interview
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr Síle Lane about re-engineering pharmaceutical research
Interview with Dr Síle Lane, head of international campaigns and policy at Sense About Science, about Re-engineering pharmaceutical research. Undisclosed clinical trial results are unfortunately common - how does this impact progression in research and treatment? Síle Lane: When results from clinical trials aren’t published it means the same research can get repeated unnecessarily. This ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Vesa Ruuskanen about microbial protein
Interview with Vesa Ruuskanen, post-doctoral researcher at LUT REFLEX research platform. The idea of producing “food from air” was developed by NASA and the Soviets. What was exactly the discovery of Finnish scientists that made this Neo Carbon Food project possible? Vesa Ruuskanen: In our previous Neo Carbon Food energy project we studied how we ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Jero Ahola about microbial protein
Interview with Jero Ahola, professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at LUT. Is this project called Neo Carbon Food a huge step in the scientific research by Finnish scientists? Jero Ahola: Our project began in 2014 when we started thinking about electrifying the whole energy system. We’ve already known that we can produce hydrogen and ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Henry Ajder about Deepfakes
The key point I would make about regulating deepfakes is that, in some cases, new laws may be needed, but much of the harm deepfakes cause is covered by existing laws, or could be covered by amending existing laws.
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Denis Teyssou about Deepfakes
Synthetic audio means that it will be possible to make any person say anything, making it even easier to make politicians or celebrities victims of deepfake as there is a lot of publicly accessible audio of their voices.
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Sam Gregory about Deepfakes
Rhetoric about the ‘end of truth’ plays into the hands of people who already are saying you can’t believe anything – and that is neither true of most audiovisual material, nor true yet for deepfakes. We should not panic but prepare instead.
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Renate Heinisch about new technologies in medicine
Interview with Renate Heinisch, pharmacist, former vice-chair of Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) panel and now member of the European Economic and Social Committee New technologies are going to deeply affect healthcare. Will citizens be ready? Renate Heinisch: We must consider that scientific and technological innovations accompanied all of human history, since ancient times. ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Professor Michel Goldman about new technologies in medicine
Interview with Michel Goldman, founder of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare (I3H) and former Executive Director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). How was the idea of I3H born? Michel Goldman: At the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) the main goal was to bring together pharmaceutical industry and universities, patient organizations, and regulators, to ...
