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72. What’s Stopping Us From Curing Rare Diseases?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Breakthroughs in biomedicine are allowing doctors to do things they could never do before. But sometimes these advances don't fit into our financial or regulatory systems. That means it can take a long time for patients to actually benefit from them. Today on the show, we'll talk about the promise of life-saving genetic treatments.

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