John Warner and Mike Switzer discuss commercializing the research of Dr. Mark Hamann, an internationally recognized natural products chemist who is the Charles and Carol Cooper/SmartState Endowed Chair of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. Platanosides are a new class of antimicrobial agents highly-active against antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria and key target proteins associated with SARS-Cov2 replication. Platanosides are natural compounds isolated from the leaves of the common sycamore tree for the treatment of severe infections, without the toxicity or side effects of current treatments. Click to listen to the 5 minute radio update.