Episode 16-25 Jonas Salk and the Scourge of Polio




TechNation Radio Podcast show

Summary: On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with A BioTech Nation Special! DR CHARLOTTE JACOBS, the author of “Jonas Salk: A Life”. They re-visit 1950’s America under the threat of Polio – what did science know and what had it gotten wrong? Then on BioTech Nation, JAY LICHTER, Co-founder of Otonomy, tells us about his diagnosis of Menieres disease, and how, as a venture capitalist, he decided to start a company to find better treatment options on the spot.