129. How to Fix Medical Research | People I (Mostly) Admire

Monica Bertagnolli went from a childhood on a cattle ranch to a career as a surgeon to a top post in the Biden administration. As director of the National Institutes of Health, she’s working to improve the way we find new treatments - despite regulatory constraints and tight budgets.
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Uh oh. Breaking: NIH leader canceled after stating men have XY chromosomes and women have XX chromosomes. The horror!