Bestsellers
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The Singularity Is Nearer
- When We Merge with AI
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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The noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will refashion the human race in the decades to come....
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victory lap
- By Anonymous User on 06-30-24
By: Ray Kurzweil
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Life 3.0
- Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- By: Max Tegmark
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....
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Irritating
- By Thomas Cotter on 10-25-17
By: Max Tegmark
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Human Compatible
- Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
- By: Stuart Russell
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intelligent machines....
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Good General Introduction to AI Topic
- By Catherine Puma on 03-26-20
By: Stuart Russell
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....
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RUINED audio.
- By Fred on 06-25-21
By: Ray Kurzweil
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A Crack in Creation
- Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
- By: Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers....
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In to the abyss we ascend, a scary future
- By Philomath on 06-17-17
By: Jennifer A. Doudna, and others
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The Catalyst
- RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
- By: Thomas R. Cech
- Narrated by: Joshua Saxon
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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A gripping journey of discovery, The Catalyst moves from the early experiments that first hinted at RNA's spectacular powers, to Cech's own paradigm-shifting finding that it can catalyze cellular reactions, to the cutting-edge biotechnologies poised to reshape our health.
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a discredit to women scientists everywhere
- By Mom on 07-31-24
By: Thomas R. Cech
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The Singularity Is Nearer
- When We Merge with AI
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The noted inventor and futurist's successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will refashion the human race in the decades to come....
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victory lap
- By Anonymous User on 06-30-24
By: Ray Kurzweil
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Life 3.0
- Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- By: Max Tegmark
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society, and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology....
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Irritating
- By Thomas Cotter on 10-25-17
By: Max Tegmark
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Human Compatible
- Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
- By: Stuart Russell
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intelligent machines....
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Good General Introduction to AI Topic
- By Catherine Puma on 03-26-20
By: Stuart Russell
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- By: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best....
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RUINED audio.
- By Fred on 06-25-21
By: Ray Kurzweil
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A Crack in Creation
- Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
- By: Jennifer A. Doudna, Samuel H. Sternberg
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers....
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In to the abyss we ascend, a scary future
- By Philomath on 06-17-17
By: Jennifer A. Doudna, and others
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The Catalyst
- RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
- By: Thomas R. Cech
- Narrated by: Joshua Saxon
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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A gripping journey of discovery, The Catalyst moves from the early experiments that first hinted at RNA's spectacular powers, to Cech's own paradigm-shifting finding that it can catalyze cellular reactions, to the cutting-edge biotechnologies poised to reshape our health.
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a discredit to women scientists everywhere
- By Mom on 07-31-24
By: Thomas R. Cech
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Homo Deus: Breve historia del mañana [Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow]
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Carlos Manuel Vesga
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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De animales a dioses, augura un mundo no tan lejano en el cual nos veremos enfrentados a una nueva serie de retos....
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aprendizaje y reflexiones
- By Maria Ines Uribe on 10-20-18
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Superconvergence
- How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform our Lives, Work, and World
- By: Jamie Metzl
- Narrated by: James Anderson Foster, Jamie Metzl
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Leading futurist and OneShared.World founder Jamie Metzl explores how genome sequencing, gene editing, artificial intelligence, and other technologies are not only changing our lives, but catalyzing each other in radical and accelerating ways.
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Great Book Somewhat Spoiled by Self-Promotion
- By Jack E. Koepke on 06-22-24
By: Jamie Metzl
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Life as We Made It
- How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined - and Redefined - Nature
- By: Beth Shapiro
- Narrated by: Beth Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Once, we humans could only observe evolution. Suddenly, we had conquered it. And yet, in Life as We Made It, evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro argues that - despite how amazing our new technologies are - our ability to alter the course of evolution isn’t new....
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Interesting, Informative, Thought-provoking
- By Katrina L. on 09-13-23
By: Beth Shapiro
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Junk DNA
- A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome
- By: Nessa Carey
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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For decades after the identification of the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions that make up 98 percent of the human genome were dismissed as "junk," sequences.
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What’s the point
- By Bill A on 04-11-21
By: Nessa Carey
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Projekt Lebensverlängerung – Warum 100 gesunde Lebensjahre dank Spitzenforschung und Hightech jetzt schon möglich werden
- By: Thomas Schulz
- Narrated by: Thomas Dehler
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Ein Blick durch das Schlüsselloch der Forschungslabore und Hightech-Firmen: Woran sie arbeiten, was sie planen, was jetzt schon möglich ist. Spitzenforscher ...
By: Thomas Schulz
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The Age of Living Machines
- How the Convergence of Biology and Engineering Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
- By: Susan Hockfield
- Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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From the former president of MIT, the story of the next technology revolution and how it will change our lives....
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Interesting content, but...
- By David on 05-19-19
By: Susan Hockfield
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El código de la vida [The Code Breaker]
- Jennifer Doudna, la edición genética y el futuro de la especie humana [Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Species]
- By: Walter Isaacson, Luis Jesús Negro García, Inga Pellisa Díaz
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi, Luis Solís
- Length: 19 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Hay una revolución en marcha, una tecnología prodigiosa que nos va a permitir curar enfermedades, derrotar virus y tener hijos más sanos. A su cabeza está la reciente premio Nobel Jennifer Doudna y sus colegas, protagonistas del nuevo libro de Walter Isaacson....
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the code breaker, i love it.
- By Alejandro Mejia on 06-09-22
By: Walter Isaacson, and others
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We Are Electric
- Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
- By: Sally Adee
- Narrated by: Sally Adee
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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Award-winning science writer Sally Adee takes listeners through the thrilling history of bioelectricity and into the future....
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Some of the best science writing I’ve experienced.
- By Jeffrey J. Santman on 03-11-23
By: Sally Adee
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Countdown to Extinction
- Navigating the Existential Threats That Could End Humanity
- By: Josh Luberisse
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
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Countdown to Extinction: Navigating the Existential Threats That Could End Humanity is a comprehensive and thought-provoking exploration of the ...
By: Josh Luberisse
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On the Future
- Prospects for Humanity
- By: Martin Rees
- Narrated by: Martin Rees, Samuel West
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Rich with fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology, On the Future is a provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and best-selling author Martin Rees....
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Science, the future, and great wisdom
- By Philomath on 10-29-18
By: Martin Rees
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From Breakthrough to Blockbuster
- The Business of Biotechnology
- By: Donald L. Drakeman, Lisa N. Drakeman, Nektarios Oraiopoulos
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Beginning in the 1970s, several scientific breakthroughs promised to transform the creation of new medicines. As investors sought to capitalize on these Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, the biotech industry grew to thousands of small companies around the world....
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Wonderful book!
- By Momo Abbasi on 04-28-24
By: Donald L. Drakeman, and others
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Genentech
- The Beginnings of Biotech
- By: Sally Smith Hughes
- Narrated by: Suzie Althens
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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In the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc., a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street, raising over $38 million in its initial public stock offering....
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Shallow and lifeless
- By LTS on 11-26-23
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DNA
- The Story of the Genetic Revolution
- By: James D. Watson, Andrew Berry, Kevin Davies
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the most comprehensive and authoritative exploration of DNA's impact - practical, social, and ethical - on our society and our world....
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Excellent review of Genetics Research
- By Bill on 11-26-18
By: James D. Watson, and others
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Homo Deus [Homo Deus. A Brief History of Tomorrow]
- Breve historia del mañana
- By: Yuval Noah Harari, Joandomènec Ros i Aragonès
- Narrated by: Luis David García Márquez
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
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A lo largo del último siglo, la humanidad ha logrado lo imposible frenando la hambruna, la peste y la guerra....
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invitación a reflexionar el futuro
- By Alex I. Camacho on 09-05-24
By: Yuval Noah Harari, and others
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Science of Self
- By: Lee M. Silver, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Lee M. Silver
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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In 24 thought-provoking lectures designed for nonscientists, this course explores today's exciting field of genomics, the study of the vast storehouse of information contained within chromosomes. Your professor is Princeton University biologist Lee M. Silver....
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disappointing, no accompanying figures.
- By Amazon Customer on 02-10-21
By: Lee M. Silver, and others
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Editing Humanity
- The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing
- By: Kevin Davies
- Narrated by: Kevin Davies
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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Editing Humanity takes listeners inside the fascinating world of a new gene editing technology called CRISPR, a high-powered genetic toolkit that enables scientists to not only engineer but to edit the DNA of any organism down to the individual building blocks of the genetic code....
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Excellent content, solid execution
- By Samuel Finlayson on 01-25-21
By: Kevin Davies
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A Prescription for Change
- The Looming Crisis in Drug Development
- By: Michael Kinch
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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The introduction of new medicines has dramatically improved the quantity and quality of individual and public health, while contributing trillions of dollars to the global economy....
By: Michael Kinch
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The Mutant Project
- Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
- By: Eben Kirksey
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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An anthropologist visits the frontiers of the next scientific revolution to ask: Whose values are guiding gene editing experiments, and what are the implications for humanity? Listen to find out more....
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Great book! Very low recording volume
- By Brandon on 07-30-22
By: Eben Kirksey
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A Shot to Save the World
- The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
- By: Gregory Zuckerman
- Narrated by: Jack Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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The authoritative account of the race to produce the vaccines that are saving us all, from the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Man Who Solved the Market....
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Wow! Do not miss this one.
- By Jacob on 11-18-21
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Super Agers
- By: Eric Topol
- Length: 10 hrs
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Super Agers is a detailed guide to a revolution transforming human longevity. This is a breakthrough moment in the history of human health care. The person making that bold claim is one of the most respected medical researchers in the world, Eric Topol.
By: Eric Topol
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Life’s Ratchet
- How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos
- By: Peter M. Hoffman
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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Part history, part cutting-edge science, part philosophy, Life’s Ratchet takes us from ancient Greece to the laboratories of modern nanotechnology to tell the story of our quest for the machinery of life....
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For biologists to learn single molecule biophysics
- By A Synthetic Biologist on 09-04-14
By: Peter M. Hoffman
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The Kaggle Book
- Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Competitive Data Science
- By: Konrad Banachewicz, Luca Massaron
- Narrated by: Alex Freeman
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The first audiobook of its kind, The Kaggle Book assembles in one place the techniques and skills you'll need for success in competitions, data science projects, and beyond....
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Game Changer
- By Jon Bown on 03-05-23
By: Konrad Banachewicz, and others
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Inside the Orphan Drug Revolution
- The Promise of Patient-Centered Biotechnology
- By: James A. Geraghty
- Narrated by: Scott Wallace
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Jim Geraghty has been a passionate participant in the orphan drug revolution since its inception―a leader in the field as a strategy consultant, biotechnology executive, and venture entrepreneur. His book tells deeply personal stories of patients and parents willing to risk untried new therapies....
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Excellent learning onorphan drugs and beyond
- By Fox2 on 08-05-24
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Ending Aging
- The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime
- By: Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rae
- Narrated by: Stephanie Murphy
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A long life in a healthy, vigorous, youthful body has always been one of humanity's greatest dreams....
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Overly wordy
- By Richard on 03-10-17
By: Aubrey de Grey, and others