22, 2017Nicole M. Nichols, Ph.D., group leader for DNA amplification development at New England Biolabs, discusses the third national Genes in Space competition. The winner will have his or her experiment carried out aboard the International Space Station.More insights on space travel and DNA could emerge from experiments that seventh-through-12th graders will design. Deadline for submissions is April 21. Learn more at www.genesinspace.org. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Sorting Out the CRISPR Patent Case
February 17, 2017 15:48 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MBGEN Sounds of Science February 16, 2017Bill Warren, partner with the law firm Eversheds Sutherland and chair of its biotechnology and life sciences team, discusses the ruling by a three-judge panel of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board siding with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in the bitter legal battle over who invented CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene-editing technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“Sexual Attraction” Neurons in the Brain Discovered
February 03, 2017 16:24 - 5 minutes - 4.27 MBGEN Sounds of Science February 2, 2017Finding in female mice may also be relevant to certain human psychiatric disorders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Best Practices for Closing the Gender Gap
February 01, 2017 13:38 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MBGEN Sounds of Science January 30, 2017Jodie Morrison, CEO and President of Tokai Pharmaceuticals, is one of nearly 200 biopharma leaders who recently signed an open letter endorsing a Top Ten of best practices for advancing gender diversity, from the boardroom to the C-suite to the lab. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When the Pressure is High the Dementia is Low
January 18, 2017 14:51 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MBGEN Sounds of Science January 17, 2017Findings from a new study suggest that the onset of high blood pressure later in life is associated with lower dementia risk after age 90. Listen now for more details!Link to the study: http://www.alzheimersanddementia.com/article/S1552-5260(16)32962-4/fulltext Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Taking on the Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria Challenge
January 11, 2017 16:14 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MBGEN Sounds of Science January 10, 2017Entasis Therapeutics is working on novel therapies for serious drug-resistant bacterial infections, a global health crisis affecting the lives of millions of patients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What Trump Will Mean for Biomedical Research
January 10, 2017 16:09 - 2 minutes - 2.56 MBGEN Sounds of Science January 9, 2017Benjamin Corb, public affairs director for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), discusses what the biomedical research community can expect from the incoming administration of Donald J. Trump Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.