BONUS EPISODE: Pandemic Perspectives with Robert Langer

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We talk about COVID-19 with Robert Langer, a chemical engineer and an entrepreneur, who runs the largest biomedical engineering research laboratory in the world at MIT. He has also started numerous biotech companies, including Moderna Therapeutics, a company that’s been making headlines for the COVID-19 vaccine they’re developing.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Langer told us about his work with the Gates Foundation to develop a way for vaccines to self-boost in the body, his work with the sneaker company New Balance to create masks, and his thoughts about how diagnostic testing could be better.</span></p> <h2>Credits</h2> <p><strong>Host: </strong><a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/alexis-j-pedrick" target= "_self">Alexis Pedrick</a><br /> <strong>Senior Producer:</strong> <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/mariel-carr">Mariel Carr</a><br /> <strong>Producer:</strong> <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/rigoberto-hernandez">Rigoberto Hernandez</a><br /> <strong>Researcher:</strong> <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/jessica-wade" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Jessica Wade</a><br /> <strong>Audio Engineer: </strong><a href= "https://www.podbrain.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Pfeffer</a></p> <p>Original music composed by <a href= "http://zach.blue/index.html">Zach Young</a>.</p> <p class="p1"> </p>