Hugh McTavish

Hugh McTavish is a Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist and a patent attorney. He has authored 18 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and is the inventor on 21 U.S. patents and has authored two prior books on public policy and nature. He has strted two pharmaceutical companies off his own inventions--IGF Oncology for a targeted drug for cancer and Squarex Pharmaceutical for a drug that prevents cold sores or oral herpes virus outbreaks. The cancer drug invention came as an outgrowth of his having cancer. It was an improvement on the drugs he received as a cancer patient. The cold sore treatment he invented in order to treat his own frequent cold sores and originally tested on himself. Dr. McTavish's previous books are Ending War In Our Lifetime: A Concrete Realistic Plan and Wild Plants of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Area: A Field Guide to Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers. He was a third party candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 2022. He lives near St. Paul, Minnesota.