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).


"CRISPR will one day be used to change the genetic makeup of human embryos."

"Using a recently developed genome-editing technique called CRISPR, a Chinese team has successfully altered two target genes in cynomolgus monkeys, paving the way for the development of monkey models that mimic human diseases. This is the first evidence that CRISPR can work in primates and represents a big advance over previous successes in genetically modifying monkeys, in which genes were inserted randomly into the genome. Only two of the three target genes were modified, and not all cells carry the same modification, indicating more work needs to be done to perfect the timing of the modification. Beyond its significance for biomedical research, the new work raises the possibility that CRISPR will one day be used to change the genetic makeup of human embryos."

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