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The Audio Long Read

From the archive: Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could transform medicine

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2016: Jeffrey Karp is at the forefront of a new generation of scientists using nature’s blueprints to create breakthrough medical technologies. Can bioinspiration help to solve some of humanity’s most urgent problems? By Laura Parker. Read by Adetomiwa Edun. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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The Guardian Archive Long Read.

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Hi, my name is Laura Parker. I'm a writer and editor based in San Francisco and I'm the author of Inspired by Nature, the

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thrilling new science that could transform medicine.

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So what caught my attention about the story?

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I was a science and tech journalist at the time, and I had signed up for press releases and

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