Finch Therapeutics: Empowering Immune Systems

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[00:02:55] - [First question] - What is the microbiome?

[00:04:56] - Where the microbiome is inside the body

[00:06:42] - Overview of what bacteria is in general and what they do for us

[00:10:44] - What would happen to a human that didn’t have any bacteria

[00:13:29] - Inflammatory auto-immune diseases and widespread antibiotics

[00:14:32] - How seasonal allergies and gut bacteria are related

[00:16:32] - Key contributors that have led to our current understanding of the microbiome

[00:18:48] - Whether an absence or dominance of bacteria is more concerning

[00:20:47] - The state of stool sample diagnostics today

[00:22:52] - Tools available today for widespread microbial treatment and repair

[00:24:48] - The science behind probiotics and whether or not they’re worth it

[00:27:00] - Fecal transplants and supporting empirical evidence of their efficacy

[00:31:39] - Addressable conditions that Finch Therapeutics seeks to solve

[00:35:27] - What the end game looks like and the timeline to achieve it

[00:40:05] - Is there a future where we use these therapeutics preventatively?

[00:41:22] - Key risks that could threaten the growth of Finch in the coming decade

[00:43:10] - What it’s been like running a company that is so different than its competitors

[00:45:51] - Whether or not the regulatory and iterative pace of therapeutics will increase

[00:48:19] - How much his lifestyle has changed given what he knows now in this field

[00:50:50] - Other innovations taking place in the microbiome and related therapeutics

[00:52:28] - What most has his attention outside of his field in health science today

[00:53:24] - Learn more about the microbiome; I Contain Multitudes (Book)

[00:53:42] - The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him