TechNation Radio Podcast

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Technology journalist PETER NOWAK, the author of “Humans 3.0 … the Upgrading of the Species”.Today on BioTech Nation, we speak with NEIL WARMA, the President and CEO of OPEXA THERAPEUTICS, about their work in precision medicine – taking your own blood and neutralizing rogue T-cells. Their first target: secondary progressive Multiple SclerosisThen on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, we discuss the surprising discoveries made by the New York State Attorney’s Office when they ran DNA tests on herbal supplements.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. ERIC TOPOL, the author of “The Patient Will See You Now - The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands.” Then on Biotech Nation, RICHARD BINIER, CEO of VIGILANT, a Consumer Electronics Show 2015 Innovation award winner, tells us about their new technology for insulin-dependent diabetics. And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, the promise of wearable technologies

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Johns Hopkins professor DR. DAVID LINDEN about “Touch … The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind.” It's far more complex than one would expect.Then on BioTech Nation, ANTHONY RAESIDE, the Head of Research at THE EVALUATE GROUP in London. He’ll give us a global perspective of the pharmaceutical industry and the outlook through 2020. On BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it’s President Obama’s announcement about a precision medicine initiative.

On this week's Tech Nation Dr. Moira Gunn delves into the meaning of safety statistics from the Institute of Highway Safety on FIVE MINUTES.Then we hear some surprising recommendations for the UK’s national health service when Moira speaks with SIR ANDREW DILLON, the CEO of NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.On Biotech Nation, DR. DAVID BORKHOLDER, Founder and CTO of Blackbox Biometrics and Associate Professor of Microsystems Engineering at ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, tells us about impact technology created for soldiers in Afghanistan experiencing IEDs that is now transitioning to help with everyday concussive events in sports.Then we speak with DR SIMON CHERRY, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, UC DAVIS, who is working on a whole body scanner to detect and qualify cancer in a single sweep.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Tech Nation broadcasts from the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 about global economics and trends in the consumer electronics industry as well as what’s new? … and why it’s cool!We speak with SHAWN DUBRAVAC, Chief Economist and Director of Research, Consumer Electronics Association, and author of DIGITAL DESTINY: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and CommunicateWe also speak with Steve Koenig, Director of Industry AnalysisConsumer Electronics Association, and Jim Barry, JIM BARRY, Media Spokesperson, Consumer Electronics AssociationFinally talk to MARK DEVINE, Senior Vice President of Jarden Safety and Security, “FirstAlert” and the OneLink family of products about leveraging the digital revolution to keep you and your family safe.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ANTONY TAUBMAN, the director of the Intellectual Property Division at the WTOin the second installment of Tech Nation’s two-part series from the World Trade Organization in Geneva.Then on BioTech Nation, it’s Dr. BERNARD PERCOUL, the Director of DNDi, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. We’ll hear about the astonishing challenge and DNDi’s innovative approach.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks withKEITH ROCKWELL with the World Trade Organization about the WTO’s latest successes and challenges.Then on BioTech Nation, it’s all about bacteria with two co-founders of AvidBiotics - DR. DAVID MARTIN, its CEO and Chair, and DR. JEFF MILLER, who is als the president of the American Society for Microbiology.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Harvard Professor STEVEN PINKER about “The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century”Then on BioTech Nation, Life Science attorney GARETH WILLIAMS from MARKS & CLERK tells us about their 2014 Life Science report: Genome 2.0 – all about intellectual property worldwide. And on BioIssue of the Week, with DAVID EWING DUNCAN, he tells us that some of us are SUPERPEOPLE!

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SVANTE PAABO about decoding the DNA of Neanderthal Man – it came from the first Neanderthal bone ever found in the 1800sAnd ARIANNE HOYLAND, the game creator who made Dance Dance Revolution for school gym classes – in the fight against childhood obesity.The on BioTech Nation, it’s BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan. We’ll hear about his latest article for Newsweek– Hacking your DNA.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford professors BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO about their 7 years of research and "Scaling Up Excellence."Then on Biotech Nation, we talk about what can be done about fibroids and fibrotic diseases –if you're ever have surgery, some 33% of re-admissions are caused by this condition.