Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts

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 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Pope Leo's lung cancer
Pope Leo was diagnosed with localized lung cancer, and has undergone curative surgery.
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Genomics when you are ill, not when you are healthy
The original sin of Francis Collins
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
What is a phase 1 AI trial?
Is it a cow or is it dobutamine?
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Can AI ‘hack’ a cancer clinical trial
Terrance Tao part 2
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Terrence Tao does not understand cancer medicine
If experts don't understand the mechanism of action, but it passes a phase 3 study, you can bet everyone will want it and give it.
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
The ethics of a hepatitis B trial in the Guinea Bissau
Many physicians don't understand clinical trial ethics.
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
An interview with Dr. Vinay Prasad
A recording from Vinay Prasad MD MPH and Alex Berenson's live video
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH and Alex Berenson
1:08:37
Rosalind Franklin meet Pan Zhao Hua
Many science awards snub a key scientist who was involved in discovery.
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
A Russian woman dies after dropping a test tube filled with the plague
What you need to know
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Nobel prizes aren't... Scientific
They can even be a little sad (like Yesterday)
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
Surgery for progressive, metastatic pancreas cancer
And other odd ideas
 • Vinay Prasad MD MPH
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