Gerard Honig – Symbiotic Health & Research Manager Of Chron's And Colitis Foundation – Using Microbiome Science To Solve Health Issues

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The study of microbiomes is one of the hottest areas in science today. Gerard Honig is a man who wears many hats in this arena, heading a variety of projects related to the field. Hoing founded Symbiotic Health in 2013 which focuses on novel drug delivery solutions as its applied to microbiome therapeutics to solve public health issues. He also is Research Manager at the Chron's and Colitis Foundation, where they manage a broad array of different projects related to the microbiome.
Join us for an intriguing discussion, as Hoing talks about the challenges and advancements in the field of microbiome science. In this interview he delves into his work on improving the digestive system's health via the delivery of microbiome-derived proteins; the proteins that target specific pathogenic bacteria within the gut to combat clostridium difficile colitis.
Additionally, Hoing talks about some of the scientific work that Symbiotic Health concentrates on related to the study of specific components of microbiota. Specifically they are focused on the results that can result in therapeutic effects, as well as the potential to apply the research to tackle other disorders of the gut such as inflammatory bowel disease.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Almost Here, Round the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs.
0:07.6	Future Technologies are always to transform our lives for better or worse or the focus of this podcast.
0:13.2	Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used.
0:17.8	We're just around the corner, from Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more.
0:27.2	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Future Tech podcast.
0:30.8	My guest is Gerard Honig of Symbiotic Health.
0:33.9	I was about to introduce him, but he will do a much better job of doing that than me.
0:37.8	So, Gerard, how are you doing?
0:39.6	I'm very well. How are you?
0:41.4	Good, yeah. Yeah, you've just a brief intro. Tell us how symbiotic came to be in your position
0:46.5	there and what you do. Sure. So Gerard Honig, it's a pleasure to be on the podcast.
0:52.5	Thank you so much for the invitation.
0:55.5	And I was asked to talk about the topic of the microbiome.
0:58.8	I actually have a number of roles where I interface with that field.
1:03.0	I am a research manager at an organization called the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, where
1:08.3	we manage a system managing a really broad array of different projects
1:14.4	and portfolio projects related to the microbiome.
1:17.5	I also am a founder and director of symbiotic health, which is a company focused on a novel
1:24.5	drug delivery solutions as applied to the microbiome and microbiome-derived therapeutics.
1:31.9	Okay, so at Symbiotic Health, you said it's a novel drug delivery solution.
1:36.4	Does that mean, you know, what's the mechanism?
1:39.0	Is it introducing certain bacteria into the gut that will help stop certain conditions?
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