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The Body
A portrait of Niccolo Paganini on his deathbed.

Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code

Distillations Podcast
Unexplainable podcast logo

What Causes Alzheimer’s?

Distillations Podcast
18th century mythological painting of Greek goddess Eos and Tithonus

Chasing Immortality

Distillations Podcast
Vampire preys on a sick woman

Vampire Panic

Distillations Podcast
Photo of Stephane Bancel

Interview with Stéphane Bancel

Distillations Podcast
Cartoon of group of men dissecting bodies in an attic

The Anatomy Riots

Distillations Podcast
Doctors perform ancient neurosurgery

When a Hole in the Head Is a Good Thing

Distillations Podcast
Drawing of an anopheles mosquito

When Mosquitoes Cured Insanity

Distillations Podcast
Physician inoculates boy with smallpox vaccine aboard ship

Orphan Vaccines

Distillations Podcast
Portrait of James Barry

How History Keeps Ignoring James Barry

Distillations Article
Engraving showing tableau of injected vessel and infant skeletons by Frederick Ruysch,

Collecting Monstrosity

Distillations Podcast
Photo of Magda Marquet posing

Interview with Magda Marquet

Distillations Podcast
Robert Langer working on a bed at home while wearing a mask

Interview with Robert Langer

Distillations Podcast
Mark Stevenson of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Interview with Mark Stevenson

Distillations Podcast
Alnylam CEO John Maraganore

Interview with John Maraganore

Distillations Podcast
Photo of Katrine Bosley

Interview with Katrine Bosley

Distillations Podcast
William Haseltine on a stage

Interview with William Haseltine

Distillations Podcast
Susan Weiss headshot

Interview with Susan Weiss

Distillations Podcast
Photo of Susan Desmond-Hellmann at the Fortune Most Powerful Women

Interview with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

Distillations Podcast
Former Gilead CEO John C. Martin holds bottle of Truvada

Interview with John C. Martin

Distillations Podcast
Photo from 1918 showing Philadelphia streetcar with sign reading "Spit spreads death"

Spit Spreads Death

Distillations Podcast
Color image of cancer cell

Who Needs a Mammogram?

Distillations Article
Rubella (German Measles) vaccination clinic in 1969

Roe v. Wade v. Rubella

Distillations Podcast

Distilled #2: An Early (Gold-Plated!) Not-Quite-IUD

Distillations Video

Women’s Work

Distillations Article
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