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Hard Drugs, my new podcast with Jacob Trefethen, and the story of a drug that could end AIDS.
How to speed up medical innovation, how to scale it up, and how to make sure lifesaving tools reach the people who need them the most.
Jun 11
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Hard Drugs, my new podcast with Jacob Trefethen, and the story of a drug that could end AIDS.
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May 2025
What's new in biology
Return of the screwworm, new DNA vaccines, gene editing at scale, and more
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April 2025
The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking
I respond to the claim that the decline in cancer mortality is mostly, or almost entirely, just because of the decline in smoking.
Apr 24
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Saloni Dattani
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The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking
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We don't have to sit back and just watch the horror unfold
This month, I signed a pledge to donate at least 10% of my lifetime income to effective charities.
Apr 11
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Saloni Dattani
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We don't have to sit back and just watch the horror unfold
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December 2024
Five medical breakthroughs in 2024
It's December, and time for a retrospective on some breakthroughs in medical innovation this year.
Dec 9, 2024
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Saloni Dattani
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Five medical breakthroughs in 2024
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April 2024
Four charts to understand causes of death across the lifespan: A dataviz walkthrough
The key question I ask myself while making data visualization: What question am I trying to answer?
Apr 20, 2024
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Saloni Dattani
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Four charts to understand causes of death across the lifespan: A dataviz walkthrough
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March 2024
#20: Many great things you missed this year
This week: Birth seasonality, causes of death across the lifespan, progress against HIV/AIDS & cystic fibrosis, very rare infectious form of…
Mar 16, 2024
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Saloni Dattani
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#20: Many great things you missed this year
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January 2024
#19: Seven things you didn't know about life expectancy
Life expectancy is being pushed higher. What does this mean, and what does it tell us about the future?
Jan 2, 2024
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Saloni Dattani
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#19: Seven things you didn't know about life expectancy
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December 2023
Why we didn't get a malaria vaccine sooner (audio recording)
Hundreds of thousands of people die from malaria each year, but it took 141 years to develop a vaccine for it.
Dec 20, 2023
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Saloni Dattani
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November 2023
#18: A slice of great things you missed this year
This post: A brain cancer breakthrough, defeating dengue, women's employment, rabies elimination, personality and age, giant virus-like particles, and…
Nov 3, 2023
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Saloni Dattani
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September 2023
#17: Why we didn't get a malaria vaccine sooner (bonus content)
This week: How to write a 9,000+ word article, fact-checking and history heuristics, and the path to scientific discovery.
Sep 10, 2023
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#17: Why we didn't get a malaria vaccine sooner (bonus content)
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July 2023
#16: A fraction of great things you missed this year
This week: Death contours, the twin baby boom, good conversations, music and languages, blood pressure drugs, conspiracy theories, Tasmanian devil…
Jul 9, 2023
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