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Powerful stories of biotech breakthroughs, the people they help, and the global problems they solve.

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Is CRISPR the New Sickle Cell Savior?
Is CRISPR the New Sickle Cell Savior?

A 2023 biotech breakthrough: CRISPR gene-editing therapy offers new hope for 100,000 Americans with sickle cell. Hear from CASGEVY's creators and patient advocates in this episode.

Biotech is Climate Tech
Biotech is Climate Tech

Biotech tackles climate change with innovations, from carbon-neutral facilities to reducing emissions. At COP28, BIO highlighted that biotech is key to climate tech.

Editing Cells Within the Body—a New CRISPR Frontier
Editing Cells Within the Body—a New CRISPR Frontier

CRISPR, biotech's rising star, reached a 2023 milestone with FDA approval for a sickle cell treatment. This episode explores the future of in-body gene editing with two pioneering companies.

Listener takeover: Your Biotech Questions Answered
Listener takeover: Your Biotech Questions Answered

In this episode, experts answer your questions on GMO safety, personalized medicine, feeding the world by 2050, and what attracts investors to start-ups.

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Drug Prices: A Dysfunctional Market Limits Patient Access
Episode 59  •  May 17, 2022  •  26 min

A convoluted, confusing, and opaque system for pricing drugs has evolved that distorts the market and often limits patient access to the drugs they need to survive. In this episode, three experts explain how the system works—or doesn’t’—and the consequences of a dysfunctional pricing system.

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Hope for Alzheimer's
Episode 58  •  May 3, 2022  •  21 min

Alzheimer’s disease is a heartbreaking diagnosis and tragically there is no cure. But every day, researchers, scientists and the medical community are working to change that. In this episode, we speak with three guests who are fighting to bend the trajectory of Alzheimer’s disease and, in doing so, offering hope for the millions suffering from this devastating illness.

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Green Fuels Have Taken Off
Episode 57  •  Apr 19, 2022  •  20 min

Last December, a United Airlines’ flight from Chicago to Washington DC was the first ever passenger flight powered with 100% sustainable aviation fuel. The achievement demonstrated the potential for the aviation sector to reduce its carbon footprint. Our guests in this episode each played a key role in in helping the airline reach this exciting milestone.

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Science Helped Save the World from COVID. What will Vaccine Technology do Next?
Episode 56  •  Apr 5, 2022  •  24 min

2021 was the unofficial year of mRNA—and deservedly so. But the science behind the technology is not always easy to understand. In this episode, we will dive into the miracle technology that saved countless lives and talk about what it holds for the future. We also speak to a biotech company about its non-mRNA vaccine technology for COVID and why the healthcare ecosystem will always need multiple options.

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Water Stress: Can We Avert a Looming Crisis?
Episode 55  •  Mar 22, 2022  •  26 min

More than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is water, and yet water that is safe enough for human consumption remains a finite resource. In this episode we speak to experts about the biggest threats to water—contamination, overuse, and plastic. We also learn how innovative new tools can ensure there is enough water to hydrate us, our plants, and our animals. 

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