By any measure, we are living in an age of astonishing contradiction. Charles Dickens' immortal line - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" - feels less like a literary flourish and more like a daily headline. On one hand, science and medicine are leaping forward with breathtaking speed and bring excitement and the realisation of decades of research and hard work. On the other, the world feels like it's unravelling - politically, economically, and emotionally.

Let's start with the best of times. In the past year alone, researchers have made strides in curing sickle cell disease using CRISPR gene editing . AI-assisted diagnostics are catching cancers earlier than ever. mRNA technology, once a niche scientific curiosity, is now being explored for everything from influenza

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