Their goal was ambitious. They wanted to revolutionize medical research by borrowing methods from their work in the booming automobile industry of the 1920s and ’30s — things like rigorous experimentation and a relentless focus on results. In many ways, they resembled the tech titans of the 21st century, people like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, whose wealth and success sometimes overshadows the dark sides of the industries that made them rich.
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