Lumen Bioscience

We're back with @DevAndResearch, where I spoke with @Finrow on: • why we should grow more drugs in algae, and fewer in Chinese Hamster Ovary cells, • why "monoclonal antibodies" are particularly safe and effective as drugs—but incredibly expensive to manufacture, • and whether the fundamental problem of the biotech industry is that everyone just has too much money. Timestamps: 01:17 What makes a molecule a drug? 04:48 What’s so great about antibody drugs? 05:59 The humble Chinese Hamster Ovary cell 11:27 Introducing: Lumen Biosciences 12:40 Why spirulina? 19:14 Why isn't everyone doing this? 23:53 Going after gut infections 33:44 “Cocktails” of protein drugs 50:25 Other diseases of outside-of-body lumens 01:04:36 How to run a different breed of biotech 01:17:44 “Everyone just has too much money” 01:21:07 Extinction events in the biotech industry…and “little mammals scurrying around” 01:24:28 Speculations about the future (for Lumen and the world of direct-to-consumer drugs)