Curious by Nature

Dr. David Fajgenbaum - One Doctor’s Battle to Save Himself and Others


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What if the cure we need for some deadly condition is already sitting on the pharmacy shelf, just waiting to be matched to the right disease? A whole field of research has emerged with the goal of repurposing an existing drug for a different disease than the one it was originally developed to treat. Now, with the potential of AI to scan billions of possible drug-disease combinations, this area of research has just been turbo charged. Some believe it could transform how medicine is practiced. We’ll talk about multi-system organ failure, drug repurposing at scale, and the surprising number of proven therapies that are gathering dust simply because no one is spreading the word. It's a story about science, survival, and the untapped potential of what we already have. 

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