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Moderna and Flagship Pioneering: Noubar Afeyan

2021-10-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 6m ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Moderna and Flagship Pioneering: Noubar Afeyan
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In the field of bio-tech, it can take 10 years and millions of dollars to see if an experimental idea might turn into a life-saving treatment—if it ever does. Noubar Afeyan fully understood those risks when he co-founded Moderna in 2010. He and his colleagues were looking for a way to deploy the mes