Davide Castelvecchi, a physics reporter at Nature, dives into groundbreaking research on mRNA therapy that reverses pre-eclampsia in mice. He discusses how this innovative technique uses lipid nanoparticles to enhance blood flow, offering hope for maternal and fetal health. Castelvecchi also highlights experiments that differentiate between mouse and human placentas, and advances in synthetic biology. The conversation further touches on recent breakthroughs in quantum computing, revealing how error correction could enable quantum systems to outpace classical computers.