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Kevin Folta

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Professor, plant biology, molecular biologist, fruit grower, science communicator, cancellation survivor. Good Trouble. Strategic communication coach, Talking Biotech podcast host. Old new dad. Farmer's husband. Best booth at farmers market.

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Conditionally Active Therapeutics - Dr. Neela Patel, Dr. Diane Hollenbaugh In this episode of the Talking Biotech podcast, Dr. Kevin Folta speaks...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: Conditionally Active Therapeutics - Dr. Neela Patel, Dr. Diane Hollenbaugh. Have a listen:

27.02.2026 04:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At the supermarket, my heart goes out to uncured ham, suffering in silence in the deli case, hoping for a medical miracle.

21.02.2026 02:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What if a physician could inject you with a plasmid that would induce an immune response against a protein needed for cancer cell survival? This novel strategy is being tested and looks promising for refractory cancers. Talking Biotech 488 share.transistor.fm/s/7eb92494

17.02.2026 03:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Plasmid-Based Cancer Therapy - Dr. Alexander Schneider In this episode of the Talking Biotech podcast, host Dr. Kevin Folta...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: A Plasmid-Based Cancer Therapy - Dr. Alexander Schneider. Have a listen:

17.02.2026 02:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Biotech in Beauty Products - Nicholas Brideau This conversation explores the intersection of biotechnology and the...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: Biotech in Beauty Products - Nicholas Brideau. Have a listen:

05.02.2026 01:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Molecular Biology Giants that Left Us In 2025 2025 saw some of the giants in molecular biology leave us.ย  Those that...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: Molecular Biology Giants that Left Us In 2025. Have a listen:

24.01.2026 02:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Will US #SocialMurder reach the levels of 20th Century USSR or China?

bsky.app/profile/the-...

04.01.2026 05:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Plant Molecular Biology Joke: They only have plays on long days. @aspbofficial.bsky.social

13.01.2026 18:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Parallels between RFK Jr and Tofrim Lysenko: When Pseudoscience Infects National Leadership | Skeptical Inquirer His nationโ€™s leadership placed him in a position of profound influence that would impact the health of a nation. Once installed, he offered rapid solutions ...

@kevinfolta.bsky.social writes:

โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ.๐˜š. ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜๐˜’ ๐˜‘๐˜ณ. ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, [๐˜ฆ.๐˜จ.] ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉโ€ฆโ€

04.01.2026 04:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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TB Throwback- Correcting the Veritasium Episode on Glyphosate This is a throwback to episode 484, a very important correction of their...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: TB Throwback- Correcting the Veritasium Episode on Glyphosate. Have a listen:

04.01.2026 03:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very gaslighty. When they are quoting historical figures about preservation of democracy while gutting democracy in favor of authoitarianism, the words are very loud.

03.01.2026 05:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TB Throwback: Gliblastoma and Cindy's Gift This episode originally aired on December 18, 2021.ย  Cindy Graham was...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: TB Throwback: Gliblastoma and Cindy's Gift. Have a listen:

20.12.2025 03:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TB Throwback: Dr. Avindra Nath and HERV-based Diseases In today's throwback to 2022, Dr. Avindra Nath of the NIH reviews...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: TB Throwback: Dr. Avindra Nath and HERV-based Diseases. Have a listen:

13.12.2025 03:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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482 Dr. Maxine Thompson, Episode 117, Jan 18, 2015 This throwback episode to 2018 is an interview with plant breeding...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: 482 Dr. Maxine Thompson, Episode 117, Jan 18, 2015. Have a listen:

06.12.2025 05:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glad to see this.
1. The politicization of the CDC and public health agencies is a major fail, with huge setbacks in 2025. Trading independent advisors for known charlatans will have a body count.

2. Cutting mRNA research. Huge promise in cancer and other diseases, aside from infectious disease

04.12.2025 17:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes. It was not a study. It was a review of the status of the compound relevant to cancer in 2000. The retraction comes from the fact that the review cited unpublished data, the authors had undisclosed conflicts and the company apparently had input into the text. Retraction is appropriate.

03.12.2025 03:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Orwellian. You didn't hear what you heard and what was said, you heard what we think you should hear, which is the opposite of what you actually heard.

01.12.2025 17:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Somebody's poll numbers are stinky, and advisors bring the likeable guy in to make the mean guy more likeable.

21.11.2025 22:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save the CSIRO

Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott

Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between

www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro

19.11.2025 09:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 447 ๐Ÿ” 210 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Like me growing apples in Florida. A complex niche of weird.

17.11.2025 20:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or names of condoms.

16.11.2025 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only reason I know this is a thing is because of you. Pretty neat.

16.11.2025 01:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I should have put the little scarcasm /s after that. I love Canada and Canadians. I'm sorry we're morons.

14.11.2025 20:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Native Americans should start "N.I.C.E." and start deporting ICE agents. If we're really anti-immigration....

14.11.2025 20:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The first order of business might be learning how to spell "defense", eh? ๐Ÿ˜€

14.11.2025 16:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Much respect for farm workers. Sad to see these folks victims for doing work nobody else will do. And the farmers will lose the unpicked crop.

12.11.2025 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hahahah

07.11.2025 12:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You know this โ€œHealth Freedomโ€thing has traction when the lunch meat rejects medical intervention.

06.11.2025 23:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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You know this โ€œHealth Freedomโ€thing has traction when the lunch meat rejects medical intervention.

06.11.2025 23:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trump-Based Medicine: How Science Lost Its Soul Podcast Episode ยท We Want Them Infected Podcast ยท 11/03/2025 ยท 1h 12m

New episode with @wendyorent.bsky.social on the drama of our inept medical establishment and their embrace of Trump Based Medicine.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

03.11.2025 16:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1