Podcasts about tumor paint

Episode 4 opens with a view into John's life growing up in Spokane. He shares his experience with high school cliques, the role of music & how he ended up dating his cousin. Parenting can be heartbreaking, & when other kids are mean to our kids, how do we protect them & still be constructive? Amy & John share their experiences with bullying & how they maneuver social media & the pressure it puts on children.  This week's guest is Dr. Jim Olson. Dr. Olson is best known for his work with scorpion venom & how it is advancing brain surgery in cancer patients. Dr. Olson, John & Amy discuss how the venom or "Tumor Paint" lights up the cancer cells making them easier to see & remove. We also hear how Dr. Olson found himself in the world of pediatric oncology & why music is so important to him professionally & personally. Dr. Amy tells us why she thinks our connection to the natural world is so important & explains how it plays a role in medicine. John & Amy share some Two Vintners Syrah & talk the significance of sibling relationships & loss.   This week’s featured music is the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio. As always, John & Amy remind us that We're Not Alone. The DR & the DJ Music by The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Palm Frauds, Joe Plummer & Chris Duryee. Theme music by Michael Lerner. Listen to more podcasts at Ruinous Media. Thank you to our sponsors:Caddis. They make awesome reading glasses & blue light blockers.  Get 15$ off with code DRDJ15OFF with a minimum purchase of $95 at caddislife.com.  IZotope. The show uses Izotope’s audio plug ins & software extensively to make everything sound better. Check out the Producers Club & Music Production Suite Pro with a 7-day free trial. On all other software, get 10% off with code FRET10 at izotope.com.

Henry Marsh, author of the bestseller Do No Harm, and Jim Olson, paediatric oncologist from Seattle Children’s Hospital, share their experiences in medicine. Is it possible to light up a cancer cell in the brain? Could scorpion venom be the answer? Dr Jim Olson, Paediatric Haematology Oncology Specialist at Seattle Children's Hospital and a member of the Clinical Research Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is developing a radical new technique in the field of fluorescent image-guided surgery, Tumor Paint, that has the potential to transform the way tumors are removed from the brain - by using a special paint the make the cancerous areas glow. Dr Henry Marsh is a leading British neurosurgeon whose pioneering work in brain tumour surgery has been the subject of major award-winning BBC documentaries. His extraordinary memoir, Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery, is an international best-seller, nominated for eight major UK literary prizes and the Sky Arts South Bank Show 2015 Award recipient for Literature and PEN Ackerley Prize. He was made a CBE in 2010.

This week we're looking at some of the animals, insects, and creatures we fear the most and the venom that makes them so powerful. Biologist and science blogger Christie Wilcox returns to talk about her first book "Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry". And Jim Olson, a physician scientist and Director of Project Violet, tells us about "Tumor Paint", a fluorescent molecule that binds to solid tumors to help guide surgeons during surgeries, which was partially derived from the venom of the deathstalker scorpion.

Seattle cancer researchers are hoping that they will be able to use scorpion venom to fight deadly brain cancer through a new product called "Tumor Paint." Jeff and Anthony consider the challenges of attacking cancer in the most sensitive areas of the human body and hope something deadly can combat something deadlier. Also, they remember their short-lived cartoon series, Cancer Killers: Tumor Squad. We Have Concerns is entirely listener supported! To keep us ad-free and get early episodes/bonus content, check out our Patreon: http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns Hey! If you’re enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you use to listen. Here’s the iTunes link: http://bit.ly/wehaveconcerns And here’s the Stitcher link: http://bit.ly/stitcherwhc Jeff on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeffcannata Anthony on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acarboni Today’s story was sent in by Seth Bedwell: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/fda-approves-study-scorpion-derived-tumor-paint-brain/story?id=25807433 If you’ve seen a story you think belongs on the show, send it to wehaveconcernsshow@gmail.com or leave it on the subreddit: http://reddit.com/r/wehaveconcerns

An-Dinh Nguyen interviews James M. Olson of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Presage Biosciences and Blaze Bioscience on July 18, 2014. Dr. Olson will be a plenary keynote speaker at the Leaders in Biobanking Congress and Cancer Diagnosis at the Crossroads: Precision Medicine Driving Change event, September 15-17 in Seattle, WA. Topics include the scorpion venom-derived molecular imaging agent Tumor Paint and its potential applications for cancer treatment, optide therapeutics, drug research and development breakthroughs in pediatric brain tumors through PDX models and more.

Guest: James Olson, MD Host: Mark Nolan Hill, MD A new molecule renamed "tumor paint" has been developed by pediatric oncologists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to help surgeons identify neoplasms intra-operatively. Join host Mark Nolan Hill in learning more about tumor paint from researcher and pediatric hematologist oncologist, James Olson, MD.