THE HUMAN TOLL OF CANCER ON OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE IS DEVESTATING, BUT THIS IS ESPECIALLY
TRUE WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE.
WELL, IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO DETECT CANCER AS EASILY AS TAKING A PREGNANCY TEST AND IMAGINE
THE LIVES THAT COULD BE SAVED.
HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS ARE FRANK ADELL AND JOSH SHACHAR, FOUNDERS OF PHARMACO-KINESIS,
AND DR.
THOMAS CHEN, A NOTED NEUROSURGEON.
GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
GOOD MORNING.
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, OLGA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FRANK, I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU.
LET'S START WITH JUST...JUST THE IDEA OF CANCER.
I'M A WOMAN, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES YEARLY TO DO MY MAMMOGRAM AND MY PAP SMEAR, AND I'M
ALWAYS NERVOUS.
I MEAN, WOMEN ARE VERY FEARFUL WHEN IT COMES TO CANCER AND EVEN THE WORD.
WOMEN, THEY'RE FRIGHTENED FROM CANCER BECAUSE THEY HAVE FAMILY, THEY HAVE CHILDREN, AND
THE THOUGHT OF THAT, THAT THEY'LL LOSE THEM AND NEVER SEE THEM IS VERY, VERY FRIGHTENING.
PKC HAS COME UP WITH A TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT AND WE
WANT TO LET ALL THE WOMEN KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK LIKE--AS YOU MENTIONED--LIKE A PREGNANCY
TEST.
IT'S GONNA PICK UP CANCER AT THE STAGE THAT ALTHOUGH THE METASTASIZE HASN'T STARTED, YET
THE CANCER HAS NOT REACHED CRITICAL MASS THAT IS UNMANAGEABLE.
SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED.
AND, YOU KNOW, EARLY DETECTION, DOCTOR, IS SO KEY.
YOU HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.
EARLY DETECTION.
TELL ME, AS A DOCTOR, THE CHALLENGES FACING MOST CANCER TREATMENTS TODAY.
SO IN TERMS OF BEING INDIVIDUALIZED FOR TREATMENT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING
A PUMP THAT CAN BE IMPLANTED IN THE BODY, THAT CAN SPECIFICALLY BE DELIVERED TO THAT
PARTICULAR ORGAN THAT'S AFFECTED.
AND THEN, ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING IS A BIOSENSOR THAT CAN MAKE EARLY
DETECTION MORE FEASIBLE FOR INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS.
AND JOSH, LET ME BRING YOU IN.
TALK TO ME MORE ABOUT THIS EARLY DETECTION AND HOW WE'LL KNOW FASTER, I GUESS, BEFORE
THE CANCER METASTASIZES.
WE BASICALLY COMBINE ELECTRONICS AND BIOLOGY TOGETHER TO FORM A CALCULATOR.
IT'S SOMETIMES CALLED BIONICS, WHEREBY A DEVICE AS WE FIND HERE ENABLE THE CAPTURING OF CERTAIN
BIOMOLECULES AND THE LEVEL OF THE BIOMOLECULE WITHIN THE HUMAN SERUM.
SO A NORMAL PERSON WITH A CERTAIN LEVEL--.
MM HMM.
--LET'S ASSUME SOME NUMBER SUCH AS 40.
AND A DISEASED PERSON WOULD HAVE BIOMOLECULES THAT WOULD COUNT IN THE THOUSANDS.
OF COURSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM WOULD GIVE AN INDICATION TO THE PHYSICIAN THAT FURTHER
STUDIES HAS TO BE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THAT PATIENT.
BECAUSE THE HIGHER THE MARKER--.
EXACTLY.
--THE MORE LIKELIHOOD THAT SOMETHING COULD BE GOING WRONG.
EXACTLY.
AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE BIOMARKERS.
AND THEIR EXPRESSION HOW THEN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE BIOSENSOR.
ANOTHER STATEMENT TO WHAT JOSH JUST SAID IS THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T...IN THIS
GAP...THERE'S A GAP...MISSING GAP.
THE MISSING GAP IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DEVICE THAT PEOPLE CAN SPEND $30-40
ON THE DOLLAR MONTH, AND THEY CAN TEST THEMSELVES AND READ THE NUMBER THAT JOSH SAID.
AND THAT NUMBER, THE RESULT GOES TO DR.
CHEN, AND DR.
CHEN CAN WATCH THAT EVERY MONTH, AND SEE WHETHER IT'S 40 OR GOES 90, 80, 1000.
IN THAT PROCESS IS THE TIME THAT WE CAN PREVENT.
CURRENTLY, THAT'S MISSING.
OKAY, FRANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDING THAT, AND WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'RE GONNA TALK
MORE ABOUT THIS AMAZING DEVICE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JOSHUA'S BREAKTHROUGH MEDICAL DEVICE, MAKING IT BY THE WAY, THE
FIRST NATIONAL TELEVISION APPEARANCE, RIGHT HERE ON THE BALANCING ACT.
SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT.(MUSIC).
WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT DETECTING CANCER EARLY IS POSSIBLE, THANKS TO NEW TECHNOLOGY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS MORNING.
AND JOSH, I WANT TO BRING YOU BACK INTO THE DISCUSSION.
TELL ME EXACTLY ABOUT THIS NEW DEVICE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS FACINATING.
THIS IS A--BASICALLY--A BIOTRANSISTOR THAT FORMED OUT OF A CARBON NANOTUBE, WHICH ENABLES,
IN COMBINATION WITH A SPECIFIC ANTIBODY, SPECIFIC TO DIFFERENT CANCERS, ENABLES COUNTING OF
THE ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO IDENTIFY IN A VERY PRECISE FASHION.
COUNT THEM, STORE THEM, AND EVENTUALLY TRANSMIT THEM VIA WIRELESS OR TO OTHER METHOD OF COMMUNICATION.
SO, FRANK, LET'S SAY DR.
CHEN HAS A PATIENT AND THEY WANT TO USE THIS DEVICE.
CAN THEY USE IT AT HOME?
HOW DOES IT WORK?
THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE, THEY CAN USE IT IN THEIR HOME AS EASILY AS THEY
USE PREGNANCY TESTS AND INSULIN TESTS.
AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS DR.
CHEN RECOMMENDS THEM, BASED ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT HE SEES IN THE PATIENT AND ASKS THEM...HE
WRITES A PRESCRIPTION--.
MM HMM.
--THEY GO TO ANY PHARMACY AND THEY BUY IT.
OKAY.
AND THEY TAKE IT HOME AND THEY GET A SMALL SAMPLE OF BLOOD, AND THE PUT IT IN THE DEVICE,
THEN THEY ACTIVATE THE DEVICE.
IT TAKES ABOUT 1.4-6 MINUTES.
THE DEVICE DOES ALL IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, AND THE INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED EITHER TO
WIRELESS THROUGH THE NETWORK, OR TO THE iPAD, GOES TO DR.
CHEN, AND THE NEXT DAY DR.
CHEN WILL CALL THEM.
DR.
CHEN, LET ME BRING YOU IN NOW.
YOU GET THE RESULTS, THEN WHAT?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS HERE?
SO, THERE'RE A COUPLE CLINICAL SCENARIOS YOU COULD USE IT IN.
ONE IS...LET'S SAY A PATIENT HAS CANCER AND GOES IN REMISSION.
AND HE WANTS TO KNOW, "IS MY CANCER COMING BACK?"
THIS COULD BE A VERY SIMPLE TEST FOR TO SAY, UM, AS AN INDICATOR THAT SOMETHING MAY BE
AMISS AND THAT HE MAY WANT TO GO BACK AND SEE HIS DOCTOR TO GET FURTHER TESTING.
OKAY.
THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A MAN OR WOMAN THAT GETS TO A CERTAIN
AGE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN TESTS THAT ARE NOW RECOMMENDED, LIKE GETTING A PSA LEVEL FOR A MAN, GETTING
A MAMMOGRAM FOR A WOMAN.
COLONOSCOPY.
YEP.
ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO THIS TEST COULD BE A SUBSTITUTE, POTENTIALLY, AS AN EARLY INDICATOR, AGAIN.
THAT COULD LEAD THEM TO A MORE DEFINITIVE TEST THAT WOULD BE DONE.
IN THE END, IT COULD MEAN A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THE FUTURE OF CANCER SURVIVAL.
ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING WE SAID, WELL WE START WITH WOMEN BECAUSE THESE ARE THE MOTHERS
OF CHILDREN, THESE ARE THE CARRY US 9 MONTHS IN THE WOMB, THEY CARE FOR THE CHILDREN, AND
THIS START OF LOSING EVERYTHING TO BATTLE OF THIS CANCER IS JUST HORRIBLE.
AND WE WANT TO STOP THAT AND KIND OF CUT THE COSTS.
I MEAN, THE COUNTRY SPENDS 18% OF THE GDP OF HEALTH REALLY THAT THE PREVENTION CAN BRING
THAT DOWN.
AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF IT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THANK YOU, FRANK, VERY MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOCTOR, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
JOSHUA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON THE SHOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
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