Episode 15-29 America under the threat of Polio

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR CHARLOTTE JACOBS, professor emirata at Stanford University School of Medicine and the author of “Jonas Salk: A Life”. They re-visit 1950’s America under the threat of Polio. What did science know and what did it gotten wrong?

Then on BioTech Nation, JAY LICHTER of Avalon Ventures tells us about his diagnosis of Meniere's disease, and how as a venture capitalist he decided to start a company to find better treatment options on the spot. The result is the company called Otonomy.