Incubation Time

On Episode 11 we discuss this frustrating past year of our PhDs, how we've coped, knowing it will get better but feeling like it might not and how to move forward. You can listen to The Dumbbells here, or anywhere you get podcasts: https://headgum.com/the-dumbbells Creed, The Room and Birdemic are available on Amazon.

On our tenth episode we discuss pharma bro Martin Shkreli's recent trial, white nationalists and their love of genetic testing, CRISPR and designer babies and of course, Taco Bell.

On episode nine, we discuss the value of the March for Science, a new NIH rule to limit the number of grants a single PI can hold and how to use pigs to help solve the global shortage of organs for transplants. Further information about the topics discussed can be found here: 1. March for Science and Activism https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/science/march-for-science-april-22.html?_r=0 http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/04/21/the-march-for-science 2. New NIH Rules http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/nih-impose-grant-cap-free-funds-more-investigators https://www.nature.com/news/nih-grant-limits-rile-biomedical-research-community-1.21949 3. Xenotransplantation and Pig products in biomedicine https://www.statnews.com/2017/04/06/crispr-pig-organs-transplant-luhan-yang/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/05/smithfield-pork-organ-transplants/524304/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603423/pig-human-organ-farming-doesnt-look-promising-yet/ The "bio-bag" paper is here: h

Our third episode focuses on scientific meetings and the outrage over increasing drug costs. Liz Fracica, an MD/MPH Student, with both academic and professional experience in the topic of drug pricing joins us to discuss this topic with us. Further information about the drug pricing system and other topics discussed can be found here: 1. Mylan/EpiPen and generic price increases and shortages https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/26/epipen-recipe-price-controversy/ http://www.vox.com/2016/8/23/12608316/epipen-price-mylan http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/08/30/the-consumer-rip-off-at-the-heart-of-the-epipen-scandal/#2a38a1402a87 http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/ezekiel-emanuel-cancer-patients.html 2. Policy Proposals http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/08/26/mad-about-epipen-here-are-some-ideas-to-actually-fix-americas-drug-pricing-mess/#45e8e04e6b71 http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/06/20/a-market-based-proposal-for-controlling-drug-prices/#4f18e66e2