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I AM BIO

Powerful stories of biotechnology breakthroughs, the people they help, and the global problems they solve.

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COVID-19’s True Origins

COVID-19’s True Origins

There's a joke among ecological health scientists that if “you don’t believe one person can change the world, try eating... Read more

23 Apr 2020

38mins

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An Alternative to Flying Dirty

An Alternative to Flying Dirty

While Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has kindled a global dialogue about the ravages of climate change and the ... Read more

24 Feb 2020

40mins

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Coronavirus Lung Treatment Could be Ready In Weeks

Coronavirus Lung Treatment Could be Ready In Weeks

Regeneron’s rheumatoid arthritis drug shows promise to treat coronavirus-related lung syndrome and stop the inflammation... Read more

23 Mar 2020

40mins

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COVID-19: We Were Warned

COVID-19: We Were Warned

For years, leaders on the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense told Congress and the White House that it wasn’t a matter ... Read more

20 Apr 2020

49mins

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COVID-19 Could Generate 1st Computerized Vaccine

COVID-19 Could Generate 1st Computerized Vaccine

Futuristic biotech Moderna is the first to clinically test a coronavirus vaccine, created in weeks using only the virus’... Read more

30 Mar 2020

59mins

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Sickle Cell Saviors

Sickle Cell Saviors

Need a dose of inspiration in a time of national tragedy? A remarkable biotech breakthrough from Global Blood Therapeuti... Read more

3 Apr 2020

1hr 2mins

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Trying our Patients

Trying our Patients

As genetic sequencing gives scientists new tools to hone in on medical mysteries, Washington politicians flirt dangerous... Read more

9 Mar 2020

35mins

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Going Viral

Going Viral

Vir Biotechnology CEO George Scangos is the scientist selected by his peers to lead the biotechnology industry’s efforts... Read more

17 Apr 2020

23mins

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Biotech’s Finest Hour

Biotech’s Finest Hour

As the world waits for biotechnology to deliver COVID-19 treatments and a vaccine, Ambassador Deborah Birx tells BIO’s s... Read more

13 Apr 2020

52mins

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The Antibody Test Shortage

The Antibody Test Shortage

Only antibody testing can tell us who has been infected and recovered from coronavirus and when it might be safe to retu... Read more

6 Apr 2020

26mins

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Vaccines are a Virtue

Vaccines are a Virtue

As biotech researchers work around the clock on a covid vaccine, ill-informed, anti-science anti-vaxxers must be denounc... Read more

27 Apr 2020

33mins

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Destroying COVID's Genome

Destroying COVID's Genome

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, which take its name from the center and brightest star in Orion’s Belt, is working on an RNAi t... Read more

30 Apr 2020

38mins

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Bats Don’t Have Passports

Bats Don’t Have Passports

Modernity is plowing new frontiers, bringing us closer to exotic wildlife rich in viruses that our immune systems have n... Read more

25 May 2020

33mins

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COVID X-FACTOR

COVID X-FACTOR

The diversity of our adaptive immune system is why people are reacting so differently to the novel coronavirus. No two p... Read more

18 May 2020

31mins

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Cancer in the COVID Era

Cancer in the COVID Era

Overcrowded hospitals during the pandemic can pose treatment challenges for patients with other serious illnesses. As Ki... Read more

15 May 2020

19mins

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Biotech's Finest Hour (Redux)

Biotech's Finest Hour (Redux)

As the world waits for biotechnology to deliver COVID-19 treatments and a vaccine, Ambassador Deborah Birx tells BIO’s s... Read more

11 May 2020

47mins

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“Herd” Immunity

“Herd” Immunity

Biotech companies are working feverishly to develop antibody therapies to provide short-term protection against COVID-19... Read more

7 May 2020

36mins

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COVID-19’s True Origins (Redux)

COVID-19’s True Origins (Redux)

There's a joke among ecological health scientists that if “you don’t believe one person can change the world, try eating... Read more

4 May 2020

38mins

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Superbuggin’

Superbuggin’

Incurable gonorrhea and the deadly hospital superbug C. diff offer a frightening window into the gathering public health... Read more

31 Jan 2020

27mins

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First Dose

First Dose

One day before 16-year-old Izzy Thorpe-Wall takes her first dose of Vertex’s stunning Cystic Fibrosis breakthrough, Thor... Read more

31 Jan 2020

42mins

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