Is the era of the cancer vaccine upon us?
Summary
This episode explores a breakthrough in personalized mRNA cancer vaccines for melanoma, featuring insights from biologist Anne Willis. It also covers the discovery of star S301, which will help measure the spin of the Milky Way’s black hole, and discusses Kit Chapman’s book on the history of alchemy. Finally, the show highlights a trial using AI to reduce aviation contrails and new research on how psychedelics reorganize brain activity.
Topics discussed
Sponsors and intro
Episode overview: Black holes and alchemy
Breakthrough in personalized cancer vaccines
Star S301 tests black hole spin and relativity
Sponsors
The Age of Alchemy book and history of chemistry
Operation Blue Skies: Reducing aviation contrails
Psychedelics and brain activity study
Outro and Global Story promo
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