Digitizing creativity http://t.co/ZbsF6D6iKO "like having someone else embedded in my own brain" pic.twitter.com/AcuPplFwlY
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 30, 2013
Digitizing creativity
#Exosomes researchers discuss what interested them in science in 4th episode of @LIFECorporation’s doc series
#Exosomes researchers discuss what interested them in science in 4th episode of @LIFECorporation’s doc series http://t.co/4ZIjA2hafC [VIDEO]
— NCATS (@ncats_nih_gov) November 26, 2013
HealClick: "We connect patients in a smarter way using medical details they have in common"
Check this out! http://t.co/wjPigIeZoh #pm101 #fibro #mecfs #lyme #rheum
— Robert West PhD (@westr) November 30, 2013Society for Participatory Medicine: "We're still on the paternalism train. Driven by a 150YO steam locomotive"
"There's been a firestorm of discussion
on the Society for Participatory Medicine email boards - we're ranging from 'FDA are idiots' to '23andMe acted like they were above regulation,' and everything in
between.
My personal opinion is that the FDA is attempting to nail the barn door shut when the horse is two counties over, and running fast. I agree that DNA testing, and medical products that grow from that, need to be scientifically rigorous and subject to clear regulations. However, and I have to say typically, the FDA's language seems to parse into 'consumers are too stupid to understand the data you deliver, 'cause they're not MDs.'
We're still on the paternalism train. Driven by a 150YO steam locomotive ... "
Source: LinkedIn
Exciting #NIH work on robots changing how we search for #treatments
.MT @NIHDirector: Exciting #NIH work on robots changing how we search for #treatments: via @WSJ http://t.co/u8TPcVSKeN #hcinno #cdom #s4pm
— Carla B. (@confluently) November 21, 2013
Indian life sciences attracts interest as KKR invests $200m in India pharma group
Indian life sciences attracts interest as KKR invests $200m in India pharma group - http://t.co/czDNz25LqC http://t.co/LPIg5eoCFB via @FT
— Michael M. Hopkins (@BiotechPolicyUK) November 29, 2013
"Advancements in High-Speed DNA Synthesis to Drive Growth in the Global Synthetic Biology Market"
'Advancements in High-Speed DNA Synthesis to Drive Growth in the Global Synthetic Biology Market'
http://t.co/8ZLR4XpstG
— Dr John Walls (@JonMichaelWalls) November 26, 2013
3D-Printed Hearts From Human Fat Cells? Scientist Says ‘Bioprinting’ Organs Possible ‘In 10 Years’
3D-Printed Hearts From Human Fat Cells? Scientist Says ‘Bioprinting’ Organs Possible ‘In 10 Years’
http://t.co/V1q5Eiq7oW
— Dr John Walls (@JonMichaelWalls) November 25, 2013
A Scientist Predicts the Future
A Scientist Predicts the Future http://t.co/HXFAgVKukT @michiokaku has some (not all) right on ideas for how medicine|tech will go forward
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 29, 2013
Example of #hype & overselling science from NYT @UKRIO @raphavisses RT @drbachinsky A Scientist Predicts the Future http://t.co/Ijw53RbtJ5
— Dr. Allison Stelling (@DrStelling) November 29, 2013
Most of these "predictions" are absurd. Disappointing to read. http://t.co/qYbTJ7RUVq h/t @matthewherper
— Alex Knapp (@TheAlexKnapp) November 29, 2013
Metagenomics késako??
Metagenomics-brief review http://t.co/CO0WsCsvN6 @sciencemagazine "the potential to revolutionize fields" Great pic pic.twitter.com/vg5vC7MpbP
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 28, 2013
Eventually #DNA will be democratized
.@TheEconomist weighs in on @23andme v @US_FDA http://t.co/6BUUXG66j1 Lots of views on this flap, but eventually #DNA will be democratized
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 28, 2013
"Make a touch screen desk that allows students to bring their own personal genome data into the classroom"
Now this truly is (would be) Creative Destruction of Medicine (#CDoM). Found this very moving. Thank you Jason...
"I want to revolutionize the Traditional Public School Desk. I have been
on this journey for some time. I will make sure to read the article you
shared above when my busy season slows down, but here's my point, and
I'm willing to share it with anyone that wants to jump on the band
wagon:
Make a touch screen desk that allows students to bring their own personal genome data into the classroom. Once students are able to have a science class that is specific to them, they will pay better attention and will share it with their family. While working as a part time private school science teacher, I discovered that 5th graders are probably the best place to start introducing high concept biotech classes mingled with personal health class.
The technology is simple enough for them to understand what they are made of; making the class personalized, preventative, predictive, and participatory (P4 Medicine - Institute of Systems Biology Seattle). If students can see the genome for what it is and what it currently LACKS, it could give these students a goal for their high school and college studies. It also compounds the interest for Crowd Sourcing Data. The generation that shares the most will benefit the most. Forget the potential scare tactics. Tell the students aging is a disease we can cure and you will have their attention. That conversation will lead to the Ethics topics on over population and renewable resources. It's a win win if people STOP WELCOMING THE RAPTURE.
Let's care for ourselves and our planet. Let's get on the bandwagon to make people believe that they can live a healthy life, not a cookie cutter life. I don't want to make everyone look the same, I want to give everyone a healthy immune system that functions correctly. If I can give my friends and family members with Parkinson's, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cancer and MS a better quality of life, I will. But we need to share our information to get there. We all hold the keys to this destination, and the map has already been created. This is what 23&me is doing - and they will get it right, hopefully."
Source: LinkedIn
BREAKING: FDA orders 23andMe to halt sales of DNA test kit Manager's Choice.
Chief Social Media Officer at Flex-Plan Services, Inc.
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Make a touch screen desk that allows students to bring their own personal genome data into the classroom. Once students are able to have a science class that is specific to them, they will pay better attention and will share it with their family. While working as a part time private school science teacher, I discovered that 5th graders are probably the best place to start introducing high concept biotech classes mingled with personal health class.
The technology is simple enough for them to understand what they are made of; making the class personalized, preventative, predictive, and participatory (P4 Medicine - Institute of Systems Biology Seattle). If students can see the genome for what it is and what it currently LACKS, it could give these students a goal for their high school and college studies. It also compounds the interest for Crowd Sourcing Data. The generation that shares the most will benefit the most. Forget the potential scare tactics. Tell the students aging is a disease we can cure and you will have their attention. That conversation will lead to the Ethics topics on over population and renewable resources. It's a win win if people STOP WELCOMING THE RAPTURE.
Let's care for ourselves and our planet. Let's get on the bandwagon to make people believe that they can live a healthy life, not a cookie cutter life. I don't want to make everyone look the same, I want to give everyone a healthy immune system that functions correctly. If I can give my friends and family members with Parkinson's, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cancer and MS a better quality of life, I will. But we need to share our information to get there. We all hold the keys to this destination, and the map has already been created. This is what 23&me is doing - and they will get it right, hopefully."
Source: LinkedIn
BREAKING: FDA orders 23andMe to halt sales of DNA test kit Manager's Choice.
Genomics. What does that tell us??
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"You might say, what is this telling us?
The answer is, we don't always know, but I'll tell you one thing-- four of those genes encode different subunits of exactly the same multi-protein complex that is a certain calcium channel in neurons.
That's not an accident.
That tells you in a way you would have never guessed.
And only genetics can tell you that particular L-type calcium channel-- four subunits there-- carry mutations, all of which are associated." 7.00x Intro to Biology- The Secret of Life
"It is up to about 47 genes that have been associated with hereditary risk of breast cancer. Some of them have weak effects.
They explain, oh, I don't know, about a 1/6 of the inheritance.
There are a bunch of strong mutations-- Mendelian-like forms-- they explain about a 1/6 so far. Together, they might explain about 1/3 so far. It's by no means done. But this is what's going on."
"A polygenic disease is a disease that is associated with mutations in more than one gene. For many polygenic diseases, the mutations associated with the disease do not directly result in a disease phenotype but are, instead, correlated with an increase in the risk of having the disease phenotype. "
Eric Lander PhD, "Intro to Biology, the Secret of Life", MOOC MITx , June 2013.
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Ver Repo! the Genetic Opera - Theatrical Trailer en YouTube - https://t.co/F1GRe7MuYL @webbeo
— Q. Herrera (@Qrnito) November 23, 2013
A bit ambitious--edit illness out of the genome?
Biotech Startup Editas Medicine Wants to Cure Grievous Genetic Diseases with New Genome Editing Technology http://t.co/mBGJ6cSJEs
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 28, 2013
A bit ambitious--edit illness out of the genome? "Editas Medicine gets $43M round to edit illness out of the genome" http://t.co/f1Pne0pltl
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 26, 2013
New company Editas Medicine performing ‘molecular surgery’ on disease-causing genes
Editas Medicine Created to Discover and Develop Novel Class of Genome Editing #Broad Institute http://t.co/2GRgWp7Y2m
— MIT Biology (@MITBiology) November 26, 2013
Predicting how a drug will work in the body just by knowing its structure
Predicting how a drug will work in the body just by knowing its structure http://t.co/w3NM3Oq8xK @NatureMagazine @nlm_news #drugable
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 27, 2013
Report on the DIY Bio movement (7 Myths)
.#CitizenScience: Report on the DIY Bio movement (7 Myths) http://t.co/YwPUpeDa8b + editorial http://t.co/vbWMPhCjEP @NatureMagazine @diybio
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 27, 2013
The @US_FDA v @23andMe ongoing blitz of opinions nicely summed up
The @US_FDA v @23andMe ongoing blitz of opinions nicely summed up by @David_Dobbs http://t.co/upMnM5vhHG + @blondone http://t.co/Axgydi7HMF
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 27, 2013
"Remarkable coverage of Israeli breast cancer genetic testing, Angelina effect"
Remarkable coverage of Israeli breast cancer genetic testing, Angelina effect http://t.co/eIfbKacp3A #BRCA #genomics
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 27, 2013
Competition: Win a medical masterpiece!
Competition: Win a medical masterpiece! - 14 November 2013 - New Scientist: http://t.co/J6pHXYr0yB
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 26, 2013
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"The Wellcome Collection in London is hosting an exhibition called Foreign Bodies, Common Ground.
It brings together the work of artists resident in medical research
centres in six countries: Kenya, Vietnam, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand
and the UK.
To mark this event, New Scientist
CultureLab invites you to send in your own work of art. We are looking
for an original creation that depicts your view of modern medicine and
why it matters. It might be inspired by an encounter with a doctor, a
scan of your brain or the impact of a treatment you've received. It can
be a song, poem, painting, video, sculpture, short story or photograph…
the sky's the limit."
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23andMe: "My Dead Disease Was Just A Bug"
#23andMe #Genetics "My Dead Disease Was Just A Bug" http://t.co/qwwUkqkDQT
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 26, 2013Editas Medicine gets $43M round to edit illness out of the genome
Editas Medicine gets $43M round to edit illness out of the genome http://t.co/3mQsJxHRiQ
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 26, 2013
"The Next Frontier in Heart Care"
"The Next Frontier in Heart Care" http://t.co/UOxjJp11eF New large research program using #genomics and mobile devices #indivmed #mHealth
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 26, 2013
23andMe, the FDA and The Big Bang Theory
Love this editorial "The FDA And Thee" http://t.co/rrsVB2ap87 and the @razibkhan's long view piece http://t.co/TcXLXMu22Q on @23andMe
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 26, 2013
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23andMe case: should medical information (data) be kept by specialists or is it up to the patient to learn how to decode his own data/information? MOOCs in genomics will give the tools to patients if they want to do their own (genomic) risk management, instead of trusting blindly -- which can be the biggest risk of all...
Interesting
http://mntmn.com/pages/23andme.html
Remember it took 24 years to the FDA to approve HIV tests outside of hospital. How many avoidable and unnecessary HIV infections during those 24 years?
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/09/oraquick-hiv-test/
Intéressant cas avec 23andMe : Faut-il réserver l'information médicale aux spécialistes ou le patient doit-il apprendre à la décoder lui même ?
Traduction en anglais : http://mntmn.com/pages/23andme.html
Une autre histoire à mettre en balance : la FDA a mis 24 ans pour approuver les tests HIV en dehors du circuit hospitalier ; combien de contaminations supplémentaires cela a causé ?
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/09/oraquick-hiv-test/
The Singular Waste of America's Healthcare System in 1 Remarkable Chart
The Singular Waste of America's Healthcare System in 1 Remarkable Chart - Matthew O'Brien - The Atlantic http://t.co/GFqnqD74jg
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 25, 2013
42 human genomes sequenced in 24H
#42GENALICE T-17 MAP will be launched on 12/12. It’s not Towel Day, but MAP Day: 42 humane genomes in 24H http://t.co/nXx0x8LYme #genomics
— GENALICE (@GenaliceDNA) November 25, 2013
Stopping @23andMe Will Only Delay The Revolution Medicine Needs
Wow!! FDA shuts down 23andme activity as they are now considering their home-kits as medical devices! I'll be very curious to see where this is going. What a blast!
Please email Alberto.gutierrez@fda.hhs.gov to show your support of 23andme.
Oops! http://t.co/rJFB8RpXid
— Portable Genomics (@portablegenomic) November 25, 2013
FDA shuts down 23&me activity as theyR now considering their home-kits as med devices! Email Alberto.gutierrez@fda.hhs.gov to support 23&me!
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 25, 2013
Stopping @23andMe Will Only Delay The Revolution Medicine Needs http://t.co/08XrdzowSX by @GholsonLyon <-Right on #genomics
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 25, 2013
Excellent piece. We need @23andMe to succeed RT @matthewherper 23andStupid: Is 23andMe Self-Destructing? @Forbes http://t.co/h49NyjQdva
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 25, 2013
Follow Razib's advice: First, download your @23andMe raw results now if you have them.
http://t.co/5tr4NOwdGb
— Portable Genomics (@portablegenomic) November 25, 2013
The Anatomy of Health Care in the United States
“@EricTopol: Remarkable, rich article @JAMA_current "The Anatomy of Health Care in the United States" http://t.co/d5OeMQPm1z #OA”
— Garry Choy, MD MBA (@GarryChoy) November 19, 2013
"There are 21,000 protein-coding genes in the genome"
From the When-Homo-PatentUS-Meets-With-Homo Possessus Department:
Eric Lander PhD: "
(...) we found a shockingly interesting thing. How many protein-coding
genes are there in the genome? Well we know it's about 21,000.
But in fact, the official number in the textbooks was 100,000.
If you would have taken introductory biology about the year 1998, your textbook would have said-- or even the year 2000 or so-- your textbook would have said there were 100,000 genes in the genome.
When the various companies were racing to sequence the human genome, they were just salivating over being able to patent another 80,000 genes. It was really exciting."
Register for MOOC "Intro to Biology - The Secret of Life" and visit their Facebook fanpage here:
7.00x Intro to Biology- The Secret of Life
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But in fact, the official number in the textbooks was 100,000.
If you would have taken introductory biology about the year 1998, your textbook would have said-- or even the year 2000 or so-- your textbook would have said there were 100,000 genes in the genome.
When the various companies were racing to sequence the human genome, they were just salivating over being able to patent another 80,000 genes. It was really exciting."
Register for MOOC "Intro to Biology - The Secret of Life" and visit their Facebook fanpage here:
7.00x Intro to Biology- The Secret of Life
Scanderia Launches a kickstarter campain for its new Game Quark: "We want people to be proud to play"
Scanderia Launches a kickstarter campain for its new Game Quark http://t.co/983G753OBC #videogames
— Scanderia (@Scanderia) November 14, 2013
"We want people to be proud to play" http://t.co/s3xYTktOt2
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 25, 2013
Cutting-Edge Medical Researchers Say Their Projects Break Big Data Ceiling
Medicine isn't a science yet, Vinod Khosla says -- but data will make it so http://t.co/bvdBY78JNx
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 25, 2013Analysis of huge data sets will reshape health care http://t.co/CrVNmrWOhP
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 25, 2013
Cutting-Edge Medical Researchers Say Their Projects Break Big Data Ceiling http://bit.ly/15G2TGL
— Data Informed (@Data_Informed) November 22, 2013
4-D printing at the MIT Self-Assembly Lab: The future will build itself
4-D printing at the MIT Self-Assembly Lab: The future will build itself. http://t.co/99mtQ13qxQ
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 25, 2013
6 Technology Trends That Will Change Your Family’s Health Forever
6 Technology Trends That Will Change Your Family’s Health Forever http://t.co/SLWUATNp30
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 25, 2013
Google’s New Smartphone Will Be 3D Printed by 3D Systems
Google’s New Smartphone Will Be 3D Printed by 3D Systems http://t.co/3ZMoPJfao7
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 25, 2013
Imp't med innovations by outsiders: aorta repair-engineer and delivery of babies-auto mechanic
Imp't med innovations by outsiders: aorta repair-engineer http://t.co/8WHNq7NoNA; delivery of babies-auto mechanic http://t.co/W5IizVoSWn
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 25, 2013
HIMSS : améliorer les systèmes de santé grâce aux technologies. Comment se positionne la France dans ce domaine ?
HIMSS : améliorer les systèmes de santé grâce aux technologies. Comment se positionne la France dans ce domaine . http://t.co/ZDi4FRcX5M
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 24, 2013
Vendre un rein - Selling a Kidney
'cause of my blog, I've been contacted by French impoverished mothers of yng children wishing to sell a kidney abroad http://t.co/Z3xEHZIZZY
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 24, 2013 |
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TEDMED Great Challenges: Genomics and Medicine: Where promise meets clinical practice
Did you miss today's terrific #GreatChallenges discussion on genomics & medicine? You can watch the recast here: http://t.co/7qjAKpH6D5
— TEDMED (@TEDMED) November 21, 2013
The most common reportable error in surgery - forgetting sponges in patients - has a simple ignored fix
.@leahbinder is brilliant on the deadly absurdity of hospitals' refusal to use bar code scanners to track OR sponges http://t.co/gHRGWiX7zW
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) November 16, 2013
The most common reportable error in surgery - forgetting sponges in patients - has a simple ignored fix. @leahbinder: http://t.co/gHRGWiX7zW
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) November 14, 2013
Coming out Jan. 14,2014: "Cell", by Robin Cook
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Can't wait!!
In 2017 your smartphone will outsmart YOU http://t.co/xt3LQHftcP
— Lucien Engelen (@lucienengelen) November 23, 2013Digitizing smells: "electronic nose"-hot area for sensors in #cancer
Digitizing smells http://t.co/B4RPHaiez7 "electronic nose"-hot area for sensors in #cancer and other dz http://t.co/TcWhpeoXVq @NaNoSammyK
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 23, 2013
Meet 1st Surgeon to YouTube Livestream an Operation with #GoogleGlass
Meet 1st Surgeon to YouTube Livestream an Operation with #GoogleGlass. #doctors20 http://t.co/59JRJPYZUU
— Denise Silber (@health20Paris) November 23, 2013
Since when can't a doctor care for patients of the opposite gender?
Since when can't a doctor care for patients of the opposite gender? http://t.co/Fop1rCuaXQ Atrocious…by @nytDeniseGrady
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 23, 2013
"About two months ago, Dr. Elizabeth Stier was shocked to learn that she would lose a vital credential, board certification as a gynecologist, unless she gave up an important part of her medical practice and her research: taking care of men at high risk for anal cancer. "
"It took 10 years to land on the moon. This team aims to 3-D print 'bioficial' heart in that time"
It took 10 years to land on the moon. This team aims to 3-D print 'bioficial' heart in that time http://t.co/IZlHNEYPT5 #digitalhealth
— JOHN NOSTA (@JohnNosta) November 22, 2013
High-Speed DNA Sequencing Test Approved by FDA for First Time
High-Speed DNA Sequencing Test Approved by FDA for First Time http://t.co/YskEzTuS9b
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 22, 2013
AJ Jacobs: "I do not approve of the word 'Glasshole.' I prefer 'Glasswipe.' Here, my Google Glass Experiment for Esquire"
I do not approve of the word 'Glasshole.' I prefer 'Glasswipe.' Here, my Google Glass Experiment for Esquire http://t.co/W1hj4JUOIS
— AJ Jacobs (@ajjacobs) November 21, 2013
Dive into how Google @Helpouts is bringing telemedicine to the mainstream
Another path of digital disruption in #medicine: @Google @Helpouts w/ @onemedical and others http://t.co/r6SrwIZrq4 @medcitynews
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 21, 2013
Thanks Chrissy! MT @chrissyfarr: Dive into how Google @Helpouts is bringing telemedicine to the mainstream. http://t.co/L4v4JKEhKP
— One Medical Group (@onemedical) November 20, 2013
Have you tried Google @helpouts? @Venturebeat's @chrissyfarr dives into Helpouts for health feat. One Medical: http://t.co/AujsMLcbC6
— One Medical Group (@onemedical) November 20, 2013"Dieu, ADN et dépression"
Will Buddhism be the religion of the NBIC era? I guess France will become a Muslim Republic in 30 years or so...
[FR] Dieu, ADN et dépression http://t.co/ACmy7Tat0O via @lemondefr
— Portable Genomics (@portablegenomic) November 20, 2013
The future (present) of how we treat cancer
The plot thickens: Interaction of the gut #microbiome with #cancer Rx @sciencemagazine http://t.co/VZLAHWKmGo and http://t.co/UkDcRsBMBl
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 21, 2013So now we have 3 cancer drugs and digoxin (http://t.co/BM0gbDE0R7) with effect dependent on gut #microbiome…how many more to come? New #PGx
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 21, 2013
A future of medicine (now) story @IcahnInstitute @Esquiremag don't miss http://t.co/0Y4KgkTAnV via @KevinADavies pic.twitter.com/k93Ju9NU4Q
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 20, 2013
The latest on "Chimerica"
The latest on "Chimerica" - now a West End play but originally a 2007 Journal essay by me and Moritz Schularick: http://t.co/ny3aJb2sQA
— Niall Ferguson (@nfergus) November 6, 2013
Eric Lander PhD: "A must read: brilliant analysis of social return on basic science research."
Bill Press's AAAS Pres Address is clear, brilliant analysis of social return on basic science research. A must read. http://t.co/FbZdHJx1Fw
— Eric Lander (@eric_lander) November 17, 2013
"Is this the future of personalized diagnostic devices? Nanobiosym clinches Nokia prize"
Is this the future of personalized diagnostic devices? Nanobiosym clinches Nokia prize http://t.co/3JWJAO3X3x
— Portable Genomics (@portablegenomic) November 19, 2013
Kudos to 2 medical students for their efforts to advance #openaccess
Kudos to 2 medical students for their efforts to advance #openaccess @OA_Button http://t.co/Ar3f28panw
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 19, 2013
Genomics Technology Races to Save Newborns
Genomics Technology Races to Save Newborns http://t.co/gwARQ21pqu
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 20, 2013
China could play a huge role in "turning Bitcoin into the first trillion dollar non-fiat currency"
"The largest Bitcoin exchange in the world is located securely inside China, and one of the world's largest Internet companies, Baidu (BIDU), is integrating and using Bitcoin. It seems highly unlikely that Baidu would be able to integrate Bitcoin payments across its vast network of users without some sort of complicit nod from higher authorities.
Chinese interest could play a huge role in turning Bitcoin into the first trillion dollar non-fiat currency."
China's government stopped QQ virtual currency but if they cannot block Bitcoin then Bitcoin could become … http://t.co/SwF0xxzGPq
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 20, 2013
Jean-Michel Billaut : "Lancement de ma WebTW : aidez les startups française à l'international"
Lancement de ma WebTW : aidez les startups française à l'international http://t.co/RRdPnCQSA9
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 20, 2013
"Robot arm is first non-human to close NASDAQ stock exchange"
Beginning of #transhumanism RT@newscientist Robot arm is first non-human to close NASDAQ stock exchange http://t.co/v9nzSUNIth #robot
— BiopsUK (@biopsUK) November 13, 2013
New video series aims to popularize transhumanism
New video series aims to popularize transhumanism; Kickstarter launched http://t.co/zL1qm0NRHe
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 19, 2013
Creative Disruption: She's 29 and Set to Reboot Lab Medicine
Creative Disruption: She's 29 and Set to Reboot Lab Medicine http://t.co/8hKTJDymbU my intvw w/@eholmes2003 @theranosinc @Medscape #CDoM
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 18, 2013
The Statin Drug Scandal
@EricTopol @BigFatWhale US: 400,000 cases of diabetes engineered by Big Pharma's statin ->too low cholesterol, says Philippe Even PhD France
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 18, 2013
Today's front page @nytimes integrated with its @BigFatWhale cartoon pic.twitter.com/42wUT3LiPC
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 18, 2013
Doctors can visit patients' bedsides remotely thanks to new robots
Doctors can visit patients' bedsides remotely thanks to new robots http://t.co/c2HgW8bUGf
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 18, 2013
IBM Launches a Watson API That Puts Cognitive Supercomputing In the Hands of Developers
IBM Launches a Watson API That Puts Cognitive Supercomputing In the Hands of Developers http://t.co/PhVQjb3c68
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 18, 2013
Apple reportedly purchases PrimeSense, the Israeli 3D body sensor firm behind Microsoft Kinect
Apple reportedly purchases PrimeSense, the Israeli 3D body sensor firm behind Microsoft Kinect for $345M http://t.co/hU0kULH6Pu
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 18, 2013
10 times more robots than (human) employees in 2033?
10 times more robots than (human) soldiers in 2023; 10 times more robots than (human) employees in 2033? http://t.co/KKafk2PNRx
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 17, 2013
Statin Side Story
Statin Side Story pic.twitter.com/MtgWDuedEI
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 17, 2013
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8 Incredible Facts You May Not Know About Human Evolution
8 Incredible Facts You May Not Know About Human Evolution http://t.co/lHCdqxJKRw
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 16, 2013
Convergence of DNA sequencing <-> #cloud
Convergence of DNA sequencing <-> #cloud http://t.co/bSi6RSJTDf update on this fusion of biology and tech #genomics #CDoM
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 15, 2013
DNA Sequencing Is Moving to the Cloud http://t.co/c5FBKpV9Qq
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 16, 2013
Un sexagénaire se voit prescrire par son médecin et délivrer par son pharmacien 14 Lexomil au coucher
Connaissez-vous le Docteur Jean Marc Castellucci from Lecci ? DocNow : un "équivalent" médecin dans votre poche ... http://t.co/zqn4qXP5qA
— Jean Michel Billaut (@Billaut) November 16, 2013
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| Pharmacien est une profession réglementée car il est indispensable d'avoir un conseil au moment de la délivrance d'un médicament ... |
À Angoulême, un sexagénaire a consulté son médecin pour une petite déprime. Ce dernier lui a prescrit 14 Lexomil au coucher.
Charente Libre relaye une information assez incroyable et cette histoire concerne Christian, un sexagénaire. "Ce dernier avait une bronchite et un coup de blues. Il a donc décidé de consulter son médecin qui lui a prescrit 14 Lexomil à prendre au moment du coucher. Cette dose est anormale, car elle aurait causé la mort du sexagénaire. Toutefois, le médecin ne s’est pas rendu compte de son erreur et il a contresigné l’ordonnance."Problème de logiciel
"Christian est allé ensuite à la pharmacie pour prendre son traitement. Il a reçu ses médicaments et une boîte de Lexomil. Le pharmacien avait donc relevé l’erreur des 14 Lexomil, mais il n’en a pas fait part au patient qui est retourné à son domicile avec sa consulte. Le soir venu, Christian a eu un doute en regardant les prescriptions, il estime que c’est une dose trop forte. Le sexagénaire décide de ne pas prendre le traitement et le lendemain, il est retourné chez le pharmacien. Ce dernier a corrigé la consulte, car il s’agissait en réalité de ¼ de Lexomil à prendre au coucher et non 14 Lexomil." Un médecin a révélé à Charente Libre que « c’est une prescription bien adaptée à une tentative de suicide. Vous vous rendez compte si c’était quelqu’un qui suivait aveuglément la prescription ? Il n’aurait même pas passé la première nuit ».Joindre le médecin
"L’erreur serait donc venue du logiciel, le médecin aurait voulu entrer ¼, mais c’est 14 qui a été inscrit sur la consulte. Le président régional du conseil de l’Ordre des pharmaciens, Jean-Marc Glémot a tout de même déclaré que le pharmacien aurait dû joindre le médecin lorsqu’il a constaté l’erreur sur la consulte."Source :
http://www.24matins.fr/angouleme-un-medecin-prescrit-14-lexomil-son-patient-au-coucher-67468
What "logistical challenges" are being posed by death row inmates willing to give their organs?
"A condemned child killer will not be allowed
to donate organs to his ailing mother and sister before or during his
execution this week, Ohio prisons officials said Tuesday after
determining the process would pose significant security and logistical challenges.
The request from Ronald Phillips to donate a kidney and his heart came Monday, less than 72 hours before he is scheduled to die by lethal injection.
Phillips has said through his attorneys that the request was not a delay tactic, but rather an attempt to make a final gesture for good.
Prison officials scrambled to review Phillips’ last-minute request, which they called unprecedented, but ultimately could not figure out a way to get the 40-year-old to and from an offsite hospital while following security procedures leading up to an execution. Phillips is scheduled to die Thursday by an injection of a sedative and painkiller that has never been used in a U.S. execution.
The department says it will be up to his family whether the organs are donated after his death. It is unclear whether they would be viable when Phillips’ body is turned over to his family." (Source: http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/11/12/ohio-death-row-inmate-denied-wish-to-donate-organs/)
On the "logistical challenges":
"It is unclear whether they [Phillips' vital organs] would be viable when Phillips’ body is turned over to his family." Well, they won't. Ask the Chinese army. They know how to execute people so that they will get (and sell) fresh organs for transplant...
Truth being: transplant surgeons ain't like magicians. They need to retrieve living organs for transplant - from a "dead" body. Ahem. Yes, it's a bit gory and creepy and maybe a tiny bit transgressive...
Solution to this problem: death row inmate has been cleared to give a non vital organ before the execution of his death sentence: a kidney. Then he'll be brought back to prison where he will be executed in July. Chinese army shoot prisonners in the head so they can be brain dead (but organs still living) and sell the organs for transplant. 10,000 transplants in China each year (guess how: executions, plus poor people selling a kidney...)
We read everyday in the press that this is about to change... Seriously?
This will change... when artificial organs will be available for transplant... Can't wait for 3D bioprinting... and preventive medicine thanks to genomics, the science of the human genome...
The request from Ronald Phillips to donate a kidney and his heart came Monday, less than 72 hours before he is scheduled to die by lethal injection.
Phillips has said through his attorneys that the request was not a delay tactic, but rather an attempt to make a final gesture for good.
Prison officials scrambled to review Phillips’ last-minute request, which they called unprecedented, but ultimately could not figure out a way to get the 40-year-old to and from an offsite hospital while following security procedures leading up to an execution. Phillips is scheduled to die Thursday by an injection of a sedative and painkiller that has never been used in a U.S. execution.
The department says it will be up to his family whether the organs are donated after his death. It is unclear whether they would be viable when Phillips’ body is turned over to his family." (Source: http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/11/12/ohio-death-row-inmate-denied-wish-to-donate-organs/)
On the "logistical challenges":
"It is unclear whether they [Phillips' vital organs] would be viable when Phillips’ body is turned over to his family." Well, they won't. Ask the Chinese army. They know how to execute people so that they will get (and sell) fresh organs for transplant...
Truth being: transplant surgeons ain't like magicians. They need to retrieve living organs for transplant - from a "dead" body. Ahem. Yes, it's a bit gory and creepy and maybe a tiny bit transgressive...
Solution to this problem: death row inmate has been cleared to give a non vital organ before the execution of his death sentence: a kidney. Then he'll be brought back to prison where he will be executed in July. Chinese army shoot prisonners in the head so they can be brain dead (but organs still living) and sell the organs for transplant. 10,000 transplants in China each year (guess how: executions, plus poor people selling a kidney...)
We read everyday in the press that this is about to change... Seriously?
This will change... when artificial organs will be available for transplant... Can't wait for 3D bioprinting... and preventive medicine thanks to genomics, the science of the human genome...
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$100M gift to Broad Institute: Launching next decade of biomedical research
From @BostonGlobe: $100M gift from Eli and Edythe Broad to launch next decade of biomedical research @broadinstitute http://t.co/wVBoRBlyiz
— Broad Institute (@broadinstitute) November 14, 2013
Conversation between a MIT student in Boston and a beautiful Geisha in Japan
#genomics #CDoM #MOOC Conversation between a MIT student in Boston and a beautiful Geisha in Japan (English version): http://t.co/GZnEqnLAVe==> English version audio file: download it here.
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 14, 2013
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.
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| Catherine, auteur de ce blog: Ben ma vie c'est l'histoire d'une fille qui ne trouve pas de boulot intéressant dans son pays médiocre, la France. Elle a des ambitions. Alors elle se bat ... et part travailler ailleurs. Et en plus, elle a même l'ambition d'écrire un musical "genomic entertainment hitting Broadway", une commande de Steve Jobs qu'elle a rencontré (à cause de son blog !!) alors qu'il était à quelques mois de mourir ... Comme co-scénariste pour écrire cette comédie musicale, elle a son professeur au MIT, un Professeur qui attend son prix Nobel, et qui est à l'origine du mondialement connu Human Genome Project. Il se bat lui aussi pour que les gens dans le monde entier apprennent la science du gène humain, il a créé le premier cours en ligne diplômant (MOOC), ouvert à tous. Un diplôme du MIT gratuit !! Une chance pour tous les pauvres Indiens et Chinois (et Français)... mais ils doivent travailler dur... |
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| "Keiko", mon amie Japonaise, Geisha dans un très grand hôtel dans une mégalopole au Japon. Elle tient à protéger son anonymat (et elle a raison). "Ma vie, c'est l'histoire d'une jolie Geisha qui se bat pour qu'on reconnaisse ses talents musicaux. Tout le monde me dit toujours que je suis très belle. Depuis quand la beauté doit-elle être prison ? La beauté, cela devrait être porteur de bonne nouvelle ... Pourtant, dans mon pays et dans mon métier, il en va autrement. La beauté, c'est une lourde responsabilité, un fardeau à porter - et surtout, un fardeau choisi par d'autres ... Je ne veux pas juste servir le thé et faire la conversation à des politiques dans un pays rigide et fermé, étouffé par des traditions ... Je veux être une femme moderne : faire un mariage d'amour, être artiste et heureuse ... C'est un combat difficile, mais la liberté est à ce prix ... Mon métier de Geisha me plonge dans un monde plein de compétition, de jalousies, de mesquinerie et de petites méchancetés et rivalités. Mais moi, je suis tout le contraire. Tout cela au quotidien m'étouffe, je suis avant tout une artiste qui cherche à se libérer et à libérer les autres par sa musique." |
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