How Close Are We to a Cure for Cancer? (Your Radical Questions with Professor Sir John Bell)

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of recent medical breakthroughs in cancer treatment with Professor Sir John Bell.

The FT’s John Burn-Murdoch stands in for Amol, joined this week by the immunologist and geneticist Professor Sir John Bell. After talking about the radical change being ushered in by successive medical breakthroughs on the main podcast, Sir John takes your questions on implications of this profound change. Will we see only wealthy people being able to benefit from these revolutionary treatments? What impact will the Trump administration have on the advance of medical science? And just how close are we to effectively curing cancer? * WhatsApp: 0330 123 9480 * Email: [email protected] Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are released every Monday and Thursday. Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Rufus Gray with Anna Budd and Oscar Pearson. Technical production was by Stephen Bailey. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

People in this episode

Host: John Burn-Murdoch

Guest: Professor Sir John Bell

Topics covered

• cancer research
• medical breakthroughs
• healthcare equity
• immunology
• genetics
• medical science

Keywords

• cancer
• cure
• medical breakthroughs
• healthcare
• immunology
• genetics
• Trump administration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 4, Trump administration

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