Muons, massive waves and restored sight: the winners at the ‘Oscars of science’ – podcast

Madeleine Finlay sits down with science editor Ian Sample to hear about some of the winners of the Breakthrough Prize, which held its ceremony in LA last weekend. Each prize is worth $3m and they’re awarded in physics, maths and life sciences. Madeleine and Ian hear from molecular biologist Jean Bennett, who shared a life sciences prize for her work developing the world’s first FDA-approved gene augmented therapy for sight loss. She explains how a chance encounter while dissecting a brain in ...

By Presented by Madeleine Finlay, with Ian Sample, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer was Ellie Bury

‘It means the world’ – Dublin doctor wins award at ‘Oscars of science’ for brain disease discovery

A Dublin-born doctor who is based in the US has received a top award at the “Oscars of science” for a ground­breaking discovery that transformed global understanding of a devastating brain disease.