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How Weight Loss Drugs Were Inspired by Gila Monsters | Sean B. Carroll

Nature has been solving problems for billions of years. Evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll reveals why scientists still turn to evolution’s inventions for life-saving breakthroughs, from GLP-1 drugs to statins.

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