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Globe and Mail reporter Carly Weeks talks to members of the judging panel for the Gairdner Awards, which honour outstanding biomedical scientists. Here, she interviews Michael Hayden, director of the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia, on the importance of funding research that has a big impact on human health and on the economy.

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