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I began this series with a simple question: What if there is a better way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

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Over the last several articles, I have laid out the science, the hypothetical path to clinical validation, and a possible regulatory strategy.

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What would a hypothetical regulatory roadmap look like? People outside the medical device world tend to think of the FDA as a single, monolithic gatekeeper. You submit your application, you wait, and eventually you get ...

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There's a moment in every serious scientific effort where you have to stop talking about potential and start talking about evidence, and this is that moment.

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I want to tell you about a scientist and inventor named Dr. Eliaz Babaev.

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This is Part 22 of an ongoing series exploring antimicrobial resistance and the urgent search for solutions.

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There is one final piece of the puzzle you need to understand before I share the theoretical framework. It is the reason I still struggle to sleep at night.

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Before I share the theoretical framework, you deserve to know a little more about me.

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The consultants helped sharpen the vision. A broad technology platform was too diffuse. We needed to pivot. One focus, one clear direction. That is when everything finally began to take shape.

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Inscribed on the Temple of Apollo are the words: Know Thyself.

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The Senator looked at me and said, “It’s Tachlis Time.” I had never heard the phrase before. He explained that it was Yiddish for getting down to brass tacks.  Speak plainly. Face reality.

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Their office was in downtown Minneapolis, a shell of its former self. Many storefronts were boarded up and a bullet hole marked the glass window of their office from nights earlier.

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We met with the Chief Technical Officer in the Senator’s office. His name was spoken with quiet respect in medical circles. His résumé ran longer than my arm: a storied career in biomedical and electrical engineering, bo...

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The Senator had arranged a meeting with a serial medical-device entrepreneur.  A man who had founded multiple major companies and reshaped modern medicine.

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Learning the venture capital world felt like stepping into a foreign country without a map. Where do you begin? What do investors expect? I didn’t know. Not even a little.

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We had been rejected twice. First by the government on our EUA request, and then by the major MedTech firm. If this technology was ever going to reach the world, it would have to be through venture capital. And we knew a...

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We were learning our lessons the hard way, and fast.

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It was the summer of 2021, and the Senator and I were filled with excitement. One of the world’s largest MedTech companies was flying in a team from across the country to meet with us in September. The stakes couldn't ha...

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I’m sitting at the headquarters of one of the world’s largest MedTech companies, a stunning campus with a sprawling green lawn, flanked by a serene lake on one side and a quiet pond on the other. We pass through security...

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I drove down a long oval-shaped driveway to a large stately home.  At the door, the Senator and I were greeted by the Household Manager and ushered into the study.

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It was January 2021. A new year, but I wasn’t celebrating. I sat by the window, watching snow drift silently to the ground. Outside, it was twenty below zero. Quiet, still, and unforgiving. The dead of winter in Minnesot...

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Autumn was descending on Minnesota. Leaves were falling, and urgency was in the air. Hospitals were overwhelmed. Headlines were grim. An election loomed, and the country was on edge.

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The Senator and I pulled up to a modest building tucked into an office park. Inside, we were greeted by Dr. Eliaz Babaev.

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Michael and I arrived at the Senator’s home. When we first walked in, there was an impressive library filled with books on the wall, many of them biographies of great world leaders.

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I first met Michael Afremov at his home on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. He walked me down a long hallway to his office, and we both took a seat. Behind his desk hung a portrait of his mother, Bella. She had survived th...

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Walking into Senator Rudy Boschwitz’s office for the first time was humbling. The walls were lined with photos and memorabilia, each one a piece of history.

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In 2020, I was a proud new parent. My son Hudson arrived the previous year, and I was running on equal parts joy, fear, and exhaustion. Somewhere in the background, news was trickling in about a strange new virus. A 'cor...

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Unlocking the Future of Legal Writing with AI

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