"We are going to cause some passage, allow that. We've decided to trade letting lots more drugs through and a little bit more quick process," he says. "Then we'll monitor afterwards be able to catch problems after they happen." 'The the worst of all worlds is speed drugs through and then close our eyes to what harm is being done after the drug has hit the market'
The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your illness, what George Church’s narcolepsy teaches us about CRISPR, what’s missing in medical education, Michael Crichton’s cultural influence, Knausgård versus Ferrante, indie music, and the thing that makes Gawande “bawl like a baby.”
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Recorded June 12th, 2017 Other ways to connect