What if humans could speed up the historically slow churn of science—and change the course of history forever? Considered science fiction less than a decade ago, some therapies now available to the clinical market are resulting in millions of longer, happier, and healthier lives—and many of these advances can be traced back to Michael Milken and the Milken Institute. Faster Cures is the story of Milken’s quest to unravel the mysteries of disease, leading him down a path that ultimately revolutionized the process of medical research. This book details the history of medicine’s advancement from its dark past to its incredibly bright future, and explains how the field of medicine will transform society through meteoric progress in research into areas such as cancer, infectious disease, the brain, the immune system, organ transplants, and CRISPR gene editing. This is the exciting, decades-long story of how Milken marshalled his formidable innovations in finance and the scientific insights of his foundations to radically transform the field of medicine. This book celebrates the amazing progress that’s been made in the laboratory and the clinic, sounds the alarm on where the system must change, and details the road map for future innovators.