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).

Brain Death Is Getting A Reboot And It's Called Brain Health


"You change the software, you change the species:" Geneticist J. Craig Venter, creating a humanized pig for organ transplantation. "If we have the ability to make some things more youthful (cells, for example), can we say that we are 'youthanizing' them? I like to coin new terminology."  
"We can reprogram our DNA to be in a more youthful state. If we could turn medicine into an info-driven science, it would turn humanity into an info-driven species, working from knowledge; not from myth."
From euthanizing to "youthanizing" (brain cells, for example), thanks to genetics? Looks like brain death is getting a reboot and it's called brain health...

https://www.zeitgeistminds.com/talk/4544525162774528/dna-the-software-of-life-j-craig-venter




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