While Big Pharma's business model is in a crisis
- "66/98 drug companies had only one drug launched in 10 years; + outlier (#BMY) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company focused on human genetics http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2013/08/11/how-the-staggering-cost-of-inventing-new-drugs-is-shaping-the-future-of-medicine/" - and many old European and American institutions seem to be failing at reinventing themselves, biohackers (nothing to do with bioterrorism) and other startupers are working worldwide, undetected by conglomerates and politicians, in an effort to promote more sustainability. Hacking biology, but for the good cause... in the citizens' best interests (instead of the conglomerates' ones, for a change...). Each and every citizen, meaning YOU and me, can register for a free seminar online (MOOC), and learn about the secrets of life just as you would if you were a student at the MIT or The Harvard Med School!
Maybe in the future we'll see biohackers printing out transplantable organs with 3D printers, bioink and stem cells from transplant patients... Where will this take place? At the Notre-Dame church of Paris, with French fablab "La Paillasse"?... Maybe the gargoyles in Paris will be the first ones to witness this breakthrough...
"Thomas Landrain is the co-founder and president of the nonprofit organization
La Paillasse in Paris, one of the world's largest community laboratories,
commonly called hackerspaces, that foster open biotechnology. He is an
active member of the Do-it-yourself Biology (DIYbio) community,
organizing the launch of the DIYbio Europe network and working regularly
as one of its spokespersons. He is currently pursuing his PhD studies
in Synthetic Biology at iSSB, a CNRS-Genopole research institution.
Convinced that the 21st century will be the century of biotechnologies,
he is now focusing on making biology more accessible to use as a
technology for citizens and amateurs."
==> French fab Lab
La Paillasse's first scientific article (white paper) is out!
"Do-it-yourself biology: challenges and promises for an open science and technology movement"
(You can activate the subtitles in the bottom bar of the video.)
How Does Silicon Valley Teach Its Children? With A FabLab! http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorhwang/2013/08/07/how-does-silicon-valley-teach-its-children-with-a-fablab/?ss=reinventing-america&utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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