9
Feb
2024
Botox: A Luminous Example of Field Discovery
In this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, I review Death To Beauty, a new book by Dr. Eugene Helveston. It’s about the fascinating history of botulinum toxin and the California ophthalmologist, Alan Scott, who drove it into clinical use. The book review, of course, speaks for itself, but I wanted to highlight for TR readers an aspect of the story that... Read More
9
Feb
2024
CRISPR to Protect the Bone Marrow & Attack Cancer: Robert Ang on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Robert Ang. Robert is the CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based Vor Bio. The company is working on what I think you could call an elegant application of CRISPR gene editing for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. The idea here takes some explaining but is pretty simple. Patients with acute myeloid leukemia typically get... Read More