Drew Weissman: Nobel Prize Conversations

How can we ensure that knowledge and science are spread globally? Medicine laureate Drew Weissman is an advocate for creating research centres around the world to give local researchers the means to have ownership and solve health issues by themselves. As Weissman puts it: ”A lot of people set up a clinic in a city somewhere, collect samples, take them home, and study them. To me, that compounds the problem, because it doesn't teach people. It doesn't make scientists better.” Weissman also tells host Adam Smith about how his interest in science was sparked and how he has maintained that curiosity for the rest of his life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.