Meng Deng, PhD and Karen Wurster - Convert Fat to Cure Diabetes

Join Sal Daher's Investment Syndicate: Click to Join What if an injection could cure your diabetes? Meng Deng, PhD and Karen Wurster were on the podcast to talk about Adipo Therapeutics' ambitious plan to remake the metabolism of diabetic people. Informative and accessible. Highlights include: Sal Daher Introduces the Founder and the CEO of Adipo Therapeutics "…we're talking about having too much white fat and not enough brown fat." "…transform that energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat." "…a nanoparticle that you inject into the white fat and it converts the white fat into brown fat…" "…you can eat the same amount and continue to lose weight." "…because the sizes are so small that the particles are easily uptaken by the fat cells…" Adipo Will Need Five to Six Million Dollars in Funding to Get to a Deal with a Strategic Player "…it's a large market that has a proven, well understood regulatory pathway." Purdue's Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Was Vital to Getting Adipo Off the Ground, According to Founder Meng Deng, PhD The Podcast Is Sponsored by Pater Fasse of Fish & Richardson Karen Wurster Took Early Retirement at Eli Lilly and Was Looking for an Entrepreneurial Activity