What's New. Addressing Neglected Diseases. Episode 15

Cohen, Daniel J., (Daniel Jared), 1968- (Creator)
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.), Libraries (Creator)

Pollastri, Michael (Contributor)

English

April 24, 2018

Sound recording

Podcasts

Sound Recording

born digital

In the United States we are familiar with common illnesses like the cold and flu, but we only hear about many diseases from beyond our shores, like the Ebola virus, when a case unexpectedly appears here. How can we create drugs to cure these illnesses, which often affect the poorest countries first, when there is little economic incentive for drug companies to treat them? And what will happen when a disease like Ebola suddenly becomes common here too? In this episode, Mike Pollastri helps us understand how to address these neglected diseases in Episode 15. Pollastri is a Professor and Chair of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology department in the College of Science at Northeastern University. He is also the director of the Laboratory for Neglected Disease Drug Discovery.

English language captioning provided by Northeastern University Library staff.

What's New Podcast

Diseases
Drug development
Neglected disease discovery
Drugs -- Research
Ebola virus disease
Communicable diseases -- Transmission

In Copyright: This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the right-holder(s). (http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en)
Copyright restrictions may apply.