In late 2018, Japanese neurosurgeons at Kyoto University Hospital implanted reprogrammed stem cells into the brain of a patient with Parkinson’s disease for the first time, a then ground-breaking moment for researchers in the field. Merely administering the treatment was no small feat. Surgeons were required to drill two small…

Recently, a Ukrainian soldier in his 50s suffered terrible burns in a vehicle fire. After he was transported to a U.S. military hospital in Germany with infected wounds, his doctors tried to find him an effective antibiotic. But startingly, they discovered that his bacteria were resistant to multiple drugs, including…

In an intimate cocktail bar in downtown San Francisco owned by celebrity chef Dominique Crenn on July 1, a select group of consumers became the first Americans to receive a taste of the future. The meal itself was a simple one — chicken fried in a tempura batter, served with…

3.5 billion people. That’s how many of us are alive today thanks to an innovation many people have probably never heard of: the Haber-Bosch process. Invented back in the early twentieth century, the chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch figured out how to cheaply turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia, a…

Thirteen years ago, the first patients were treated in a landmark trial that is now recognized as one of the biggest breakthroughs in cancer treatment. The trial at Penn Medicine introduced the famous CAR T-cell therapy, in which patients’ own T-cells were genetically modified to hunt down and destroy their…

2022 marks the 7th year of Leaps by Bayer, with over €1.5B invested into 54 portfolio companies to date. Why has Leaps become an integral part of Bayer’s innovation strategy? Leaps is like a speedboat attached to an ocean liner. The big boat can travel far and wide, but it…

Spring is arriving in the Northern hemisphere, and with it comes new opportunities to plant the seeds of a greener, more sustainable future. At the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, I was inspired to hear about innovative technologies and approaches that can move us towards a future with…

We’re only two months into 2023, but already, one of the big stories of the year is shaping up to be the coming-of-age of AI. Last year, tools like DALL-E showed off how AI could generate complex and dazzling images. Now, with ChatGPT out and the incorporation of AI into…

As we embark on a new year, I am grateful for a year of scientific progress in challenging global economic times. Last year at this time, the COVID-19 pandemic exploded with the unexpected arrival of the Omicron variant. Even as the incredible breakthrough of mRNA vaccines have helped society reach…