May 68 in Medicine

We don't think genomic precision medicine should be #BigPharma turning drug market into highly profitable niche #PWSYN

http://youtu.be/mVkPgOg7hAw

EdX MITx MOOC course 7.QBWx Quantitative Biology Workshop July 2014

Meme in Medicine

"The Patient Will See You Now"

Presenting at #xmed: @gillam There is a Copernician shift in healthcare. Patients moving to the center of healthcare pic.twitter.com/VYD7phMhmR
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 12, 2014

Thanks @KirkusReviews for the great review of #PWSYN http://t.co/rXRNYkYUrt pic.twitter.com/AVi7Q8mgkb
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 24, 2014

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eric-topol/the-patient-will-see-you-now

Top #health #disruptors among 6 mentioned by @EricTopol @NYeHealth: @ButterflyNetInc @Theranos @MedWand @Samir_Qamar. http://t.co/2kYR4cEdIU
— MedWand Solutions (@MedWand) November 19, 2014

Thx @StephLBaum for @MedCityNews about @EricTopol's #DHC14 talk at @NYeHealth http://t.co/3EilDiVhr8 >> his new book http://t.co/0hhSDqCZAW
— Wen Dombrowski MD (@HealthcareWen) November 21, 2014

"In every case of a person who's sick, #genomics is relevant. It is either causative or plays a v. important role" http://t.co/XRsSvT2pre
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 22, 2014

"Checkpoint inhibitors are drugs that mimic tumor immunity" http://t.co/XRsSvT2pre @nygenome @darnelr #Cancer The Future of Genomic Medicine
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 22, 2014

Democratizing Medicine: Eric Topol Pushes a Patient-Centered Healthcare #PWSYN http://t.co/m5Lf46seF0 #CDoM #mhealth pic.twitter.com/VcViDW9i0V
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 27, 2014

"Decoding a Genomic Revolution"

Decoding a Genomic Revolution @TEDxCambridge @manoliskellis http://t.co/oh0AJPPXKq #7QBWx @MITxBio #700x @edXOnline pic.twitter.com/XU0IstjyFh
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 25 Novembre 2014

#7QBWx Quantitative Biology Workshop #MOOC - Jan13 Learn to use #python, #Rstats, @matlab to analyze real bio data! http://t.co/pvXd7ILzdN
— MITx biology (@MITxBio) 31 Octobre 2014

http://youtu.be/zlVZ0ORtpPM

Realizing the Opportunities of Genomics in Health Care - @PersonalizedMed http://t.co/sVRPwBXMc9 #healthcare #genomics #CDoM #PWSYN #xmed
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 25 Novembre 2014

The Millennial Rebuttal

New book by @jackandraka due March 10, 2015!! Un autre livre à traduire en français, @derosnayjoel ;) #bookworm #hero pic.twitter.com/eCblfWu9RB
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 25 Novembre 2014

New Device May Put DNA Testing in Doctors' Hands

New Device May Put DNA Testing in Doctors' Hands http://t.co/tgTPC44cFK @QuantuMDx @HSBC_Press #genomics #banking pic.twitter.com/y1VSv5y5rU
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 23, 2014

 http://m.livescience.com/42628-handheld-dna-testing-prototype.html

Choosing Wisely

Love this Choosing Wisely video http://t.co/ol5zgofprb Thanks to @CeciConnolly | @ABIMFoundation needs follow-up pic.twitter.com/wHkOHACJba
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) November 16, 2014

Exponential Medicine: The Future of Medicine (San Diego CA, Nov. 9-12)

The ‘that’s a wrap’ from @ExponentialMed ’s digital footprint: 89,345,517 impressions 15,988 tweets 2,701 participants @daniel_kraft #xMed
— Gregg Masters (@2healthguru) November 13, 2014

And the graphical summary with direct link report: #xMed cc @daniel_kraft http://t.co/bmAGtRHf2r pic.twitter.com/oj5q5ETIu5
— Gregg Masters (@2healthguru) November 13, 2014

I found it very moving to attend "live" @JCVenter & @KurzweilAINews's presentations at #xmed. Grateful for this, too. pic.twitter.com/dBtGf4sotG
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 12, 2014

At #xmed Singularity Univ Conf: "Within 20 years we'll be able to reprogram away disease & ageing," says Ray Kurzweil pic.twitter.com/GUcikXLOr1
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 12, 2014

http://tinyurl.com/mb872hn

"@metarand: Within 20 years we will be able to reprogram away disease and ageing. Ray Kurzweil #xmed - bring it on!" #Longevity #Ageless
— YOUtopia Quest (@YoutopiaQuest) November 12, 2014

My favorite tweet of the day: at #xmed conference San Diego The Future of Medicine @ExponentialMed @portablegenomic pic.twitter.com/WY5dDqvKQ0
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 12 Novembre 2014

“Life changing doesn’t have to be life ending.” @NigelAckland Bionic Arm Man http://t.co/siQVUSIcF1 #xmed pic.twitter.com/PydqLb1DhF
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 12, 2014

A terrifying view of healthcare foundation @Christianassad #xmed pic.twitter.com/Q4wCEcEe6p
— captureproof (@captureproof) November 12, 2014

#xmed The Future of Medicine. The Dark Side of the Force activated & triggered by poor chronic disease management pic.twitter.com/fyrA9wTQYl
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 12, 2014

450 innovators, over 50 faculty & 50 dynamic startups at #xMed The Future Of Medicine is now live -> http://t.co/mhSm8IXLDM #grateful #CDoM
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 11 Novembre 2014

YES! @lucienengelen & @ePatientDave People/patients want to *own* their data. "Give me my damn data!" Let the patient be his own silo! #xmed
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 11 Novembre 2014

wow! what a concept! patient own their data!! via @lucienengelen #xmed Been in that choir for years!
— Gregg Masters (@2healthguru) November 11, 2014

Healthcare will be transformed by "outside" organisations and persons #xmed pic.twitter.com/i71c1APq2H
— Stefan Ottenheijm (@stefanottenh) 11 Novembre 2014

#Music part of civilization since beginning of time, but now stripped out of healthcare & edu. @MusicandHealing #xmed pic.twitter.com/8y3jd0sqE9
— Wen Dombrowski MD (@HealthcareWen) 11 Novembre 2014

MT @cathcoste: End of organ-based medicine on to precision genomics @vkhosla #xmed @SCooperBazzinga #BigBangTheory pic.twitter.com/Ez3Ld5jvdw
— Kimberly George (@kimberlyanngeo) 11 Novembre 2014

#XMED: Craig Venter @JCVenter Estimates 5 Million Complete Human Genomes Sequenced by 2020 | @SingularityHub http://t.co/jiOiiV9Tzm
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 11, 2014

What are the different types of #aging damage? #xmed @ExponentialMed #Medicine #Health pic.twitter.com/JaE2zGfFxC
— Arshya Vahabzadeh MD (@VahabzadehMD) November 11, 2014

Aging is a stem cell pb. @HaririRobert #xmed: it's good news cuz we have tools 2 address this pb. Euthanizing death? pic.twitter.com/EESsJGT8l7
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 11, 2014

Fascinating series of talks regarding regenerative medicine this morning here at #xmed. pic.twitter.com/vNytESG023
— kristinmilburn (@kristinmilburn) 11 Novembre 2014

@HaririRobert explaining promise of regenerative med at #xmed. Aging means we have more specialized stem cells; less adaptable stem cells.
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 11 Novembre 2014

.@HaririRobert explaining promise of regenerative medicine at #xmed. Broken stem cells causing all manner of diseases pic.twitter.com/xiScUsoxg6
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 11 Novembre 2014

A.Russell @CarnegieMellon The Future Of Inflammatory Medicine #xmed Still lots of challenges in the field #3dprinting pic.twitter.com/JJlZBFffp6
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 11, 2014

MSC (mesenchymal stem cells) sources. Young MSC, female MSC have more potential than male MSCs. -A.Russell #xmed pic.twitter.com/BA88KCvds6
— Ruth Ann Crystal, MD (@CatchTheBaby) November 11, 2014

Alan Russell @CarnegieMellon at #xmed conf. -> regenerative med. We need 2 understand what stem cells *produce* much more than what they do.
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 11 Novembre 2014

Mesenchymal stem cells are anti-inflammatory, angiogenic, cell proliferative and are antibiotics too -A.Russell #xmed
— Ruth Ann Crystal, MD (@CatchTheBaby) November 11, 2014

“Life is a DNA software system. Change the software and you change the species!” - @JCVenter @JCVenterInst #xmed pic.twitter.com/Vg1wzUbDw5
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) 11 Novembre 2014

“Our body has 10x as many microbe cells as human cells...We are 90% non-human!” @LSmarr @UCSDHealth #xmed pic.twitter.com/Dmez5m6g9g
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) 11 Novembre 2014

“Inflammation is the orchestrator of our healing process.” - Alan Russell @CarnegieMellon #xmed pic.twitter.com/DIKUCSQwTb
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 11, 2014

Incredible history lesson & future vision from Venter on genomics at #xmed from transplantation to phages that kill drug resistant bacteria
— Andres Jimenez MD (@ajimenezmdihit) November 11, 2014

On Migration Of Regenerative Cells: Alan Russell from @CarnegieMellon talking at #xmed conference. #stemcells pic.twitter.com/aAsy1Q7eNb
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 11, 2014

2morrow surgeons & geneticists will both equally prevail #xmed -> fixing/curing & preventing. @JCVenter = new Dr. House &/or MD in Nip/Tuck?
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) 11 Novembre 2014

Exponential human by Dave Zaboski @cre8tiveAlchemy #xmed #digitalhealth @Nuviun pic.twitter.com/VVtmpFwTyz
— Tamer Shahin (@Tamershahin) November 11, 2014

.@JCVenter at #xmed conference San Diego. Organ-by-organ med (w/brain as The Conductor= Lion, King Of Jungle) is OUT. pic.twitter.com/91dsiK8H1O
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 11, 2014

My 1st animated production to crowd-fund for my thesis on genetic counseling awareness http://t.co/EObxbeh9zh Let me know what you think!
— Dena DNA (@DenaTalksDNA) November 10, 2014

Thank you @delcoronado and sunny San Diego for an amazing venue to network & make new relationships #xmed #health pic.twitter.com/ljujEh766V
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 10, 2014

Join our LIVE STREAM at #xmed! Visit http://t.co/GVDMvVUJvK
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 9, 2014

Now joining us on stage @RaymondMcCauley Biotech Track Chair @SingularityU & Cofounder @BioCuriousLab http://t.co/Xa5QQC4qoe
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 10, 2014

“Genome Editing, Drag-and-Drop Genetic Engineering Works Really Well!"@RaymondMcCauley Biotech @SingularityU #xmed pic.twitter.com/Kz4YWZHrSF
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 10, 2014

#xmed get immunized against HIV, stomach flu by knocking out CCR5, FUT2 gene via bio-engineering pic.twitter.com/GinQkc5dNZ
— tony mahony, I. (@tonymahony1) November 10, 2014

“@2healthguru: Renaissance in genetic engineering @@raymondmccauley #xmed pic.twitter.com/BMoTS6XCyc”
— Robert Muijsers (@RMuijsers) November 10, 2014

TY @raymondmccauley 4 mind blowing presentation re the future of medicine #diybio #genomics #CRISPR #xmed Gr8 updates pic.twitter.com/JyapKQdjcV
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 10, 2014

Exponential Medicine- A summary of our action packed Day 1 from @Daniel_Kraft #Xmed..Join us for livestream 2mrrow http://t.co/qFHyiTZ3tX
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 10, 2014

The #xMed digital dashboard; http://t.co/kYdUB9g9Kz TY @ExponentialMed 4 awesome conf! Learning at the speed of light pic.twitter.com/0CjnLVZkx7
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 10, 2014

Today #xmed was a firehose of information! Watch the Exponential Medicine - Day 2 Overview Video with @Daniel_Kraft: http://t.co/Rn1iwyHItX
— Exponential Medicine (@ExponentialMed) November 11, 2014

.@ExponentialMed "I'm just a retweet machine. Roger Roger." #xmed Pardon my enthusiasm ;) pic.twitter.com/2D1VwsjUny
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 11, 2014

The #xMed digital dashboard; http://t.co/tiPewL4VT8
— Gregg Masters (@2healthguru) November 10, 2014

http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/xmed

http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/xmed

Getting ready for #xmed day 4. Can't stop tweeting: loads of fascinating stuff shown here. San Diego is just magic ;) pic.twitter.com/f6HPtKGJ6f
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 12, 2014

Decoding a Genomic Revolution

RT @Karelman: Decoding a Genomic Revolution: Manolis Kellis at TEDxCambridge 2013 http://t.co/nlCBKPZJzb
— TEDxCambridge (@TEDxCambridge) October 27, 2014

Welcome!

Dena Talks DNA

Catherine Coste, author of this blog

As seen at Roissy CDG Airport, Paris, November 2014

My DNA. My Data. My Future. #MOOCs #GeneticPortraitProject @DenaTalksDNA #ASHG14 #7QBWx #700x @MITxBio pic.twitter.com/eX5KbuDDIa
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) November 2, 2014

Big Pharma Turning New Cancer Treatment Into Highly Profitable Niche

http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-costly-cancer-treatments-face-hurdles-getting-to-patients-1412627150

Cost of #cancer drugs--theme of the week @60Minutes @Health_Affairs and @WSJ http://t.co/hjWae22MyJ pic.twitter.com/9Tqq63Acng
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) October 7, 2014

Sequencing your own genome at home?

Sequencing your own genome at home, like so. Forbidden in France. I am officially living among the #BoxTrolls #ASHG14 pic.twitter.com/xZ1xTUVeZd
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) October 6, 2014

Dr. Craig Venter - "Life at the Speed of Light"

"Life at the speed of light" instead of Black Holes in #TheBigBangTheory? Welcome 2 the digital era of biology, guys! pic.twitter.com/ulIyIimjt3
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) October 2, 2014

Geneticist @JCVenter says diabetic pts could download insulin at home "Life At The Speed Of Light" #genomics #mhealth pic.twitter.com/OzTwPbi8Vx
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 28, 2014

"Life At The Speed Of Light!" #genomics, Mars, @elonmusk & @JCVenter @humanlongevity #QuantitativeMedicine #CDoM #DNA pic.twitter.com/EjM0EPpZVx
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 28, 2014

Geneticist J. C. Venter: "We R able 2 send biology thru the Internet. We can make DNA, RNA, proteins, phage & simple self replicating cells"
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 28, 2014

"Taking in a digital signal & converting it back into biology:Life at the speed of light" http://t.co/gEyzGJ8PJ2 #DNA pic.twitter.com/TRKEP8rNUG
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 28, 2014

Biological teleportation: "Life at the speed of light" by @JCVenter Reading & writing of Ur genome goes digital #CDoM pic.twitter.com/WYp7fvcLpP
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 28, 2014

Synthetic genomics to rewrite the pig genome -> lung transplant! #xenotransplantation #xénogreffe via @JCVenter #DNA pic.twitter.com/JBio4iqWBh
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 27, 2014

Geneticist J. Craig Venter: "Life is a DNA software system. If U change the DNA software, U change the species" "Life at the speed of light"
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 22, 2014

At the @msichicago. Quantitative Medicine (genome microbiome metabolome) 2 go mainstream in couple of yrs. Who knows? pic.twitter.com/aXxsltIfAm
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 20, 2014

Quantitative Medicine (genome microbiome metabolome) 2 go mainstream in couple of yrs.Yet only few pple are aware of this #PrecisionMedicine
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 20, 2014

What is a gene of consequence for a disease? Compound heterozygote mutations predicitve of dz reality! via @JCVenter pic.twitter.com/ppsgGJIizv
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 22, 2014

Treating cancer: $10,000/month #PrecisionMedicine too expensive 4 me @JCVenter http://t.co/xwERUo1DnZ #genomics #CDoM pic.twitter.com/pShYp7Qtap
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 12, 2014

If anything, biology & genomics R *quantitative* #7QBWx Wait, #BigPharma got it wrong! @pfizer @Roche @JCVenter #CDoM pic.twitter.com/zt9mNcNCGM
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 12, 2014

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Biology goes digital and it's the most important technology in the 21rst century!

#BigPharma interested++ in designing a #synthetic #microbiome says @JCVenter http://t.co/xwERUo1DnZ #genomics #synbio pic.twitter.com/btSxlW5ABk
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 13, 2014

Ever heard of "metabolomics"?Now you have. "Life At The Speed Of Light" by @JCVenter http://t.co/xwERUo1DnZ #genomics pic.twitter.com/4dsJsQXLFn
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 13, 2014

"Trying to make medicine quantitative:" "Life at the speed of light" by @JCVenter #7QBWx http://t.co/xwERUo1DnZ #CDoM pic.twitter.com/L7z4vXbr9O
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 19, 2014

Biology goes digital. Now we can flip that around: zeros and ones can make biological stuff... Coming up with situations where "a software builds its own hardware!"

Biology goes digital. Flip that around: 0s&1s can make bio. stuff -> "A software builds its own hardware." @JCVenter pic.twitter.com/PHUFTiwQ20
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 19, 2014

Virtual DNA sequence to real genes & genomes without human intervention, via @JCVenter http://t.co/gEyzGJ8PJ2 #synbio pic.twitter.com/OCvBNs9FqU
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 22, 2014

Soon->a robot that will automatically assemble DNA "Life at the speed of light" @JCVenter http://t.co/gEyzGJ8PJ2 #DNA pic.twitter.com/WEdsHOi969
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 28, 2014

#genomics & pandemic response (vaccine) by J.Craig Venter http://t.co/gEyzGJ8PJ2 #QuantitativeMedicine #DNA #vaccines pic.twitter.com/a4vV4dQlve
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 28, 2014

Making photosynthetic animals/ humans? "Life at the speed of light"http://t.co/gEyzGJ8PJ2 #QuantitativeMedicine #CDoM pic.twitter.com/2kDfJrv15W
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 29, 2014

Welcome 2 the digital era of biology, Sheldon Cooper. "Life at the speed of light" in The #BigBangTheory! #genomics pic.twitter.com/tAh6QLLidL
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) October 2, 2014

"The Patient Will See You Now"

Excited to see the cover design of my new book @BasicBooks @TJ_Kelleher Will discuss this topic @health2con tomorrow pic.twitter.com/Xzq9cxgTuk
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 22, 2014

"Hackers are Innovators. Creativity is as important as literacy"

"Stanford researchers create 'evolved' protein that may stop cancer from spreading"

Stanford researchers create 'evolved' protein that may stop cancer from spreading http://t.co/28pqjOfYYT
— Berci Meskó, MD, PhD (@Berci) September 24, 2014

Doing Cancer Research In Your Kitchen

.@medialab's @Joi uses @Synbiota citizen scientist kit to do cancer research in his kitchen #ScienceHack http://t.co/yc5tHWF0fr
— MITx biology (@MITxBio) September 23, 2014

"Undermining Science"

Totally @bennydiego: Undermining #science | #NeildeGrasTyson #UniteBlue #tcot pic.twitter.com/xAxIJ0c9jE
— madhusree singh MD (@thinkalot) September 24, 2014

"Fixing DNA is like using Microsoft Word: Find & Replace"

Fixing DNA is like using Microsoft Word: Find & Replace. The whole 'blue screen of death' takes on new meaning. #EmTechMIT
— Fred (@froidianslip) September 23, 2014

.@drjohnm @EricTopol "Doctors wanted to extend life. Instead they extended death" (Vox). Good catch. Naming the elephant in the room. #CDoM
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) September 24, 2014

As a physician-writer, you are a steward. Do good, not harm. Dr Emanuel’s death wish harms rather than helps. http://t.co/D3FvxBJpoz
— John Mandrola, MD (@drjohnm) September 23, 2014

"CRACKING THE FLOURISHING CODE"

TY @jogebauer 4 fascinating new book! Kindle version coming soon? #ebooks CRACKING THE FLOURISHING CODE @techreview pic.twitter.com/YtlngIXOZv
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) September 24, 2014

"Peter Thiel's Uncomplementary Views of Big Pharma"

Agree! RT @cathcoste: Peter Thiel's Uncomplementary Views of Big Pharma via @Dereklowe http://t.co/e6DAUOiZ42 pic.twitter.com/dfURQ9lZ9n
— Robert West PhD (@westr) September 23, 2014