BioChat, a Podcast by ABclonal Technology

BioChat #20: A Faithful Path to True Health Care

Hussein Musa, MD, channels his medical expertise, passion, and faith into a nonprofit venture that hopes to change the landscape of American health care. Dr. Musa and his colleagues and friends plan to transform the system into one that provides true health care to anyone who needs it, and avoid the pratfalls and challenges of the current medical insurance system that often allows too many to fall through the cracks. 

 

Dr. Musa is the founder of the Kingdom Health Care System, a 501(c) nonprofit organization that strives to bring free and affordable health care to all. You can learn more about their mission at kingdom-hcs.org.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

BioChat #19: The Magic of Antibody Engineering

The Chief Scientific Officer at Yurogen, Hao Cheng, PhD, joins BioChat to discuss the necessity of antibody engineering to produce safer and more effective research tools and therapeutics. Dr. Cheng gives insight into the many considerations and processes involved in taking an antibody from its raw form to an optimized reagent with altered binding dynamics and/or improved deliverability.

 

We also invite you to listen to Dr. Wu's discussion of the SMab platform here.

 

Yurogen is a subsidiary of ABclonal Technology, you can visit our website at Yurogen.com. To view the presentation of our antibody engineering platform, please fill out our form here.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

BioChat #18: Year One - By ABclonal Technology

Kin and Hannah look back at the year that was in 2023! BioChat launched with discussions ranging from breakthroughs in human disease research to navigating the bioscience space as current and future scientists alike carve out their place in their chosen fields. We invite everyone to use this winter break to check out our archives, and consider joining us in 2024 to talk about your own research and insights on biological curiosities! We will be back in January 2024 with a new year of BioChat, so stay tuned!

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

BioChat #17: Natural Remedies To Fight Disease - By ABclonal Technology

Kin invites friend and former laboratory mentor Max Chuu, PhD, to talk about his life's work with naturally occurring biochemicals and their effects in fighting cancer, diabetes, and other diseases including Alzheimer's. Learn more about how elements of honeycombs and green tea could have powerful antitumor effects, and how leveraging the efficacy of natural remedies could potentially mitigate health care costs.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

BioChat #16: In Tune With Nature - By ABclonal Technology

This time on BioChat, we invited Lisa Comento of the American Public Gardens Association to discuss her unique career journey into working with environmental and conservation groups. We talk about sustainability measures for food sources and lifestyles. We also detail the good that the American Public Gardens Association does to raise awareness for our shared green spaces, as well as education for folks to cultivate their own gardens for the benefit of everyone. 

 

Make sure you use your blue bin effectively on America Recycles Day and keep as much of our reusable resources out of the landfill as possible!

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

BioChat #15: Working Toward Improved Treatments For Alzheimer’s Disease

Kin invites Dr. Lei Liu, MD, PhD, from Harvard University to learn more about Alzheimer's Disease and the ongoing work to develop more effective treatments towards improved standards of living for the afflicted and perhaps and eventual cure. We discuss the pathology of Alzheimer's Disease, novel biomarkers, and new directions in Alzheimer's research, with plenty of insights from Dr. Liu.

November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month! You can learn more about how you can help from the Alzheimer's Association and donate what you can at ENDALZ.org. 

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including some updates on innovative Alzheimer treatment strategies, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

BioChat #14: Insights Into Publication and Peer Review - By ABclonal Technology

Kin talks to former classmate and friend Tim Fessenden, PhD, now a scientific editor at the Journal of Cell Biology, about the process behind distributing great science stories and discoveries. Tim speaks on the career choices that led to his current position, the duties of a scientific editor to ensure the claims of the authors are justified, and the review process, including the infamous Reviewer Number Two.

 

Tim has a great blog about choosing a postdoctoral fellowship opportunity, and was excited to share this article from JCB on an intriguing Drosophila developmental mechanism.

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

BioChat #13: Reviewing the 2023 Ig Nobel and Nobel Prizes - By ABclonal Technology

Kin and Hannah hang out to talk about the scientific award season, highlighted by the ignominious achievements of this year's Ig Nobel winners as well as the discoveries that have provided the greatest benefit to humanity for the slightly more prestigious Nobel Prizes. From a smart toilet to quantum dots, scientific achievement takes many forms but always advances our knowledge and has the potential to improve our quality of life!

 

Please feel free to visit us at www.abclonal.com, read our blog posts here, including an introduction to what we're hoping to accomplish with BioChat, and check out our Doctor Beaker page for fun activities! You can also find all the ways to subscribe to our podcast via our BioChat page, which includes Apple Podcasts and Spotify.