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This edition: Will We Find a Cure for Cancer and Alzheimer's Anytime Soon?

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Original tape date: January 6, 2016. First aired: January 11, 2016.

Science is on the march in the heart of New York City. With five Nobel Laureates on its faculty, Rockefeller University scientists are working to unlock the mysteries of dreaded diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s. Rockefeller’s President, Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, tells Jim Zirin of some of Rockefeller’s breakthrough discoveries, and updates the prospects for further advances in the service of humanity.

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Marc Tessier-Lavigne President, The Rockefeller University

  • About this series

  • Conversations with Jim Zirin is a talk show designed to illuminate the news by taking the time required to understand and interpret national and world events. The series features high-profile guests from the worlds of politics, law, business, foreign relations, national security, counterterrorism, media, lifestyles, literature, the arts, and the military.

    The series is hosted by Jim Zirin, a leading litigator and contributor to major publications including Forbes, the Daily Beast, the Nation, The Times of London and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of two books, The Mother Court -- Tales of Cases That Mattered in America's Greatest Trial Court, and Supremely Partisan—How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court. Jim served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the Criminal Division under the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau.

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  • Monday – Thursday 10:30pm

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