Scientific MOOCs follower. Author of Airpocalypse, a techno-medical thriller (Out Summer 2017)


Welcome to the digital era of biology (and to this modest blog I started in early 2005).

To cure many diseases, like cancer or cystic fibrosis, we will need to target genes (mutations, for ex.), not organs! I am convinced that the future of replacement medicine (organ transplant) is genomics (the science of the human genome). In 10 years we will be replacing (modifying) genes; not organs!


Anticipating the $100 genome era and the P4™ medicine revolution. P4 Medicine (Predictive, Personalized, Preventive, & Participatory): Catalyzing a Revolution from Reactive to Proactive Medicine.


I am an early adopter of scientific MOOCs. I've earned myself four MIT digital diplomas: 7.00x, 7.28x1, 7.28.x2 and 7QBWx. Instructor of 7.00x: Eric Lander PhD.

Upcoming books: Airpocalypse, a medical thriller (action taking place in Beijing) 2017; Jesus CRISPR Superstar, a sci-fi -- French title: La Passion du CRISPR (2018).

I love Genomics. Would you rather donate your data, or... your vital organs? Imagine all the people sharing their data...

Audio files on this blog are Windows files ; if you have a Mac, you might want to use VLC (http://www.videolan.org) to read them.

Concernant les fichiers son ou audio (audio files) sur ce blog : ce sont des fichiers Windows ; pour les lire sur Mac, il faut les ouvrir avec VLC (http://www.videolan.org).


The Freakonomics of Organ Donation

Just saw this Freakonomics movie ... Among other stories, there was one about the hidden world of Japanese Sumo wrestling ... Sumos are said to be above the law, and to be driven by the concept of purity and purification of one's inner and outer selves, central to Shinto religion ... Still, this secret world is ethically and morally flawed: revenge, murders, secret agreements, like cheating when there is a strong (financial or material) incentive to do so ... This Sumo cheating thing is named "Pure Corruption" in the movie. Alex Gibney is explorating the Japanese concept of yaochō (match fixing) in Sumo wrestling. Still, this is taboo in the Japanese society. People revealing scandals (and murders) happening in the Sumo wrestling world have no choice but to die. The society is not ready to hear about these scandals. Sumo means Shinto means purity ... end of the story. The Sumo wrestler represents sincerity and honesty at their best ... He can't do bad things, since he is more like a God than like a human ... But things are about to change, as some Japanese reporters think it's high time someone blew the whistle on dark little secrets in this flawless world ... and they start writing about scandals and violence and hidden crimes in the Sumo world ...

Junk donation?

Organ donation in Europe is like Sumo wrestling in Japan ... Nothing wrong can happen ... Except that there is this organ trafficking in China (and in many other countries), with the help of some German physicians (among others) ... Bloggers start writing about some moral and economic bias introduced in organ donation. Promotion equals information, in a legal context of "presumed consent" to organ donation in France ... etc. (Read in French)

Mon commentaire : Depuis mars 2005, je dénonce des biais moraux, déontologiques et économiques dans les transplantations d'organes ... en vain ... Les seuls qui m'écoutent sont les vendeurs de logiciels (ils préparent la techno-médecine de demain) ... à commencer par Steve Jobs, l'ancien patron d'Apple, greffé du foie et décédé deux ans plus tard ... et qui a découvert bien des biais moraux et financiers dans le monde médical des transplantations un an avant son décès ... Sinon, dans la médecine et auprès du grand public, le "don" d'organes est un sujet largement tabou ... "Touche pas à ma greffe"...  Il n'y a pas de corruption ou de dysfonctionnements dans ce domaine - c'est comme pour les Sumos au Japon : ils sont au-dessus des lois (et pourtant : voir le film Freakonomics sorti en 2010) ... Il semblerait que, comme au Japon, les journalistes français commencent à avoir la volonté de casser un tabou, de révéler des vérités au grand public ... lequel, jusqu'à présent, ne voulait pas entendre lesdites vérités ... cela commence timidement ... Lire par exemple cet article de Blog écrit le 30/06/2012 par "MAX75", suite à la Journée Nationale de Réflexion sur le Don d'Organes (22/06) : "Refuser le don d'organes" ...

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