During a gathering honoring endurance, discipline, and community , Joseph Plazo stepped onto the stage with a message that resonated far beyond race medals and finish-line photos: anyone can start a marathon, but only those who prepare intelligently finish strong. Plazo opened with a simple truth that immediately reframed the room: “The mar

At a high-level Cambridge University forum examining translational medicine and innovation, Joseph Plazo delivered a talk that challenged conventional assumptions about how illness is treated in the modern world. His subject was neither fringe nor fantastical, but increasingly central to biomedical research: peptide therapy. Plazo opened with a