From breakthrough to bedside – How medical discoveries make their way to us.

What if the cure everyone’s waiting for already exists — but patients can’t access it? 

With AI transforming medicine, breakthroughs are no longer science fiction. They’re happening now. But innovation alone isn’t enough. So how do discoveries escape the lab to reach patients?  

Leading researchers Michael Bowen, Victoria Cogger and Chenyu Tim Wang share their medical moonshots in novel therapeutics and nanomedicines, and how they’re expediting the process from discovery to delivery. 

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The Solutionists is a podcast from the University of Sydney, produced by Deadset Studios. Keep up to date with The Solutionists by following @sydney_uni on Facebook and Instagram, and @sydney.edu.au on Bluesky. 

This conversation is originally from a live public talks event, presented by Sydney Ideas – the University of Sydney’s flagship public talks program. You can hear the full hour-long version of this public conversation here. 

Listen to Michael Bowen’s previous episode of The Solutionists about America’s opioid crisis here. 

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