Expanding the genetic alphabet
Scripps Chemistry Professor Floyd Romesberg shares his enthusiasm for developing artificial DNA and its implications for novel protein therapeutics.
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What really happens when you mix medications?
Stanford big data techno-optimist and internist Russ Altman shows us how the power of machine learning in drug development is helping us understand adverse medication effects.
A temporary tattoo that brings hospital care to the home
UCSD sensor innovator Todd Coleman shares his quest to develop health monitoring tattoos that hold promise for revolutionizing health care monitoring and making medicine less invasive.
The Paradox of Incentive Insensitivity
Entrepreneur and theoretical neuroscientist Vivienne Ming describes how we can best harness and maximize our human potential, and the personal transformations that can take place once that potential …
A concert of melody and medicine
Cardiologist and singer-songwriter Suzie Brown gives a vulnerable, evocative performance that tugs at our heartstrings. She is accompanied by her husband, Scot Sax.
Insights from an athlete, advocate, and survivor
Cancer survivor and Olympic hopeful Seun Adebiyi astounds us with stories from his quest to conquer the impossible – and what he has learned about himself along the …
What if we could rewrite the human genome?
Berkeley biochemist and CRISPR expert Sam Sternberg shares the thrilling story of how basic science research in the immune responses of bacteria led to an incredible tool to …
Why doctors kill themselves
Founder of the ideal medical care movement Pamela Wible shares why, in order to heal patients, physicians must first heal their profession, and what can happen if they …
Stripping away the blinders of social sexual norms
Critically acclaimed author and sexuality investigator Daniel Bergner shakes the foundations of society’s core beliefs about female desire and the science of promiscuity.
Taking health into our own hands
23andMe cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki will share her experience and reflect on what she’s learned during her ongoing journey empowering consumers around the world with their genetic …