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
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).
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).
IBM Launches a Watson API That Puts Cognitive Supercomputing In the Hands of Developers
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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11 Disturbing Cakes That Look Like Body Parts
Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/12748/11-disturbing-cakes-look-body-parts#ixzz2khYSAHVp
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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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