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SHOWS CURRENTLY AIRING ...
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November 4, 2009
Show Originating on
October 27, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
TOM WIGGANS
Chairman & CEO, Peplin, Inc.
Chair, The Biotechnology Institute
... an emerging treatment for skin cancer ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the science of longevity is gaining new respect
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Show Originating on
October 20, 2009
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& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Davids takeaways from his interview with FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg
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October 13, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
PEGGY WILLOCKS
Parkinsons' patient and advocate, The Parkinsons Pipeline Project
... volunteering for clinical trials ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the call for a "new" biology
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October 6, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. TIM RODELL
President, GlobeImmune
... using our immune system to fight cancer ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... how our bodies keep time
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Show Originating on
September 29, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. CHARLES BAVINGTON
Managing Director, Glycomar
... drugs from the slime of starfish ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the science of sugared sodas
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Show Originating on
September 22, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR BILL CHELIAK
Vice President for Business Development, Neurodyn
... genetics + environment = disease ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... new biomarkers for Alzheimers
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September 15, 2009
DR. KATHY REICHS
Forensic Anthropologist
& Author, 209 Bones
Moira speaks with DR. KATHY REICHS, the scientist behind the television series: "Bones"
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... and on BioTech Nation:
LORD NAREN PATEL
Chair of the Inquiry into Genomic Medicine
UK House of Lords
... recommendations on the future of genomic medicine in the UK ...
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September 8, 2009
JONATHAN LITTMAN & MARC HERSHON
Co-Authors, I Hate People
Moira speaks with JONATHAN LITTMAN & MARC HERSHON about how to use technology to can help you survive at work.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. PAUL DICK
CEO, Chemaphor
... a small Canadian company brings wellness to your pets ...
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Show Originating on
September 1, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
CANDACE TONER
CEO, BioMatters
... a biotech software companey which is relevant to a wide range of efforts - from swine flu in New York City to the DNA of the island of Maurea ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the cost of decoding human DNA is falling rapidly
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Show Originating on
August 25, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR JOSH BOGER
Former CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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August 18, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR EDDY LITTLER
CEO, DomaineX
... dissecting large, complex molecules ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the challenge of the current healthcare debate
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Show Originating on
August 11, 2009
JOHN HAGEL
Co-chair of Deloittes Center for the Edge
Lead Author, Shift Index Report 2009: Measuring the Forces of Long-Term Change
Moira speaks with JOHN HAGEL, about the long term trends in technology and the economy.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR BELINDA CLARKE
Life Science Manager, East of England
... biotech and Healthy Aging ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the challenge of determining exactly who a drug will work for and who it wont
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Show Originating on
August 4, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. MALCOLM DEVINE
Vice President for Agricultural Crops, Performance Plants
... a Canadian firm tinkers with plants to make them robust ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... all about algae
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Show Originating on
July 28, 2009
SARAH DUNANT
Author, Sacred Hearts
Moira speaks with SARAH DUNANT, the author of a novel which takes place in a 16th century Italian convent along with this we get a view of the medical science and technology of the day.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. ANDREW BALBER
Chief Scientific Officer, Aldagen
... banking mature stem cells ...
DR. NICHOLAS GOEDERS
Professor & Department Head
Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
LSU Health Sciences Center
... a new approach to treating addictions ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Delivering healthcare in the developing world
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Show Originating on
July 21, 2009
SIR MICHAEL RAWLINS
Chair, UKs National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence
Moira speaks with SIR MICHAEL RAWLINS about how Britain makes decisions on who gets which medical treatments.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
LARS HANSEN
President & CEO, Novozymes North America
... the worlds largest producer of enzymes ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... science studies happiness
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July 14, 2009
DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN
Professor and Pediatrician
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Moira speaks with DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN, the pediatrician who witnessed lead poisoning in children in the poorest families in Pittsburgh and decided to do something about it.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
WAYNE PISANO
President & CEO, Sanofi Pasteur
... the worlds largest producer of flu vaccines ...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... two studies around statins - possibly in conflict
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Show Originating on
July 7, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. SCOTT JENKINS
Area Vice President for Solutions
Dell Healthcare Life Sciences
... automating those old laboratory notebooks...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... talks about a bailout - this time for science and tech
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Show Originating on
June 30, 2009
PAUL GOLDSTEIN
Lillick Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Author, A Patent Lie
Moira speaks with Stanford professor PAUL GOLDSTEIN, who fills us in on his latest legal thriller
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. COLIN GARNER
CEO, Xceleron
... a new technology reducing the need for animal testing ...
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Show Originating on
June 23, 2009
Then on BioTech Nation, DLA Pipers Bruce Jenett likens biotechnology to a simple, everyday light switch, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan zeroes in on cucumbers.
JAMES LOVELOCK
Scientist and Creator of the Gaia Theory
Author, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
Moira speaks with scientist JAMES LOVELOCK, the creator of the Gaia Theory. Once controversial, its reached mainstream acceptance, and he has more predictions for us now.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
BRUCE JENETT
Co-Chair, Global Life Sciences Sector, DLA Piper
... a definition of biotechnology that anyone can understand...
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... celebrates the decoding of the DNA of cucumbers
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Show Originating on
June 16, 2009
DR. LARRY DOSSEY
Author, The Power of Premonitions
Moira speaks with DR. LARRY DOSSEY about the science documenting premonitions.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. MIKE FISHER
Bio-Nano Consulting
and
PROFESSOR TONY CASS
Professor of Chemical Biology
Imperial College, London
Show Originating on
June 9, 2009
DARA OROURKE
Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
UC, Berkeley
Founder, goodguide.com
Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor DARA OROURKE. He tells us what it takes to understand the impact of everything we use which means tracking the global supply chain.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JAY KEASLING
Professor, Chemical Engineering and BioEngineering
UC Berkeley
1st recipient of the Biotech Humanitarian Award
... the growing worldwide challenge of malaria and a completely new approach which may make it manageable ...
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Show Originating on
June 2, 2009
Live from the International Biotechnology Conference: BIO 2009
JIM GREENWOOD
President, Biotechnology Industry Organization
DR. STEVE SHERWIN
Oncologist & CEO, Cell Genesys
Incoming Chair of the Biotechnology Industry Organization
and ... DAVID EWING DUNCAN with BioIssue of the Week
A special hour from the international biotechnology conference, featuring a special BioIssue of the Week, where David and Moira look at the top stories and the state of biotech
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Show Originating on
May 26, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. TONY COLES
President & CEO, Onyx Pharmaceuticals,
... betting the company on a single drug
This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ...
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Show Originating on
May 19, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
JJ BIENAIME
President & CEO, BioMarin Pharmaceuticals,
... biotech takes on orphan diseases
This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ...
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Show Originating on
May 12, 2009
GEOFF NUNBERG
Linguist & Fresh Air Commentator
Author, The Years of Talking Dangerously
Moira speaks with Fresh Air commentator GEOFF NUNBERG about the impact of words in a dynamic, changing world.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
PAUL HASTINGS
President & CEO, Oncomed,
... cancer stem cells
This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ...
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Show Originating on
May 5, 2009
DR RORY COOPER
OS OSBORN
Co-Directors, Quality of Life Technology Center
Moira speaks with Rory and Os about quality of life technology sometimes for those of us who are physically challenged, and at other times, for all of us.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
MATT GARDNER
President & CEO, BayBIO, the Northern California Life SciencesOrganization
Show Originating on
April 28, 2009
DR DAVID KESSLER
UCSF Professor & Former Commissioner, FDA
Author, The End of Overeating Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite
Moira speaks with former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner DAVID KESSLER about whats been invisibly added to the American supply, leaving some of us obese, and many of us, unexpectedly overweight. He tells us the science behind what happens to our brains when we eat food laden with salt, fat and sugar.
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April 21, 2009
JUDITH ORLOFF
UCLA psychiatrist,
Author, Emotional Freedom
Moira speaks with UCLA psychiatrist DR. JUDITH ORLOFF about the psychology and biology of our emotions.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
JIM HENGST
President & CEO, ZeptoMetrix
... How research scientists acquire such materials as HIV and SARS
JACK ARMSTRONG
CEO, Genaera Corporation
... Developing better diabetes drugs
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the Rolling Stone 100 scientists make the list
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Show Originating on
April 14, 2009
The Big Ideas Panel
from the National Academy of Engineering's
Summit on Grand Challenges at Duke University
The panelists ...
Dr. Leah Jamieson, Dean of Engineering, Purdue University
Dr. Tom Byers, Professor of Engineering, Stanford University
Dr. Ilesanmi ("Ade") Adesida, Dean of Engineering, University of Illinois
Dr. Rick Miller, President and Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, Dean of Engineering,
North Carolina State University
Moira speaks with a panel of nationally-recognized engineering deans and professors, eliciting Big Ideas to meet the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
CRAIG WHEELER
CEO, Momenta Pharmaceuticals
... Biologics and the new Biosimilars Bill in Congress
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the problematic future of science journalists?
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Show Originating on
April 7, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... a Personalized Medicine Project
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Show Originating on
March 31, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOE DIRISI
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
UCSF, the University of California at San Francisco
... the Virus chip how it works for man and animals and even for any viruses, no matter what the source
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Show Originating on
March 25, 2009
SCOTT THOMPSON
President, PayPal
Moira speaks with SCOTT THOMPSON, the President of PayPal. He tells us what it takes to make PayPal global ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOE MILETICH
Senior Vice President, R&D, Amgen
... how new DNA technologies are changing on-going scientific studies
CARLOS RIVA
CEO, Verenium Corporation
... ethanol moves from small farms to full commercialization
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the future of man-machine melding
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Show Originating on
March 18, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
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March 11, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. CLIFF REID
Chairman, President & CEO, Complete Genomics
Show Originating on
March 2, 2009
MARIO LIVIO
Senior Astrophysicist, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute
Author, Is God a Mathematician?
Moira speaks with Astrophysicist MARIO LIVIO, who asks and answers the question: Is God a Mathematician?
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... and on BioTech Nation:
JOHN HOLADAY
CEO, QRX Pharma, Sydney, Australia
... creating new applications for old blockbuster drugs
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the windfall for science in the new economic stimulus package
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February 24, 2009
PHIL ZIMMERMANN
Inventor, PGP Pretty Good Privacy
Fellow, Stanford Law Schools Center for Internet and Society
Creator, The Zfone Project
Moira speaks with PHIL ZIMMERMANN, the creator of PGP Pretty Good Privacy, the most-widely used email encryption software in the world. In his latest effort, the Zfone Project, Phil enables any two individuals to carry our a secure telephone call over the Internet. The software is available for download at The Zfone Project
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... and on BioTech Nation:
ROHIT SHUKLA
CEO, The LARTA Institute
... how some governments are helping struggling biotech start-ups
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... why some science stories get covered, while others do not
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Show Originating on
February 17, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
& on a Special Edition of "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... On the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his seminal scientific work: On the Origin of Species, David brings a surprise guest
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February 10, 2009
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
Director, The Hayden Planetarium
Author, The Pluto Files
Moira speaks with Hayden Planetarium Director, NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON. He was the guy that took all the flack for downgrading Pluto from a planet to a dwarf.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. ANDREW HOPKINS
Professor of Translational Biology and Medicinal Informatics
University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
... a new approach to treating neglected tropical diseases
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... a surprise FDA approval to test a biotech vaccine
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February 3, 2009
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. ALAN SOLINGER
VP for Clinical Immunology, Xoma Corporation
... a new approach to treating Type II diabetes
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... whats budgeted for science in the new economic stimulus package
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January 27, 2009
KEN BRILL
Executive Director, Uptime Institute
Moira speaks with KEN BRILL about a paradox of modern life we traded in our big gas-guzzling automobiles, but surfin the Internet has a surprise energy downside ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DAVID YOUNG
General Manager, FermiScan
... breast cancer detection from a snip of your hair
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Discount DNA???
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January 20, 2009
ZACHARY SHORE
Author, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions
Moira speaks with ZACHARY SHORE about blunders looking back through history and gleaning insights on life in the present. The techno-snafus start with no other than Thomas Alva Edison.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
JIM GREENWOOD
President, BIO the Biotechnology Industry Organization
... the state of biotech today and what we can expect from the new Obama administration
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January 13, 2009
DARREL RHEA
CEO, Cheskin Added Value
Moira speaks with DARREL RHEA, the CEO of Cheskin Added Value. He tells us that even in an economic meltdown, we need to study the marketplace.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DON ELMER
CEO, Koronis Pharmaceuticals
... a new approach to fighting HIV
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David rings in the New Year with his "state of biotech"
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January 6, 2009
VAN JONES
Author, The Green Collar Economy
Moira speaks with VAN JONES about what it takes to build a green collar economy. Remember that 10 pounds each of us Americans put on over the last decade? Well, hes computed what its costing us in terms of gas in our cars and fuel in our jets ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
Dr. Carolee Barlow
CEO, Braincells Inc.
... a new discovery about anti-depressants
Dr. Paul Rubin
CEO, Resolvyx
... the science of fish oil
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David rings in the New Year with his "state of biotech"
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Show Originating on
December 30, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... a cautionary new report from the FDA: The FDA - Science and Mission at Risk
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December 23, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. BEN COCKS
Research Director for Animal Genetics and Genomics
The Victorian Government in Australia
... its all about biotech and wallabees
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... news which may take the controversy out of stem cell research.
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December 16, 2008
BOB DROGIN
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Los Angeles Times
Author, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man who caused
a War
In this archive edition, Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize
winning journalist BOB DROGIN about the person and the sham perpetrated by
the source, presciently code-named "Curveball.". The result? The
idea that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR J. CRAIG VENTER
Genetic Scientist
Author, A Life Decoded
David Ewing Duncan and Moira team-interview J. Craig Venter, the man who changed the race to decode the human genome.
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December 9, 2008
JESSE SCHELL
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Entertainment Technology Center
Founder, Schell Games
Author, The Art of Game Design
Moira speaks with JESSE SCHELL, the Carnegie Mellon professor who teaches video game design in his graduate program.
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MARIA GIUDICE
CEO and Founder, Hot Studio
Moira speaks with MARIA GIUDICE, the CEO and Founder of Hot Studio, about the new designs emerging on the World Wide Web.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
JOE PANETTA
President & CEO, BIOCOM
The Southern California Life Sciences Association
... attracting venture capital to new regions
RANDY WOODS
President & CEO, Sequel Pharmaceuticals
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December 2, 2008
DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN
Researcher, Pediatrician, Child Psychiatrist and Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Moira speaks with DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN, the pediatrician who witnessed lead poisoning in children in the poorest families in Pittsburgh and decided to do something about it.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
WAYNE PISANO
President & CEO, Sanofi Pasteur
... the worlds largest producer of flu vaccines
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... two studies around statins -- possibly in conflict
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November 25, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
BOB WALSH
President, LS9
... Bio-Diesel from many crops
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... blood tests which are better, faster and cheaper
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November 18, 2008
MICHAEL CRICHTON
The Late Novelist of such books as "Jurassic Park" and "The A,dromeda Strain", and Creator of the Television Series, "ER"
Author, Prey
Moira speaks with the late Michael Crichton in a 2003 interview about what its like to include science in your novel and the critics dont believe you.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. GREG MITCHELL
Research Biologist
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
... why algae is the new favorite source for bio-fuel
DR. BILL TURNELL
Chief Scientific Officer, MediVas
... a new approach to chemotherapy
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... a woman with acute myelogenous leukemia - she donated her cells to science, and became a cancer study all by herself
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November 11, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. SCOTT JENKINS
Area Vice President for Solutions
Dell Healthcare Life Sciences
... automating those old laboratory notebooks
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... talks about a bailout - this time for science and tech
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November 4, 2008
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DR. LYLE ARMSTRONG
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Stem Cell Biology
Newcastle University
... using stem cells from cows, when human stem cells just arent available
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... what we absorb each time we fly an airplane
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Show Originating on
October 28, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. Joe DiRisi
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
UCSF, the University of California at San Francisco
Heinz Award Winner, 2008
... the Virus Chip
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... fills us in on how biotech fared in through this economic meltdown
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October 21, 2008
DR ROBERT LAUGHLIN
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Director of the Office of History and Museum
Stanford Professor
Author, The Crime of Reason ... and the Closing of the Scientific Mind
Moira speaks with Nobel Laureate ROBERT LAUGHLIN about the value of the information were getting for free on the Internet, and for scientists, what plain and simple is not out there for any price.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR PATRICK GRUBER
CEO, Gevo
... the inventor of plastic from corn, brings us biofuel
DR BILL GERWICK
Professor of Oceanography and Pharmaceutical Science
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
And his graduate student CAMERON COATES
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October 14, 2008
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TJERK DE RUITER
CEO, Genecor
... a trade-up kit for Iowa farmers to cellulosic ethanol
THOMAS VIDEBAEK
Executive Vice President of the Business Unit in BioBusiness
Novozymes
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October 7, 2008
STEPHEN BAKER
Senior Journalist, Business Week
Author, The Numerati
Moira speaks with journalist STEPHEN BAKER after his discovery of the people who delve through all this digital information, what they do with it and how it impacts our lives
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LORI ANDREWS
Director, Institute for Science, Law and Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Author of the novel, Immunity
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September 30, 2008
DR. FRANK WILCZEK
Nobel Laureate, Physics
Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT
Author, The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces
Moira speaks with Nobel Laureate FRANK WILCZEK about the science coming out of the new Large Halon Collider in Switzerland - these scientists are taking dead aim at his more recent theories
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DR. CHRISTIAN WEYER
VP for Clinical Research
Amlyn Pharmaceuticals
... Diabetes treatment and weight loss in the same pharmaceuticals
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... ... a little bit of DNA can go a long way
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September 23, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
MARI BAKER
President & CEO,
Navigenics
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September 16, 2008
BRIAN GREENE
Astrophysicist & Mathematician
Author, Icarus at the Edge of Time
Moira speaks with Astrophysicist BRIAN GREENE about the idea that we can learn complex science ... and not even know it
...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
A special on Multiple Sclerosis ...
DR. DEBORAH EPPSTEIN
CEO,
Q Therapeutics
... replacing protective cells
KEVIN GIESE
President & CEO,
BIOMS Medical
... on a Canadian therapy soon reaching the market
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... ... do we want our drugs fast? Or safe?
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September 9, 2008
JEFF HOWE
Editor, WIRED Magazine
Author, Crowdsourcing
Moira speaks with WIRED editor JEFF HOWE about crowdsourcing the idea that you can put your needs out on the Internet, and others will respond
...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. PATRICK CASEY
Faculty, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
Founder and Clinician Scientist
Therapy Cell Limited
... growing new tendons from your own cells
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... ... the lack-of-commitment genes -- in men (go figure)
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September 2, 2008
GREG BEAR
Hugo and Nebula Award Winner
Author, The City at the End of Time
Moira speaks with GREG BEAR about how human civilization might play out in the distant future
...
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... biotechnology and the farm bill
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... ... the status of four drugs all aimed at Alzheimer's
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August 26, 2008
MICHAEL MEYER
Journalist & Author, The Last Days of Old Beijing
Moira speaks with MICHAEL MEYER about the impact of the Olympics on the old parts of the City of Beijing
...
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KRIS KIMMEL
Founder, The idea Festival
Moira speaks with Kris Kimmel about the Idea Festival taking place September 24-27, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky.
...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. ALAN SACHS
VP for RNA Therapeutics,
Merck Pharmaceuticals
... no, not DNA! ... he's working on RNA !!!
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... ... Can we tell the age of those tiny Chinese gymnasts?
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August 19, 2008
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. DAVID LACEY
Senior Vice President for Research, Amgen
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August 12, 2008
PAUL EHRLICH
Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University
Author, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment
Moira speaks with PAUL EHRLICH, famous for his book The Population Bomb published some 40 years ago. Now he looks at evolution and the environment.
...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
IAN BODDY
General Manager, Commercial, AgResearch Limited
Hamilton, New Zealand
... biotechnology to lessen the impact of cattle on the environment
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... how big Pharma may be going on a shopping spree, looking to buy up biotech companies ...
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August 5, 2008
JIM O'TOOLE
Professor of Business Ethics,
University of Denver
Author, Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of
Candor
Moira speaks with business ethics
professor JIM O'TOOLE about organizational transparency - it may be the only
option in the age of the Internet ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. CAROL NACY
CEO, Sequella
... ... why
tuberculosis is on the rise in the US and an new early diagnostic for it
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David's annual BIO wrap-up, including how Arnold Schwarzenegger and his
father-in-law Sargent Shriver, the founder of the Peace Corps, figure into
biotech ...
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July 29, 2008
ORI & ROM BRAFMAN
Author, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
Moira speaks with Brothers ORI &
ROM BRAFMAN about why we make irrational decisions ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR.
ALAN LEWIS
President & CEO, Novocell
... another new
approach to treating diabetes
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
...
David somehow relates the steam engine to biotech ...
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July 22, 2008
DR. PAUL SWAIN
Professor, Imperial College, London
Inventor, the tiny pill with a
camera inside
Moira speaks with the fellow who
invented that tiny little capsule with the camera in it, which would swallow
and it takes pictures all the way. That would be Imperial College professor
DR. PAUL SWAIN, the person who swallowed the very first one. ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOSH BOGER
President & CEO, Vertex
Pharmaceuticals
... Hepatitis C.
He's cautious, but he talking 'cure'
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
...
David's testimony in Washington on direct-to-consumer DNA testing ...
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July 15, 2008
DR. MARCO IACABONI
Professor, UCLA
Author, Mirroring People: The New Science of How We
Connect with Others
Moira speaks with UCLA's DR. MARCO IACABONI
about how we Mirror people thats how we empathize with others. ...
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PAUL GOLDSTEIN
Lillick Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
Author, A Patent Lie
Moira speaks with Stanford professor
PAUL GOLDSTEIN fills us in on his latest legal thriller A Patent Lie ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. COLIN GARNER
CEO, Xceleron
... on a new
technology which could reduce the need for animal testing
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July 8, 2008
WILLIAM GIBSON
Award-winning science fiction author
Author, Spook Country
Moira speaks with Popular writer
WILLIAM GIBSON, perhaps best known for coining the word cyberspace. He takes
us on a GPS-based tour of cyber-art around the world ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. LEE GOLDSTEIN
Boston University School of Medicine
... on an
inadvertent discovery that just may lead to the worlds first Alzheimer
diagnostic
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July 1, 2008
CARL ZIMMER
Author, Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Moira speaks with award-winning
science writer CARL ZIMMER. Whats the E in E. coli? Youll know soon. ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
BIO president Jim Greenwood
and BIO chair Josh Boger
... Our annual BIO conference wrap-up
Dr. Paul Tan
CEO, Living Cell Technologies
...
on feral pigs left some 200 years ago by whalers on subantarctic islands ...
and now useful in treating diabetes
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June 24, 2008
SANDRA BLAKESLEE
New York Times contributor
Author, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
Moira speaks with SANDRA BLAKESLEE
about how neuroscience is revealing how our brains map out everything from
phantom limbs to anorexia to even virtual reality ...
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HENRY PETROSKI
Professor, Civil Engineering and
History
Duke University
Author, The Toothpick
Moira speaks with HENRY PETROSKI
about that simple and almost invisible technology the toothpick ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us news about fear and anxiety in our brains ...
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June 17, 2008
MARYANNE WOLF
Director, Reading and Language
Research Center
Tufts University
Author, Proust and the Squid
Moira speaks with MARYANNE WOLF on
how human brains have adapted since we invented writing and along with it
reading ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. NORMA NOWAK
Director of Science and Technology
The New York State Center of
Excellence
in BioInformatics and Life Sciences
...
On some interesting new discoveries which could some day replace
amniocentesis
"The
BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us what's in the news ...
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June 10, 2008
LEONARD MALTIN
Movie Critic and Historian
Author, Leonard Maltin's 2008 Movie Guide
Moira speaks with movie critic and
historian LEONARD MALTIN. They talk about technology, both in making movies
and affecting the content therein ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. ANTHONY SMITHYMAN
Managing Director, Special Phage
Services
...
On the resurgence of interest in phages
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June 3, 2008
RICK SMOLAN
Photographer and Editor
Author, America at Home: A Close-Up Look at How We Live
Moira speaks with RICK SMOLAN. He'll
tell us how hundreds of photographers spread out across America and recorded
how we actually live. Hell also give us the best tip ever about digital
cameras ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
Peter Lee
University of Auckland
...
On how computers and biology worked together to give King Kong a personality
"The
BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us all about Tells us about the neurotech industry
thats right technology for our brains ...
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May 27, 2008
STUART KAUFFMAN
MacArthur Fellow
Author, Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science,
Reason, and Religion
Moira speaks with MacArthur Fellow
STUART KAUFFMAN. He takes a New View of Science, Reason, and Religion ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us all about the funding of the Food and Drug
Administration. Do it need more funding? Or not? You make the call ...
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May 20, 2008
GERD LEONHARD
Music & Media Futurist
Author, Music 2.0
Moira speaks with Music Futurist
GERD LEONHARD. He shares a new view of what music is all about that means
changes for both the big music companies and the consumer ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
CHARLES BARBER
Lecturer, Yale School of Medicine
Author, Comfortably Numb How Psychiatry is Medicating a
Nation
... Moira speaks with CHARLES BARBER about the rise of prescription
medication for depression and the similar rise in television advertising.
"The
BioIssue of the Week"
with
science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us all about GINA not
the girl, but rather the act of Congress. ...
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to top.
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May 13, 2008
STEVE CONE
Silicon Valley entrepreneur
Author, Powerlines Words that sell brands, grip fans, and
Sometimes Change History
Moira speaks with Marketing exec STEVE
CONE, who takes on everything from those Mac-PC commercials to todays
Presidential candidates ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. ELAINE JOHNSON
Director, Bio-Link
...
Moira speaks with DR. ELAINE JOHNSON about the easiest way to a biotech
career. Dr. Johnson talk about the National Science Foundation-funded
Bio-Link and - whether you've got a PhD or are no degree at all - the
educational resources available at your local community college.
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May 6, 2008
TOM HAYES
Silicon Valley entrepreneur
Author, Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing
Business
Moira speaks with TOM HAYES. A
Silicon Valley veteran, he takes us beyond Web 2.0 all the way to Web 3.0 ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR IAN WILMUT
Leader of the team that cloned
Dolly the sheep
...
David Ewing Duncan and Moira speak with IAN WILMUT. Well fondly recall Dolly
the first cloned sheep as well as Frosty, the first calf born from a frozen
embryo. And well find out why its so darn hard to clone humans even if we
wanted to.
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April 29, 2008
DR GREG STOCK
President and CEO, Signum
Biosciences
DR JENNIE HUNTER-CEVERA
President, UMBI, the
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
DR. EMANUAL PETRICOIN
Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Theranostics
Health
DR. LANCE LIOTTA
Co-Founder and Vice President for R&D, Theranostics
Health
Moira and David Ewing Duncan host a panel of experts from the BIO IT 7th
Annual Conference on the state of Healthcare and Medical Technology 2028. The
subject? Changing Biotech. Not only how it is changing now, but also what
would these experts do to change biotech today, to make the world a better
place.
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April 22, 2008
Dr. Michio Kaku
Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical
Physics
City University of New York
Author, Physics of the Impossible ... A Scientific
Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time
Travel
Moira speaks with DR. MICHIO KAKU
about the science behind everything you ever watched on Star Trek ... or lack
thereof ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR LYN BEAZLEY
Chief Scientist, Western Australia
...
on how Australia is so very different from any other continent, and why
biotech is interested
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David links the contributions of Arthur C. Clarke and
biotech ...
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April 15, 2008
MARY ROACH
Journalist and Author, Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Moira speaks with MARY ROACH, who
has followed her popular books "Stiff" and "Spook" with
Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex....
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. HERB HAUPTMANN
1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
...
How a mathematician could win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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April 8, 2008
WAGNER JAMES AU
3D Virtual Journalist and Author, The Making of Second Life
Moira speaks with WAGNER JAMES AU,
who embedded himself as a journalist on the virtual 3-D world, Second Life
...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. DAVID SPENCER
Senior Vice President for R&D, Biolex Therapeutics
...
about a new approach to Hepatitis C
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David looks at the proposed Neurotechnology Initiative in
Congress ...
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April 1, 2008
STEVEN LEVY
Technology Editor Newsweek
Editor, The Best of Technology Writing 2007
Moira speaks with Newsweek
Technology Editor STEVEN LEVY about the best technology writing of 2007, and how
to submit your own for 2008
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SCOTT SIGLER
Author, Infected
Moira speaks with SCOTT SIGLER talks
about his bioterror thriller "Infected". While it's based on the
premise of a biological weapon on the loose, he's actually a modern day
Charles Dickens
.
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR JIM HENGST
President, ZeptoMetrix
...
about how scientists get everything from anthrax to HIV to SARS for their
research
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David looks at treatments grown from our own DNA ...
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March 25, 2008
FRED KRUPP, President
MIRIAM HORN, Senior Staff
The Environmental Defense Fund
Co-Authors, Earth: The Sequel ... The Race to Reinvent Energy
and Stop Global Warming
Moira speaks with EDF's FRED KRUPP
and MIRIAM HORN. They’ve scoured the globe for new alternative energy
technologies and the reality of their economics.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. DEVRA DAVIS
Director, Center for Environmental Oncology,
The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
and Prevent Cancer Now
Author, The Secret History of the War on Cancer
Moira speaks with DR. DEVRA DAVIS
about the environment, cancer and a future plan for success
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March 18, 2008
CLAY SHIRKY
Interactive Telecommunications
Program, NYU
Author, Here Comes Everybody ... The Power of Organizing
Without Organizations
Moira speaks with CLAY SHIRKY about
the relationship between social networks and technical networks. Now with texting,
and digital photos and cell phones, everything from politics to socializing
will never be the same
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... and on BioTech Nation:
KAREN BOEZI
Co-Founder & Partner , Thomas, McNerny & Partners
...on
Venture Capital and neurotech
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David talks about next-generation DNA technology ...
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March 11, 2008
LONNY SHAVELSON
Author, Under the Dragon: California's New Culture
JAMES LEBRECHT
President, Berkeley Sound
Artists
Moira speaks with LONNY SHAVELSON
and JAMES LEBRECHT about California’s New Culture - the melding and emergence
of the ethnic experience. It is both a book and a photo/sound exhibition at
the Oakland Museum, in Oakland, California through April 6, 2008.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. LALIT CHORDIA
Founder & President , Thar Technologies
...
it's organiz biodiesel. We’ll make biodiesel and eat the byproducts ... or at
least talk about doing it.
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David talks about celebrate the anniversary of PCR – Polymerase
Chain Reaction, the basis for our DNA technology ...
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March 4, 2008
TERRY COLLINS
Lord Professor of Green Oxidation
Chemistry
Carnegie-Mellon University
Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon's
TERRY COLLINS about an innovative technique for taking minute traces of
material out of our drinking water - the reason? Removing those nasty
endocrine disruptors
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LUIS VON AHN
Professor of Computer Science
Carnegie-Mellon University
Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon
Computer Scientist LUIS VON AHN about Captcha's, those squiggly images you
are presented with on the Internet and asked to decode the letters
... and on BioTech Nation:
DAVE MARTIN
{resident & CEO , AVID BIOTICS
...
a new approach to fighting virulent staph infections
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February 26, 2008
JIM FOWLER
Co-Founder & CEO, Jigsaw
Moira speaks with Jigsaw's JIM FOWLER.
Their members have built an online global directory with millions of business
contacts ... all on a volunteer basis
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DAN WELCH
President & COO, Intermune
...
from lung diseases to osteoporosis to Hepatitus C and beyond
Intermune is one of over a thousand
San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a
copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge
on the web at BayBIO.org
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David reports on DNA and the Chickenasaurus ...
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February 19, 2008
CHARLES HANDY
Management Theory Pioneer
Author, Myself and Other More Important Matters
Moira speaks with CHARLES HANDY,
long known for his management insights. They’ll talk about what motivates people
in business in the modern tech world
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... and on BioTech Nation:
ROBERT BLUM
President & COO, Cytokinetics
...
about their eye on the patent clock and other biotech entrepeurial concerns
Cytokinetics is one of over a thousand
San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a
copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge
on the web at BayBIO.org
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about a new effort to collect lots of human
DNA ...
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February 12, 2008
SIR EDMUND HILLARY
Mountaineer
With Tensing Norgay, first to climb
Everest
Moira speaks with SIR EDMUND
HILLARY. Honoring his recent passing, this 1993 Tech Nation interview talks
about his climb and the technology of mountaineering.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
KIM POPOVITS
President & COO, Genomic Health
...
about a DNA-based breast cancer diagnostic
Genomic Health is one of over a
thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health.
Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent
free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about mercury in fish ...
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February 5, 2008
DR. NEIL SHUBIN
Evolutionary Anatomist
Author, Your Inner Fish ... A Journey into the 3.5 Billion
Year History of the Human Body
Moira speaks with DR NEIL SHUBIN
about a strange critter that is 365 million years old ... give or take 10
million years
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... and on BioTech Nation:
MATT GARDNER
President & CEO, BayBIO
...
about the 2008 update to their Annual Biotech Report.
Download a copy or ask for one to
be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about neuroeconomics ...
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January 29, 2008
DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS
2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Founder, Grameen Bank
Author, Creating a World Without Poverty
Moira speaks with 2006 Nobel Peace
Prize recipient DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS. They talk about his vision for utilizing
information technology to alleviate poverty and literally change the world
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... and on BioTech Nation:
"The BioIssue of the
Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about a cautionary new report from the FDA:
"The FDA - Science and Mission at Risk" ...
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January 22, 2008
STEVEN PINKER
Professor, Harvard University
Author, The Stuff of Thought
Moira speaks with Harvard professor
STEVEN PINKER. He tells us how words relate to thinking - and also, how they
don’t
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. PERE-JOAN CARDONA
Scientific Director, Archivel Farma
...
about a new treatment for tuberculosis - important as over 2 and a half
billion people are infected
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David tells us about the JP Morgan conference - a biotech
beauty contest, where the best looking deals get funded ...
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January 15, 2008
JOHN KAO
Former Professor, Harvard Business
School
Author, Innovation Nation ... How America is Losing Its
Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do To Get It Back
Moira speaks with former Harvard
Business School professor JOHN KAO believes we’re losing our innovative edge
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DON DEBATHIZY
President & CEO, Targacept
...
on how we can design molecules which can directly affect our brains
& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
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