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Lou Hawthorne is the founder and CEO of NaNotics, LLC, and the inventor of the company’s core technology. Lou is an entrepreneur with 27 years of experience in founding and leading companies developing new technologies in biotech/life science and information technology, including reproductive cloning, human IVF, oncology, and artificial intelligence.
In 2002, Lou founded the cloning companies Genetic Savings & Clone and BioArts International, and co-founded Viagen, Inc. acquired by Intrexon (XON) in 2014.
In 2014, Lou conceived “NaNots” – which are subtractive immune modulators – and founded NaNotics LLC, which is currently developing NaNots for treating cancer, sepsis, autoimmune disease and aging, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and other groups. NaNots have demonstrated near total tumor suppression in humanized mouse models of cancer, significantly outperforming checkpoint inhibitors. NaNots are the subject of 30 granted patents to date.
Lou is an experienced company leader with an extensive track record in funding, recruiting and managing senior level multi-disciplinary teams for effective development of new technologies. He has collaborated closely with NaNotics company co-founder, John Dodgson, PhD, a physical chemist and IP expert, for two decades.
Lou is also an expert at brand development and strategic media, having designed global media campaigns that reached millions of people and generated profile valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. He has been interviewed by most major newspapers, magazines, and television programs, including appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America.
Lou holds a B.A. in English Literature from Princeton University, where he was a University Scholar and recipient of the Ward Mathis prize.
PODCAST INFO:
The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.
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Lou hawthorne links
https://www.nanotics.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-hawthorne-b654b12b/
https://twitter.com/thelouhawthorne?lang=en
https://www.lifespan.io/news/lou-hawthorne-nanotics-on-cleaning-blood-with-nanoparticles/
Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Lou Hawthorne
02:20 PTSD / depression / cytokine disorders
07:50 Cytokines / mental health
09:00 Appling NaNots to mental health / DARPA / DOD
10:54 Picking what to apply with NaNots / Platform technology
17:20 Cancer Dogma vs complete picture on combination inhibitors
25:00 Individual NaNots vs multiple capture agents / internal debates
29:30 Multiple targets / click chemistry
31:40 Absorption / nano medicines / cancer
38:20 Injecting NaNots and how often
43:55 NaNots as a sensor for cancers
46:50 Could Theranos have been successful / CTO story to know it was BS
53:00 Autodidact / partnering with experts / meritocracy
58:45 Finding Experts to partner with / emotional intelligence
01:01:15 Elon Musk / Brain teasers / How he assesses in an interview
01:03:05 Matt Sholz way to learn / learning / correlation is not enough
01:06:30 Autodidact getting people to believe in you / product as the credential
01:08:30 How is Raising $100 million going / what he needs help with
01:12:40 FDA not seeing them as a device / how to change their minds
01:16:55 High net worth individuals
01:21:45 Power of Empathy
01:25:00 Book recommendations
01:26:00 Sci fi / history
01:27:55 Band of Brothers / Pacific / Masters of Air
01:28:55 How he keeps himself Mentally Healthy
01:35:45 Pressure / testing in humans / final thoughts