David Baltimore, Professor of Biology, California Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate; FasterCures Advisory Board Member
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English - April 06, 2020 19:08 - 13 minutes - 19 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsNon-Profit Business Health & Fitness Medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, Mike speaks with David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate, member of the FasterCures board, In this episode, Mike speaks with David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate, member of the FasterCures board, and the current president emeritus; Robert Andrews Millikan professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology.
Based on his extensive research into genetics and virology, Baltimore describes the different challenges posed by COVID-19, and how it compares to the progress made on previous public health crises, including HIV, polio, and influenza. While the future is uncertain, he takes comfort in knowing there has never been a larger international effort to fight an infection: “that, alone, makes me optimistic.”