The chapter explores the groundbreaking impact of mRNA vaccines, their potential to revolutionize medicine, and their role in achieving a medical miracle with the rapid development of COVID vaccines. It also discusses the issues of equity and access to new drugs, as well as the potential of CRISPR and AI in healthcare.
The FDA’s approval of a new pill that treats postpartum depression could be yet another signal that we are living in a golden age of medicine.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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