Keeping up with the dietary theme in recent episodes, Chadi hosts Jerry Teixeira, a strength and conditioning expert. He begins with a personal anecdote on how changing his eating habits along with continued regular exercise was necessary to losing weight, divulges exactly what goes into his low-carb diet, shares how alcohol and dessert consumption factors into the diet, explains the benefits of training your muscles to reach temporary muscle failure, breaks down the correlation between strength training and life longevity, and gets into more specifics on his idea of a healthy, sustainable, efficient lifestyle.
Dr. Simrit Parmar, founder of Cellenkos, joins the show to discuss her journey from the lab to the biotech startup world, detailing the inspiration behind launching her company, the challenges of securing funding, and the resilience required to overcome rejections. She shares insights into Cellenkos’ lead product, its progress toward market approval, and the rigorous
Carol Rausch—a healthcare professional, cancer researcher, and former patient with lymphoma—shares how her journey from researcher to patient transformed her understanding of medical language. She discusses the impact of word choice on patients, why certain battle and war metaphors can be harmful, and how language used in clinical settings differs from what resonates with those
Drs. David Braun and Toni Choueiri join to discuss a groundbreaking Nature study on a personalized neoantigen vaccine for adjuvant renal cell carcinoma. They explore the inspiration behind the trial, how the vaccine was developed and administered, and its safety profile. The conversation also covers patient outcomes after 3-4 years, including immune responses and disease
