I AM BIO
134 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 67 ratingsPowerful stories of biotechnology breakthroughs, the people they help, and the global problems they solve.
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"Nothing to Lose": Patients Fight to Be Heard
October 26, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBToday we have two powerful stories. Each one is as different as the disease that it’s about. Yet there is a common thread: patients want and need to be heard. You will hear from a mom who will do whatever it takes to save her son’s life. And you will learn about a young woman who is fighting for herself and her underserved patient community. Guests: Amber Freed, SLC6A1 Connect Melodie Blackwell, COCCI
Escaping the Food Allergy Prison
October 12, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBEvery three minutes in the United States, an allergic reaction to foods sends someone to the emergency room. Today, we explore what life is like when you must avoid certain foods. But we also learn that there is hope for an escape from the food prison. Researchers like Clemson University's Sachin Rustgi are using cutting-edge genetic engineering tools to make foods safer for those living with allergies and food sensitivities. Guests: Sachin Rustgi, Clemson University Lisa Gable, FARE...
How Drug Price Controls End Up Hurting Patients
September 28, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBThey are not the household names, but the medications they are researching and developing could be the lifeline patients are waiting for. Today we explore how drug price controls—now making their way through Congress—could have unintended consequences for the small biotechs that are the engine of the drug development ecosystem. And even worse, for the patients who need them most. Guests: Ahmed Mousa, Pieris Pharmaceuticals Daphne Zohar, PureTech Health Peter Kolchinsky, RA Capital...
The Elephant in the Room: What About HIV?
September 14, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBFor more than a year now, COVID has been society’s focus—and rightly so. But today we turn our attention to another virus—HIV. After 40 years, there is still no cure or a vaccine for the disease. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Anthony Fauci and CEO of innovative company American Gene Technologies, Jeff Galvin, about the past, present, and future of HIV treatments and medications. Is there a cure on the horizon? Guests: Jeffrey Galvin, American Gene Technologies Anthony Fauci, Na...
BONUS: Breaking Barriers in Trade: A Conversation with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
August 30, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBWe are on summer break as we work to bring you another exciting season this fall. So, for the next few weeks we’re sharing some of our favorite sessions from the June 2021 BIO Digital. Today, check out our session Breaking Barriers in Trade: A Conversation with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization. Speaker: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Trade Organization
BONUS: Breaking Barriers in Science featuring Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate and CRISPR Pioneer
August 16, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBWe are on summer break as we work to bring you another exciting season this fall. So, for the next few weeks we’re sharing some of our favorite sessions from the June 2021 BIO Digital. Today, check out our session Breaking Barriers in Science featuring Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate and CRISPR Pioneer. This session is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. Speakers: Seema Kumar, Vice President of Innovation, Global Health and Policy Communication Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate and CR...
Breaking Barriers in Science featuring Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate and CRISPR Pioneer
August 16, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBWe are on summer break as we work to bring you another exciting season this fall. So, for the next few weeks we’re sharing some of our favorite sessions from the June 2021 BIO Digital. Today, check out our session Breaking Barriers in Science featuring Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate and CRISPR Pioneer. This session is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. Speakers: Seema Kumar, Vice President of Innovation, Global Health and Policy Communication Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate and CR...
BONUS: Growing LGBTQ Leadership in Biotech
August 02, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBWe are on summer break as we work to bring you another exciting season this fall. So, for the next few weeks we’re sharing some of our favorite sessions from the June 2021 BIO Digital. Today, check out our session Growing LGBTQ Leadership in Biotech. Speakers: Paul Hastings, BIO Chair and CEO at Nkarta Therapeutics Matthew Fust, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. Todd Sears, Out Leadership Denice Torres, The Ignited Company
Growing LGBTQ Leadership in Biotech
August 02, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBWe are on summer break as we work to bring you another exciting season this fall. So, for the next few weeks we’re sharing some of our favorite sessions from the June 2021 BIO Digital. Today, check out our session Growing LGBTQ Leadership in Biotech. Speakers: Paul Hastings, BIO Chair and CEO at Nkarta Therapeutics Matthew Fust, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. Todd Sears, Out Leadership Denice Torres, The Ignited Company
Fighting the Climate Crisis Through Supply Chain Sustainability
July 18, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBWe are on summer break as we work to bring you another exciting season this fall. So, for the next few weeks we’re sharing some of our favorite sessions from the June 2021 BIO Digital. Today, check out our session Fighting the Climate Crisis Through Supply Chain Sustainability. Speakers: Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath Lord David Prior, National Health Service England Rohin Mahtre, Biogen Victor Dzau, MD, National Academy of Medicine
Bonus: Fighting the Climate Crisis Through Supply Chain Sustainability
July 18, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBWe are on summer break as we work to bring you another exciting season this fall. So, for the next few weeks we’re sharing some of our favorite sessions from the June 2021 BIO Digital. Today, check out our session Fighting the Climate Crisis Through Supply Chain Sustainability. Speakers: Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath Lord David Prior, National Health Service England Rohin Mahtre, Biogen Victor Dzau, MD, National Academy of Medicine
BONUS: Fighting the Climate Crisis Through Supply Chain Sustainability
July 18, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBWe are on summer break as we work to bring you another exciting season this fall. So, for the next few weeks we’re sharing some of our favorite sessions from the June 2021 BIO Digital. Today, check out our session Fighting the Climate Crisis Through Supply Chain Sustainability. Speakers: Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath Lord David Prior, National Health Service England Rohin Mahtre, Biogen Victor Dzau, MD, National Academy of Medicine
Improving Food Systems: The Case of the Banana
June 28, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThe banana is an interesting case study. It is the world’s most popular fruit, yet it could very soon go missing from our store shelves due to a disease we’ve seen once before—leaving a large nutritional and economic hole in our society. The banana helps tell the story of how biotech is a key tool in strengthening our food systems to make our favorite foods more resilient, more sustainable, and more accessible. Featuring interviews with: Anna Rath, President & CEO and Director of Vestaron...
Biotech Changed COVID. But Did COVID Change Biotech?
June 14, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBScience—particularly biotechnology—helped change the course of COVID with the development of effective vaccines and therapeutics. However, it is also true that COVID has changed biotechnology. This I AM BIO podcast will look at the way biotech addressed the crisis and explores how the crisis, in turn, changed the biotech industry—its reputation, its exposure to a broader audience and its willingness to adopt lessons learned from the pandemic. This episode is sponsored by FUJIFILM Diosynth B...
I am BIO Uncut with Dr. Richard Hatchett
May 27, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32 MBThis is the I am BIO Uncut Series where we bring you a full interview from Monday’s podcast complete and unfiltered. In this episode, we’re joined by Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations or CEPI, a global vaccine procurement initiative. Check out Monday's episode here: https://iambio.simplecast.com/episodes/we-can-and-must-share-vaccines-with-the-globe Learn more about CEPI
We Can and Must SHARE Vaccines with the Globe
May 24, 2021 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBAs the good news about the decline of COVID infections in the US continues to reverberate, the threat of the pandemic still looms globally. “Nobody is safe until everybody is safe.” Sharing life-saving vaccines around the world as quickly as possible defies a simple solution. This episode explores the recommendations and best solutions to address global distribution challenges and questions a simplistic proposal offered by some countries to the World Health Organization: waiving Intellectual...
I am BIO Uncut with Gerren Wilson
May 13, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBThis is the I Am BIO Uncut Series, where we bring you a full interview from Monday's episode complete and unfiltered. In this Uncut episode, we share the conversation we had with Gerren Wilson, Head of Inclusion & Partnering in the Chief Diversity Office at Genentech, the pharmaceutical biotech company. Check out the full episode here: https://iambio.simplecast.com/episodes/solving-an-unfashionable-problem
Good Trouble for Good Medicine
May 10, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBThe COVID crisis has laid bare the inequities faced by certain populations in our health care system. It has become increasingly clear that the drug development process for a whole host of diseases often leaves these same populations behind through their absence or underrepresentation in clinical trials. This episode evaluates the problem and looks for ways to improve the process so that medicines and vaccines work for everyone who takes them. Hosted by Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath with interv...
Minisode: Solving an Unfashionable Problem
April 29, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBThis is the I Am BIO minisode, where we bring you a full interview from Monday's episode complete and unfiltered. In this minisode, we share the conversation we had with Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, the company using carbon recycling to turn it into ethanol and other important tools and materials. Check out the full episode here: https://iambio.simplecast.com/episodes/solving-an-unfashionable-problem
I am BIO Uncut with Jennifer Holmgren
April 29, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBThis is the I am BIO uncut series, where we bring you a full interview from Monday's episode complete and unfiltered. In this uncut episode, we share the conversation we had with Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, the company using carbon recycling to turn it into ethanol and other important tools and materials. Check out the full episode here: https://iambio.simplecast.com/episodes/solving-an-unfashionable-problem
Solving an Unfashionable Problem
April 26, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBThe fashion industry is notoriously wasteful. As the climate crisis becomes more of everyone’s problem, scientists and designers are combining efforts to make fashion more sustainable. From using greenhouse gasses to create new materials to developing totally biodegradable clothing and accessories, big fashion houses are trying to produce sustainable materials and make fashion look good and feel great. This episode features conversations with: Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech Alejandr...
I am BIO Uncut with Dr. Reed Tuckson
April 15, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThis is the I Am BIO uncut series, where we bring you a full interview from Monday's episode complete and unfiltered. In this uncut episode, we share the conversation we had with Dr. Reed Tuckson, founder of the Black Coalition Against COVID-19. Check out the full episode Voices of Vaccine Hesitancy here: https://iambio.simplecast.com/episodes/voices-of-vaccine-hesitancy
Minisode: Voices of Vaccine Hesitancy
April 15, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThis is the I Am BIO minisode, where we bring you a full interview from Monday's episode complete and unfiltered. In this minisode, we share the conversation we had with Dr. Reed Tuckson, founder of the Black Coalition Against COVID-19. Check out the full episode Voices of Vaccine Hesitancy in your feed or here: https://iambio.simplecast.com/episodes/voices-of-vaccine-hesitancy
Voices of Vaccine Hesitancy
April 12, 2021 09:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBDr. Reed Tuckson is the founder of the Black Coalition Against COVID-19. Learn more here: https://blackcoalitionagainstcovid.org/ Learn more about the vaccines: https://www.covidvaccinefacts.org/
I am BIO will be right back!
March 17, 2021 19:25 - 1 minute - 1.43 MBThe I AM BIO podcast has gone on a brief hiatus while we reimagine the format, dream up interesting topics, and dive deep with riveting guests. Listen for a sneak preview into the new season.
I Am BIO Will Be Right Back!
March 17, 2021 19:25 - 1 minute - 1.43 MBThe I AM BIO podcast has gone on a brief hiatus while we reimagine the format, dream up interesting topics, and dive deep with riveting guests. Listen for a sneak preview into the new season.
BIO Blocks President’s Rule To Ration Drugs In Medicare
January 18, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBTrailing in the polls this fall, President Trump dusted off the 2016 campaign playbook and went after the drug companies again. But channeling anger at the companies the whole world is depending on to end the pandemic was always dicey politics. Post-election, the Trump administration hastily issued a final rule setting Medicare Part B reimbursement rates at the lowest levels charged by counties in the developed world, which ration medicines and leave the sick untreated. BIO took the administr...
COVID X-FACTOR (Redux)
January 11, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThe diversity of our adaptive immune system is why people are reacting so differently to the novel coronavirus. No two people present the virus the exact same way to their immune systems. We’ve evolved in this way as humans to ensure no virus can eradicate our species. Hosted by Jim Greenwood.
Can We Pass This COVID Test?
January 04, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MBMillions of travelers ignored public health warnings and packed into airports over the holidays to see their loved ones. As a result, U.S. hospitals are bracing for the deadliest COVID surge yet this month. Meanwhile, Sherlock Biosciences, which has already made history once with CRISPR, seeks to do so again with an inexpensive, accurate home test that could be a global game-changer.
First Dose (Redux)
December 28, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBOne day before 16-year-old Izzy Thorpe-Wall takes her first dose of Vertex’s stunning Cystic Fibrosis breakthrough, Thorpe and her mother, Clare, open up about their emotional journey and one brave girl’s determination to stay healthy long enough to meet this day of her dreams. Hosted by Jim Greenwood.
The Frightening Campaign to Keep Us Unvaccinated
December 21, 2020 10:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBHistoric distrust of government institutions, a growing partisan disdain for peer-reviewed science, Russian bots, physical threats against public health officials, and an open spigot of online misinformation and disinformation raise the troubling specter that tens of millions of Americans will forgo COVID vaccination and forestall herd immunity in the United States. Learn how believers in science are uniting to fight back.
Destroying COVID's Genome (REDUX)
December 14, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutesAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, which take its name from the center and brightest star in Orion’s Belt, is working on an RNAi therapy to destroy the genome of the novel coronavirus — and with it, its ability to replicate and kill. Hosted by Jim Greenwood.
CDC Vaccine Chief: No Corners Cut
December 07, 2020 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBDr. Nancy Messonnier leads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work to safely vaccinate the country. Whether the question is who to vaccine first, how to restore trust, or how to administer two doses of a vaccine stored at -70 degrees to a nation of 328 million people, she’s got the answers.
At Last, COVID Treatments
November 30, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBCovid threatens those whose immune systems can’t make enough neutralizing antibodies to fight off the viral invaders. But what if scientists could make super-potent antibodies in the lab and infuse them into newly infected patients? That’s exactly what the first FDA-authorized coronavirus antibody treatment has achieved. Its maker, Eli Lilly, has generated clinical evidence that their therapy can significantly reduce COVID hospitalization rates when taken early.
Who Gets Vaccinated First?
November 23, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBAs the vaccine race enters the homestretch, Pfizer and Moderna both announced that their mRNA vaccines was 95 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 during Phase 3 clinical trials. Emergency use authorization could be just weeks away. The National Academy of Sciences released an influential report about who gets vaccinated first while companies scale up vaccine production. The Academy makes a compelling case that prioritizing those with risky healthy conditions and risky, essential jobs is ...
An Alternative to Flying Dirty (Redux)
November 16, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBWhile Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has kindled a global dialogue about the ravages of climate change and the role of airline emissions, a Colorado biotech is putting forward a jaw-dropping alternative to flight shaming: actual jet fuel with no carbon footprint. Hosted by Jim Greenwood.
A Time to Heal
November 09, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBJoe Biden’s election as 46th President of the United States is a chance to soothe our bitter body politic so we can unite to defeat an enemy that infects and kills without regard to partisan affiliation.
The COVID Election
November 02, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBThe 2020 election will be held both during and about a global pandemic. Democratic strategist Steve Elmendorf and Republican Rai Downs preview the stakes for the biotech industry and what the outcome will mean for America’s COVID response.
1st Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial: Thwarting the Brain’s Betrayal
October 26, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThe first clinical study dedicated to preventing Alzheimer’s disease is now in its late stages. The participants are 300 members of the same Colombian family with a rare gene mutation that gives them a 100 percent chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Armed with this new data, could neuroscientists be closing in on an elusive breakthrough to defeat neurodegeneration?
The Greening of Medicine
October 19, 2020 09:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBAs the pandemic lays bare the links between human and environmental health, neuroscience leader Biogen lays out the most aggressive fossil fuel elimination plan of any Fortune 500 company while doubling down on efforts to lead on clinical trial diversity and racial equity.
Bullish
October 12, 2020 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBBiotechnology investors, armed with troves of data and “misfit” minds, have become key-decision makers in everything from when to open up the states to which medicines can turn the tide in this pandemic the quickest. As the BIO Investor Forum kicks off virtually today, a biomedical renaissance has Wall Street bullish on biotech’s future.
Cancer in the COVID Era (Redux)
October 05, 2020 09:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBOvercrowded hospitals during the pandemic can pose treatment challenges for patients with other serious illnesses. As Kite Pharma CEO Christi Shaw says, “Cancer doesn’t stop in a crisis.” Neither do her company’s employees, who go to extraordinary lengths to get personalized CAR-T treatments to patients around the world. Hosted by Jim Greenwood.
New Trailer with Dr. Michelle
September 28, 2020 09:00 - 1 minute - 1.69 MBThe I AM BIO podcast with host Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath explores the search for biotechnology breakthroughs and our progress in ending the pandemic, helping patients and carrying the mantle for science and sustainability.
Synbio Changes Everything
September 21, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBThe ability to produce COVID vaccines in record time only scratches the surface of what synthetic biology can do. Gingko Bioworks out of Boston is now 3-D printing millions of letters of DNA code and then using CRISPR to insert them into living cells, transforming what’s scientifically possible.
The Wrong Year to Skip Your Flu Shot
September 14, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBTwo potentially deadly respiratory viruses — the coronavirus and the influenza virus — will test our health care system and American common sense this fall. As millions return to school, campus and work this fall, the 2020 flu season is shaping up to be something of a pandemic pressure test for our nation. Vaccinations, social distancing and mask-wearing will be the key to containing both flu and COVID and saving countless lives. Guest hosted by Phyllis Arthur.
Sickle Cell Saviors (Redux)
September 07, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBNeed a dose of inspiration in a time of national tragedy? A remarkable biotech breakthrough from Global Blood Therapeutics offers fresh hope to patients living with sickle-cell disease.
COVID-19: We Were Warned (Redux)
August 31, 2020 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBFor years, leaders on the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense told Congress and the White House that it wasn’t a matter of if, but when, a pandemic would happen. Exploring the panel’s unheeded recommendations can give the United States a blueprint for what to do going forward to protect us from the coronavirus and future threats.
A Nation Traumatized
August 24, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBThe pandemic has unleashed overwhelming levels of fear, isolation, anxiety and loss in our society. A CDC mental health survey this summer found that 1 in 10 people had “seriously considered” suicide within the last month. As America comes to grips with the severity of our ongoing mental health crisis, telepsychiatry has emerged as a virtual lifeline to help patients access treatment from home.
Respiratory Rescue?
August 17, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBThe engine powering Maryland vaccine maker Novavax is a recombinant nanoparticle platform that is impressing vaccinologists as well as government and nonprofit funders. Learn about the innovative biotech generating big buzz in the global covid vaccine race.
Hydroxycloroquine & the Shorting of Science
August 10, 2020 13:16 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBPatients with autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis have been forced to ration or skip doses of hydroxycloroquine during the pandemic due to shortages caused by off-label prescribing. Yet despite multiple FDA clinical studies that concluded the drug offers no clinical benefit against covid and may increase dangerous side effects; President Trump continues to use the bully pulpit to suggest otherwise. Its not like autoimmune patients — at greater risk of serious COVID diseas...