The Silent Killer: The sci-fi episode, with Certa Therapeutics and University of Sydney CTC

Wearable kidneys. Organs on a chip. Xenotransplantation. The future is here.

But is that the future people in biotech are truly looking to? Because the future that Certa Therapeutics CEO Darren Kelly is looking to is much less 1980s sci-fi and more... Apple watch.

And in a future where the numbers point to a rise in lifestyle diseases thanks to diet and a lack of exercise, climate change is an added risk that few are yet factoring in. Professor Meg Jardine, the head of University of Sydney's Clinical Trials Centre, explains where the risks are.  

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Produced by Rachel Williamson and Charis Palmer. Music and effect credits to Ziso, Inspector J, Seth Parson and Boom Library.