Molecular Biologist and Professor Napoleone Ferrera sits down with Assistant Managing Editor Kerry Dolan to discuss how he discovered an important protein that helped develop drugs for blindness and cancer.
00:00 Introduction
02:40 The Discovery of VEGF
06:06 Joining Genentech
08:27 The Birth of Avastin
14:25 Developing Lucentis for Macular Degeneration
16:58 Moving On From Genentech
20:57 American Innovation And Advice to Young Scientists
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