Podcasts by Things That Make You Go Huh?

Things That Make You Go Huh?

Let’s face it: science can be hard.

Our host, Brett Hellman, former soap opera producer and current AbbVie employee, lacks any sort of scientific background and has recurring nightmares of his high school biology class. Now, he is tasked with talking to biopharmaceutical researchers about their work and translating it for the rest of us.

In each episode, Brett will explore some of the toughest and most relevant topics in medical science. This may be, at times, an exercise in frustration for the scientist being interviewed, but listeners will be rewarded with a new understanding not only of science, but about the scientific community at large – with all pretenses stripped down.

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Things That Make You Go Huh?
Episode 6: Confronting Alzheimer’s Head On - The Quest for Answers from 2019-04-10T02:00

It happens to all of us – car keys go mysteriously missing or a name on the tip of your tongue can’t be recalled. One of these moments of forgetfulness gets Brett wondering about more serious forms...

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Episode 5: A Moving Target - The Complexity of Pediatric Cancer Research from 2018-09-19T00:00

Brett’s west coast road trip continues as he travels to Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie company, to speak with a pediatric oncologist turned researcher. While the topic is instantly sobering, Brett still ...

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Episode 4: Mission Immuno-possible - The Cancer-Fighting Secret Agent from 2018-08-28T00:00

Brett heads out to California to meet with a specialist in immuno-oncology, but even her job title makes him wonder: what does the immune system have to do with cancer? Does this have something to ...

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Episode 3: The Borax Method of Drug Discovery from 2018-01-25T00:00

One look at the back of a Borax box makes Brett wonder: how can one product do so many different things? Can medicines serve more than one purpose too? How could one medicine treat multiple disease...

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Episode 2: Getting Crispy with CRISPR! from 2017-10-05T00:00

It seems the term CRISPR is all over the news these days. But what exactly is CRISPR? Is it a game-changing technology in the field of gene editing? An entrée into a real-life Jurassic World? Or th...

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Episode 1: Gummies & Injections & Capsules … Oh My! from 2017-07-06T00:00

We hear so much about how new drugs are discovered, but how exactly do they go from molecular form to drug delivery system? And who decides if a medicine comes in yummy gummy form, or in a pill? Br...

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