The Biorevolution Podcast

This time on the BioRevolution podcast: science itself.
While recent surveys show persistently high trust in science worldwide, certain scientific topics have become the subject of intense societal and political debate. This politicization of science puts scientists in a difficult position when they are trying to argue based on facts.
The value of facts and evidence-based science seems to be increasingly questioned by those in power and by those in control of assets. If those who make laws and regulate science don’t see evidence and consensus as reliable resources anymore, what will become of progress in biomedicine, which feeds innovation...

In some respects, 2024 has been a record year for AI in biotech, with the $1 billion founding of the antibody-centered biotech company Xaira and the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to DeepMind researchers Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, and David Baker. However, despite years of investment and innovation, we still lack an answer to the most pressing question: Will AI revolutionize drug development, or are we in a bubble that is about to burst?

In episode 30 of the BioRevolution podcast, Andreas Horchler and Louise von Stechow explore various use cases for AI in biotech—from discovery to clinical...

2025: For millions of people, the new year starts with the self-promise to improve, to quit smoking, alcohol, to get in shape, to stay young and attractive, to basically create and become a new me. While traditionally new year vows meant to relinquish, today there seem to be many helpers in the form of biohacking.
Beginning with diets and not ending with technical devices.
While there are real shortcuts and fake abbreviations to reach some of those goals, there´s also traditional ways. In "New year old me – no biohacks needed", Louise von Stechow and Andreas Horchler try to distinguish...

Modern humans are stressed creatures: overloaded schedules, constantly “on-call,” and social media haunting us into the late night.
Part of this stress is maladaptive responses that date back to human history when stressors were about life and death and not about writing emails and making phone calls. A key player in those ancient responses is cortisol, a stress hormone that interacts with many biological functions, from heart rate to glucose metabolism, to inflammation and immune responses, as well as sleep and cognition.
But is cortisol - as the social media proponents of the so-called cortisol detox make us believe -...