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Coronavirus and the Future of Immunotherapy with Prof. Isaiah Arkin
Hebrew University Professor Isaiah Arkin appeared with ARK Invest CEO Catherine Wood on the “For Your Innovation” podcast. To hear the podcast, press play on the bar above. In the podcast, Prof. Arkin clarifies some of the misconceptions around the coronavirus and Arkin and Wood discuss its global implications. Part two of the podcast focuses on immunotherapy, projected by Arkin to be “the next big thing in healthcare.” NEXUS:ISRAEL and CFHU will continue to bring you the latest developments from the Hebrew University and how they impact all of us around the world.
Key points from the podcast:
- Coronavirus: Best-case, worst-case, and most likely outcomes.
- Why the biggest problem with the coronavirus is the fear of the unknown.
- Arkin’s take on containment of the spread outside of China.
- Why Prof Arkin believes that the fear of the disease is largely unfounded.
- Find out what it would take for a successful vaccine for the coronavirus to be invented.
- How poor mutation is a positive aspect of the coronavirus.
- What the future of immunotherapy has in store in the next five to ten years.
- Lessons from nature: Takeaways from why elephants and whales don’t get cancer.
- Insights into Compugen’s checkpoint inhibiting research and what it’s getting right.
- Learn about the challenges and trajectory of immunotherapy treatment for solid tumors.
- Arkin’s views on CRISPR gene-editing advancements.
- Find out which Hebrew University research is currently most exciting for Prof. Arkin.
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Dr. Isaiah Arkin
The Arthur Lejwa Professor of Structural Biochemistry
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Catherine Wood
Founder and CEO
ARK Invest