Alexander Martinez is the CEO and Co-Founder of Intrinsic Medicine and a former Silicon Valley corporate lawyer turned biotechnology entrepreneur. His thorough understanding of the industry and areas for improvement, in parallel with his own patient journey, inspired him to make a public health impact and seek novel medicines for broad patient populations that have been previously underserved by the traditional pharmaceutical industry. Intrinsic Medicine is a therapeutics company leveraging human milk biology to transform irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other Gut-Brain Axis (GBA) disorders.
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Key Topics:
- The gut microbiome and ecosystem of bacteria that lives there
- How our understanding of “bad bacteria” is changing
- Germ theory and the harm of overusing antibiotics
- The gut-brain connection and understanding the vagus nerve
- How the microbiome modulates genetics
- How the gut lining is broken down by physical and emotional stress
- New treatments for IBS and other gut-brain issues using human milk oligosaccharides
- Ways to improve your microbiome now
Learn more about these new gut health developments at intrinsicmedicine.com
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