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Karl Herrup discusses the shortcomings of Alzheimer’s research
Season 9 Episode 178
Today we have Dr. Karl Herrup, a neurobiologist known for his investigations into the roles that DNA damage and noncoding genetic variants have in Alzheimer’s disease.
Joining Ken today to interview …
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Frank Butler talks about revolutionizing combat casualty care
Season 9 Episode 177
Today we have Dr. Frank Butler, a retired Navy Undersea Medical Officer and an ophthalmologist who served as a Navy SEAL platoon commander prior to attending medical school.
Just a few weeks after ou…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 176: JoAnn Manson discusses Women’s Health Initiative, menopause and her findings on hormone therapy
Season 8 Episode 176
Today our guest is Dr. JoAnn Manson, an endocrinologist, epidemiologist, and Principal Investigator of several research studies, including the landmark Women’s Health Initiative. She is a highly cite…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 175: Hans Van Dongen discusses how fatigue and sleep loss lead to cognitive deficits
Season 8 Episode 175
Today we have Dr. Hans Van Dongen, director of the Sleep and Performance Research Center at Washington State University in Spokane. Dr. Kevin Gluck, a senior research scientist at IHMC, joins Dr. Ken…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Episode 174: Rudy Tanzi talks about genetics, aging and the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s
Season 8 Episode 174
Today we have Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi, who is perhaps best known for co-discovering all three familial early-onset Alzheimer’s disease genes. In addition, Rudy’s lab was the first to use human stem cell…
Published on 1 year ago
Episode 173: Anurag Singh on urolithin-A’s ability to optimize mitochondrial efficiency
Season 8 Episode 173
Our guest today is Dr. Anurag Singh, the chief medical officer at Timeline Nutrition, a Swiss life-science company that focuses on ways to improve mitochondrial and cellular health. Anurag is particu…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 172: Kevin Tracey discusses neuro-immunology and the treatment of inflammatory diseases
Season 8 Episode 172
Few people know as much about inflammation and neuroscience as Dr. Kevin Tracey does.
In this episode of STEM-Talk, we learn much from Tracey, who was the first to identify the inflammatory reflex, a…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 171: Ken and Dawn on AI, Alzheimer’s, global security, keto vs low carb and more
Season 8 Episode 171
In today’s Ask Me Anything episode, Ken and Dawn answer a wide range of questions that cover:
A recent FDA approval of a neural implant device for people with degenerative neuromuscular disease or s…Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 170: Charles Serhan discusses the use of specialized pro-resolving mediators to resolve inflammation
Season 8 Episode 170
Today Dr. David LeMay steps in to co-host with Dr. Ken Ford for our interview with Dr. Charles Serhan. Charles is a Harvard professor best known for his discovery of specialized pro-resolving mediato…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 169: Dave Feldman talks about cholesterol and the ketogenic diet
Season 8 Episode 169
Dave Feldman is the founder of the Citizen Science Foundation and is known for his research into the ketogenic diet. Dave is a software engineer by training who embraced a ketogenic diet to avoid his…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago