Forty years ago, Kendall Square was surrounded by abandoned factories and empty parking lots. Now, it is a bustling center of the biotech industry, and one of the best places in the world to launch a biotechnology startup company.

Guests

Phillip Sharp, co-founder of Biogen, Nobel Prize winner, institute professor at MIT.

Robin Scheffler, assistant professor at MIT, biotech industry historian. He tweets @cancerhistorian.