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Future Tech Health Brings all the Latest News in the World of Medicine, Bioengineering, Keto, Stem Cell Technology and Much More.
With the Latest Research and new procedures to help prevent, diagnose, and cure diseases as well as developing new techniques and medicines that can Reduce symptoms or treat ailments. Future Tech Health is the Hub for All of You Out There that aim to Live a Better and Healthy Lifestyle.

Future Tech Health RICHARD JACOBS

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Future Tech Health Brings all the Latest News in the World of Medicine, Bioengineering, Keto, Stem Cell Technology and Much More.
With the Latest Research and new procedures to help prevent, diagnose, and cure diseases as well as developing new techniques and medicines that can Reduce symptoms or treat ailments. Future Tech Health is the Hub for All of You Out There that aim to Live a Better and Healthy Lifestyle.

    Pathogens, Biofilms, and Metabolites: Dr. Laura Sanchez Explains What Mass Spectrometry May Reveal

    Pathogens, Biofilms, and Metabolites: Dr. Laura Sanchez Explains What Mass Spectrometry May Reveal

    Scientists are using advanced technologies to better understand bacterial disease in humans. Dr. Sanchez, in particular,m approaches this from a chemist's perspective.
    She explains to listeners:
    How exactly a biofilm behaves in the context of human disease.Why eradicating the biofilm doesn't solve the problem.Why even cheese rind biofilms tell an interesting story about biofilm ecology.Dr. Laura Sanchez is an Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy with a courtesy appointment in Chemistry at The University of Illinois at Chicago. The Sanchez Lab studies how pathogens, cells, and microbes interact from a chemical perspective. Understanding this may help researchers better intercept pathogens early on and lead to disease detection such as ovarian cancer diagnosis at a stage when treatment yields more successful results.
    The lab uses specialized mass spectrometry technology to interpret biofilm activity such that they gain a better understanding of its various stages and how to take advantage of any vulnerability. The interdisciplinary nature of this means they have contributors from many top-tier research facilities.
    As they study how to better inhibit pathogens from potentially dangerous areas such as hospital settings and medical equipment, they've discovered a key behavior: they've found that trying to eradicate a biofilm simply turns up the virulent factor in the pathogen. When they studied diseased moths, they found that dispersing the biofilm only increased the virulence, killing the moths more quickly.
    They can use the technology to study more than bacterial disease in humans: Cheese rinds actually present a fascinating ecology, from the types of biofilms the same types of cheeses grow to a connection between what grows in the ocean and what salt brines do for cheese.
    For more, see Dr. Sanchez's lab page at https://www.sanchezlab.science/

    • 37 min
    On the Function and Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles—Scott Bonner—Oxford University

    On the Function and Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles—Scott Bonner—Oxford University

    Scott Bonner is a PhD student at Oxford University whose research is centered on extracellular vesicles (EVs). On today’s episode, he explores the following:
    ·         How research on vesicle heterogeneity might elucidate how differences between vesicle phenotypes result in different and potentially therapeutic functionality
    ·         How many EVs one cell can produce, and why it is challenging but becoming increasingly feasible to examine singular vesicle phenotypes
    ·         What role EVs play in cell communication and what other types of cell-to-cell communication exist
    There is a diverse array of possibilities that surround the use of extracellular vesicles, including the potential to affect and provide therapy for everything from broken bones to cancer, and the ability to safely deliver drugs to specific sites with higher efficacy than a drug alone can achieve.
    Scott Bonner discusses how his experience as a research assistant for Evox Therapeutics (which has since become the leading name in exosomal and EV-based therapeutics) led him to dive deeper into the study of EVs as a PhD student at Oxford.
    He expounds on a number of interesting topics, including EV biogenesis, the three main classifications of EVs (microvesicles, apoptotic bodies, and exosomes), the possible forms of EV uptake by different cells, the most common methods of EV purification, and how his research aims to develop an in-depth characterization of the genome and all proteins of EVs in order to determine whether certain subgroups of EVs might fulfill specific, important therapeutic functions.
    Interested in learning more? Tune in and feel free to email him at scott.bonner@wolfson.ox.ac.uk.

    • 39 min
    Eye Microbiomes: Dr. St. Leger Reveals Exciting New Research

    Eye Microbiomes: Dr. St. Leger Reveals Exciting New Research

    Intestinal microbiomes are a common subject in the medical community, but a recent discovery has found a reason to focus on eye microbiome and disease. They’ve proven the presence of beneficial ocular bacteria. Dr. St. Leger explains:

    Why it is only under the eyelid that home for bacteria is suitable.How tears keep most bacteria away yet coexist with beneficial bacteria.Near-term research that might lead to drugs that use bacteria for eye microbiome and disease treatment.
    Anthony St. Leger is an assistant professor of Ophthalmology and Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He began this ocular study after working on a diseased eye of a mouse in which they found beneficial bacteria, a type that seemed to function like our gut microbiome: these bacteria seemed to moderate the vulnerability to infectious disease and work toward the host’s immunity. Dr. St. Leger’s lab then began to fully research these resident bacteria and their potential to inhibit viral infections among other actions.
    Dr. St. Leger discusses the entire eye landscape, explaining why the bacteria is only under the eyelid. Blinking, tear composition, and lubrication are all part of how the eye functions in relation to this microbiome. While the initial findings and studies were on mice, they were able to confirm similar conditions for human eyes and therefore extend the findings. The one bacterium they’ve identified, genus Corynebacterium, is now being used in colonization studies to further understand this complicated connection between eye microbiome and disease. 
    In addition, the lab is examining the role of nerves and eye disease. The cornea is the most innervated or densely packed tissue in the body and when it experiences disease, the nerves retract, creating problems for the eye. The lab hopes to better understand the role of these nerves in disease development in hopes of better prevention therapy.
    For more information and links to Dr. St. Leger’s papers, see his lab’s web page at http://ophthalmology.pitt.edu/people/anthony-st-leger-phd

    • 25 min
    Investing in and Commercializing Technologies for Clean Energy and Sustainability—Stephan Ouaknine—Inerjys

    Investing in and Commercializing Technologies for Clean Energy and Sustainability—Stephan Ouaknine—Inerjys

    Inerjys is a private equity fund that aims to invest in and commercialize innovative companies in the clean energy and environmental health sector.
    Founder and managing partner, Stephan Ouaknine, explains the following:
    What types of major and microtrends are emerging in clean energy and sustainabilityWhy it is essential for products to be commercialized in order to successfully have an impact on climate changeWhat kinds of exciting new technologies are being pursued and how they would slow climate change by encouraging the cooling of EarthToo many companies create great technologies that never have an actual impact in the market or the sector they’re meant to improve. Why is this? Ouaknine explains that it’s because of the need to commercialize, which requires early adopters to take a big cash risk before a product has even proven itself in the market.
    This has become a significant impediment to the success of technologies designed as climate change solutions. The team at Inerjys realizes this, which is why they not only fund companies that are developing promising technologies, but also ensure that those technologies become commercialized.
    Ouaknine joins the podcast to discuss the details of a number of exciting new technologies being pursued, such as hydropower turbines under the surface of the ocean, agricultural technologies that can replace desert with greenery using 60% less water, carbon capture and conversion, and vertical farming.
    Press play for the full conversation and learn more at https://www.inerjys.com/.

    • 26 min
    Connect with Children Rather Than Correct: Journalist Katherine Lewis Explains the Difference

    Connect with Children Rather Than Correct: Journalist Katherine Lewis Explains the Difference

    This discussion targets essential elements of childhood emotional development according to journalist Katherine Lewis' findings. Using her book as a springboard, she explains:

    How a careful research process that included expert discussions, scholarly work, and observational studies lead to key ideas.How children's behavior has changed over the last few decades.What are the specific conversations we can have and actions we can take with children to offer emotional skill development?
    Journalist Katherine Lewis started to write about children's behavior then and now after observing her own journey with her children. She had been reporting on business and policy as a journalist but began covering these parenting issues more and more often. Because these articles became popular, she knew she'd hit a nerve and pursued the subject more thoroughly. After this next level of work, she published The Good News about Bad Behavior. 
    In her book, she entails the lack of emotional self-regulation and impulse control many children face compared to the past and this difference between children's behavior then and now. Because today's youth struggle more with emotional management, we find higher instances of anxiety, addiction, and suicide. She offers explanations but also solutions.
    She establishes the importance of letting a child work through a meltdown unimpeded, for example, so they can negotiate those extreme emotions. Then in a calmer time, parents and child can work on problem-solving together. .Finally, she establishes essential principals to maintain for children to help in the journey forward.
    For more information, see her web site at https://www.katherinerlewis.com/

    • 26 min
    Marine Microorganisms, Ocean Chemistry, and Thermodynamics—Joseph Vallino—Marine Biological Laboratory

    Marine Microorganisms, Ocean Chemistry, and Thermodynamics—Joseph Vallino—Marine Biological Laboratory

    At the Marine Biological Laboratory, Senior Scientist Joseph Vallino is researching how microbes impact the chemistry of the ocean.
    He joins the podcast to discuss his work in the field of biogeochemistry, which includes questions like the following:
    What dictates the distribution of microbes and what types of metabolic activities they carry out in ocean waterHow the dissipation of energy gradients in nonliving systems works, and how this idea can be applied to biological systems to better understand how living organisms organizeHow the theory of maximum entropy production relates to marine biology and microbial functionThere are thousands of different species of bacteria and phytoplankton in just one liter of ocean water, and billions of individual microbes. Since they all carry out different metabolic processes at different times and in different locations, it can be difficult to develop a holistic understanding of the complex chemistry that’s occurring in the ocean.
    In order to navigate this difficulty, Vallino is using the laws of thermodynamics and applying the function of nonliving systems to the function of biological systems. He explains his unique approach to this problem, shares the insight he’s learned so far, and touches on a range of other interesting topics, including areas of active research in the field such as energy utilization science and microbial energy research.
    Learn more at https://www.mbl.edu/ecosystems/vallino/.

    • 41 min

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