In the previous installment about the molecular medicine conference, I emphasized that the science of so-called complex, polygenic diseases like cancer is, well, complex. But there are other complications as well in the life science business. Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals are also risky, complicated enterprises from a financial standpoint. In a way it’s kind of a [...]
I had the good fortune to attend (thanks to FI Center) the “Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference” in San Francisco last week. The attendees were researchers, executives of biotech and pharmaceutical companies, a few scientists from NCI or NIH, and me—as far as I can tell, the single NGO nonprofit person. (That’s not to say all the [...]
Just a quick update for those of you helping to fund this project. On 3/18 I met with NHO staff from Health Initiatives and Direct Channels as well as the Futuring and Innovation Center and re-named the CA-Tools 2.0 to the C-Tools 2.0. This will be the new name of the program going forth.
On 3/22 [...]
A few months ago Scientific American published an article about new theories of cancer. In the article the authors mentioned that the development of cancer looks more and more like the evolutionary processes that have shaped organisms in the world around us for eons.
I came across a more detailed paper along that line recently. “Dynamics [...]
An article from Fast Company.
Blogs were once the domain of angst-ridden teens and doomed presidential candidates. But the likes of Verizon, IBM, Microsoft, and Dr. Pepper are all climbing on the blogwagon. Turns out, Web logs are a nifty knowledge-management tool. And companies also see them as a promising medium for advertising (naturally).
To me the [...]
Colonoscopy Parties Remove Fear Factor
The title tells the story. A potential volunteer program?
A few months ago I mentioned TunA, a Bluetooth enabled MP3 player that allows users in close proximity to trade songs via the Bluetooth radio frequency. I also suggested that this technology could become a hot way to meet people in dense populated areas such as subways and conferences. Both of these bold [...]
You need a subscription to access this Wall Street Journal article, but I’ll quote liberally.
Support for a change in how health-care coverage is presently provided appears to be growing among many diverse constituencies, including both Republicans and Democrats.
The reasons are easy enough to understand. With average health-insurance premiums for families potentially accounting for 21% of [...]
From the Institute for Alternative Futures:
While the future promises major advances in healthcare, they will be slow to move into medical practice unless the U.S. confronts access and other larger problems in its healthcare delivery system, according to IAF President Clem Bezold in a March 3 keynote speech to private funders of healthcare research.
The [...]
Massachusetts Student Wins Intel Science Prize With Cancer Study
Before he arrived at the nation’s top science fair competition last week, Herbert Mason Hedberg had already written four pages of a how-to guide on science fair strategies for fellow students at his high school in North Attleboro, Mass. But yesterday, after his research on potential cancer [...]
