The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Coverups of Improper Levee Design
Author and activist in New Orleans, Sandy Rosenthal, shares her hard-fought battle to expose the plight against Louisiana's people in the wake of Hurricane Katrina damage. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJwN4Bp85Pc
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Nathalie Gontier is a philosopher of science who specializes in evolutionary theory with a focus on viruses and immune system coevolution. This podcast adds a new angle to Richard's special series exploring viral spread and behavior in preparation for his book.
She explores
1. How the "are viruses alive" conundrum is addressed by multiple perspectives,
2. How Aristotle and Descartes might approach discussions on viral agency, and
3. How means of opportunity have shaped virus behaviors such as quorum sensing and entry points.
Nathalie Gontier is the founder and director of the Applied Evolutionary Epistemology Lab at the University of Lisbon in Portugal. She's a returning guest and spends this discussion digging deeper into virus types, evolution, and behavior. She's very interested in viruses because they are one of most common parasites that every life form has to cope with.
She studies how that interaction occurs and does this work alongside scientists to conceptualize this form of interaction with the hope of increasing our understanding. She establishes from the beginning that viruses do not exclude any form of life from their activity and live inside the cells of archaea, bacteria, and all eukaryotes.
She addresses COVID-19 directly, noting that it is way up in the food chain of the virus domain. She comments that it is amazing how one virus can spread and effect so many people quickly as we approach about one million dead from COVID-19 worldwide. Then she tackles some of Richard's tough questions regarding viruses, but gives answers quite different from previous guests with her science philosophy perspective.
She has solid details to back up her answers, such as a study in Israel that proved quorum sensing and viruses' ability to communicate about whether to attack their biological host. She ends with an elegant description of their place in our human bio system. Listen in for some sharp discussion and commentary about viruses.
For more about her work, see the Applied Evolutionary Epistemology Lab page and find her YouTube channel.
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? Embarking on the journey of protein-based therapeutics is a complex endeavor, guided by experts like Dr. Govind Rao, Director of the Center for Advanced Sensor Technology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.?
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Imagine nurturing cells with precision, providing them nutrients, oxygen, and the perfect environment – just like a delicate brewing process that takes weeks. ⏳
Manufacturing these biologics, like protein-based drugs, mirrors this meticulous care, with insights from leaders like Dr. Rao. It's a slow, resource-intensive process, much like tending to a fine craft. ?
Imagine if you've discovered a groundbreaking anti-cancer protein – to bring it to life, you'd need to invest around a billion dollars in setting up a cutting-edge production facility. ??
? So, if you're curious about the incredible world of protein-based therapies and want to dive deeper into the complexities behind it, check out the full episode featuring Dr. Rao! ?
Click the link in the bio or description above to explore more. Your journey into the realm of medical marvels awaits! ?
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"This is the worse superbug you can get," said her husband's doctors when diagnosing him with a life-threatening multidrug resistant bacterial infection. But Steffanie Strathdee put her research skills to work and eventually was able to convince doctors to treat him with an experimental phage therapy that ended up saving his life.
Listen and learn
1. Why no other solution was working to cure her husband of this superbug,
2. How the history of phage therapy versus antibiotics has played out, and
3. Why the problem of antibiotic resistance may be addressed by utilizing bacteriophages.
Steffanie A. Strathdee is the Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and the Harold Simon Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. She helped found and co-directs UCSD’s new center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) and also works with the Global Health Institute and the International Core of UCSD’s Center for AIDS Research.
An infectious disease epidemiologist, she's also the author of The Perfect Predator, which tells the story of her husband's struggle with a superbug and the successful effort to help him recover with phage viruses. Phages are viruses that infect bacteria, and are emerging as a potential winner as scientists struggle with how to prevent superbugs from causing deadly infections.
She gives listeners a fascinating history of how politics and war kept phage therapy out of American medicine for decades. First discovered by a French Canadian microbiologist, their adoption by Russians pre-World War II marked them as off-the-table for the American medical field. But they are emerging again as having great potential, and Steffanie Strathdee helps enlighten listeners by describing the process and why they can be effective.
First, scientists are able to pick and choose their phages, testing to make sure what bacteria the phages will infect. They can get specific, killing only the bacteria they want to target. Ideally, they'll collect a couple of different phages for the best chances of success, then make isolates of them. The most difficult stage is the purification, she says. Scientists are moving ahead, designing clinical studies.
Listen in for more exciting news about this life-saving treatment.
For more, see the Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) website.
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"Would you like to mine an asteroid? ☄️
In this video, Dr. Daniel Britt, the Pegasus Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at the Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, discusses the logistics that aspiring space miners need to consider.
According to Dr. Daniel Britt, asteroid mining CAN be done. ?
But only on small asteroids (smaller than a football field)! ?
Check out the website on my profile to learn more about the possibilities of asteroid mining and more.
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Here's how depression can change the way you see the world:
In this video, Holly Barker, Ph.D., a Stafford Fox Centenary Fellow of Rare Cancer Biology and Genomics, shares how experiencing depression has changed her perception and approach towards people going through the same struggle. ?
According to Holly, going through depression helped her see the importance of seeing things with a little more empathy, because a little empathy towards people with depression can go a long way! ?
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Dr. Gary Foresman specializes in integrative cancer therapies and regenerative medicine. He's the founder of Middle Path Medicine and works entirely in the clinical field. He's able to paint a very clear picture for listeners of what it could mean to approach cancer treatment through an integrative path.
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In this episode, we sit down to discuss thyroid-related topics with Dr. Heather Stone, a functional medicine practitioner. As one of the most experienced clinicians in the realm of Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s, Dr. Stone is dedicated to helping women take control of their health and get to the root cause of disease…
Dr. Stone has successfully treated thousands of patients who suffer from persistent low thyroid symptoms for over 19 years. As an avid supporter of functional medicine, she tirelessly advocates for healthcare freedom and is committed to overcoming the “dysfunction in mainstream healthcare”.
Tune in now to uncover:
1. How thyroid conditions can impact women’s menstrual cycles.
2. What Hashimoto’s is, and the symptoms that come with it.
3. Why it typically takes so long for women to get diagnosed with low thyroid disorders.
4. The 12 markers that make up a complete thyroid panel.
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About 40 million people in the U.S. suffer from migraines. Yet, migraine mechanisms are only just now understood. That's good news for better medicines, and Charlie Conway of Biohaven Pharmaceuticals discusses how his corner of pharma has developed a targeted therapy with great promise.
Listen and learn
How migraine headaches and related symptoms result from an over-activatedtrigeminal nerve in the brain that releases CGRP;
Why CGRP causes debilitating symptoms including pulsing headaches, light and sound hypersensitivity, and nausea; and
How they've developed CGRP-targeted therapies that either block the receptors or absorb the excess.
Charlie Conway is the Chief Scientific Officer at Biohaven Pharmaceuticals. His background includes a postdoc on neuroscience and pain sensing. He brings listeners up to speed on the latest research on brain cells and migraines, including how the physiology leads to overactive nerve cells and debilitating pain.
It starts with a trigger of the trigeminal nerve, which sits on either side of the brain stem. The exaggerated trigeminal nerve activity then changes the response properties deeper in the brain, releasing a chemical called calcitonin gene-related peptide, or CGRP. In addition, because nerve cells are able to stretch, they're in key positions to absorb CGRP; in fact, a single cell in the brainstem can send up fibers that connect to the outer brain tissue.
When the CGRP is released, the proteins hit a few different areas of the brain, including this outer brain tissue called the dura. This leads to over-excited nerves and what's called neurogenic inflammation. He describes the additional biological events that lead to the pain migraine suffers experience. But Biohaven's anti-CGRP targeted therapies prevent this cascade. In fact, they've shown that the treatments are effective for both acute migraines, as well as prevention. That prevention is what makes their therapy unique and especially promising.
Listen in for more about what they've developed, how it compares to other therapies, if there are possible risks, and how this can make a substantial difference.
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"What is your food worth to you? ?
Todd Riley, an associate professor at the Department of Animal and Dairy Science at the University of Georgia, talks about why people don’t put as much value in food as they should. ?
Todd explains that famers, especially in the US, are a VICTIM of their own success, as producing large volumes of food and selling it for affordable prices has made consumers take it for granted… ?
Do you agree with Todd? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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