The Edge: Conversations
A deep dive into the often lifelong journeys and struggles of people with infection, pain and other chronic illnesses. Personal and inspiring stories fueling IMB’s pursuit of cutting-edge research.By harnessing expertise in chemistry, structural biology, genomics, cell biology, and bioinformatics, IMB has become Australia’s leading life sciences research institute.
The Edge: Conversations
Robert Quinn shares how a bout of Sepsis inspired him to start Patchd Medical
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Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ
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Season 3
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Episode 2
A kidney transplant left Robert Quinn with an acute bout of sepsis. Since then he has suffered 18 episodes of this disease, which causes 1 in 5 deaths globally. Rather than take things lying down he started a company that is creating tech that can detect sepsis in its early stage, potentially saving millions of lives.