This Halloween season, ghosts and ghouls are something to worry about! Genetic engineering? Not so much. Similar to scary campfire stories, every once in a while, someone will share a terrifying tale about how genetic engineering caused an impossible reaction to someone they know and promise it…

Every three minutes in the United States, an allergic reaction to foods sends someone to the emergency room. Today, we explore what life is like when you must avoid certain foods. But we also learn that there is hope for an escape from the food prison. Researchers like Clemson University's Sachin…

In the wake of the Taliban taking over Afghanistan and U.S. forces, diplomats, and aid workers pulling out of the country, there are many yet unanswered questions about how exactly the country will approach women’s rights and public health policy as well as the COVID-19 pandemic and diseases like…

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, members of underrepresented and historically underserved communities have been disproportionately impacted by it, including members of the Hispanic and Latinx communities. While 18.5 percent of the U.S. population is Hispanic and Latinx, the community…

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month—a time to reflect on how many people are affected by Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and how much more needs to be done to fund research and put an end to it once and for all. However, for Teonna Woolford, every month is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. “As an…

They are not the household names, but the medications they are researching and developing could be the lifeline patients are waiting for. Today we explore how drug price controls—now making their way through Congress—could have unintended consequences for the small biotechs that are the engine of…

The U.S. transportation sector leads all other sectors in greenhouse gas emissions. September 22 is International Car Free day, a day when folks make a pledge to walk or use public transportation with the goal of bringing about clearer skies and less traffic for one day. But what if we didn’t need…

For more than a year now, COVID has been society’s focus—and rightly so. But today we turn our attention to another virus—HIV. After 40 years, there is still no cure or a vaccine for the disease. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Anthony Fauci and CEO of innovative company American Gene…

COVID-19 has caused major changes to work, travel, and learning. Whether changes to visa policies impacting foreign workers or foreign students’ ability to study in the United States, the pandemic continues to impact the biotechnology sector. Foreign workers’ jobs are unfilled Visa holders have…

August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) and it couldn’t come soon enough. COVID cases are rising nationwide, with the largest increases in states where full vaccination rates are below the U.S. average of 49.2%. However, equally important and troubling, there have been declining…