Infinite Loops
Infinite Loops
Jim O'Shaughnessy
Saloni Dattani - The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine (Ep. 312)
1 hour 25 minutes Posted Apr 30, 2026 at 12:15 pm.
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Saloni Dattani, author of the Scientific Discovery Substack and founding editor of Works in Progress magazine, joins Infinite Loops to discuss why medical innovation is often much slower than it needs to be.

We explore why so much research still begins in animal models, how poor data distorts our understanding of disease, why clinical trials are one of the biggest bottlenecks in medicine, and how better systems could help promising treatments reach patients faster.

Important Links:

Read more from Saloni here: https://worksinprogress.co/our-authors/saloni-dattani

And here: https://substack.com/@salonium

And listen to Saloni's podcast "Hard Drugs" here: https://harddrugs.worksinprogress.co/