Year: 2022

COLD FUSION. "For fusion to occur on Earth, you need a temperature of at least 100 million degrees Celsius—six times hotter than the core of the sun. In the 1980s Cold fusion claims emerged, only to be soundly debunked. "For $20 billion in cash, I could build you a working reactor. It would be big, and maybe not very reliable, but 25 years ago we didn't even know if we'd be able to make fusion work. Now, the only question is whether we'll be able to make it affordable."" " http://lnkd.in/b2rBE8H View in LinkedIn

HIGGS BOSON AND FUSION POWER. "The new boson discovery at LHC has resulted in renewed interest in lower energy colliders, and even for the so-called 'Higgs factories' which are no more than muon colliders (Fermilab plans to build one); these could be much more smaller and simpler (and cheaper) than the LHC, Muons could produce “cleaner” collisions needed to increase the production of “Higgs boson-like” and other particles." https://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/starpower/blog/2012/07/18/the-new-higgs-boson-like-particle-the-lhc-and-nuclear-fusion View in LinkedIn

CONTRARIAN VIEW: cold fusion far from debunked. "If a fraction of the money spent on the search for the Higgs Boson had been put into cold fusion research twenty years ago, there would be no energy crisis today. Instead, cold fusion devices that could produce kilowatts of power and very high temperatures -- like the E-Cat -- would have been quickly developed and commercialized."" " http://lnkd.in/bKmaZ6P View in LinkedIn

STEM CELL CURE"A man who was told by doctors he would never walk again is now taking steps after a treatment in Maryland. The 42-year-old Utah man has surprised doctors and become the face of a new treatment using "stem cells" not "embryonic" stem cells but "adult" stem cells. The treatment is giving hope to disease-prone people."" " http://m.foxbaltimore.com/news/Adult_Stem_Cell_Treatment_Gives_Once-Paralyzed_Man_New_Lease_on_Life?mobileredirect=true View in LinkedIn

SMART DRUGS: "When swallowed, [antibiotics] tend to attack the “friendly” bacteria in the gut as well as pathogens. Drugs equipped with activation switches could be administered orally and then turned on with light once they reach the part of the body (the throat or lungs, say) where the harmful bacteria are lurking."" " http://lnkd.in/bB84SM7 View in LinkedIn

PRINTING LIFE. "Scientists will soon be able to design and print simple organisms using biological 3D printers says J Craig Venter. He predicts that new methods of digital design and manufacture will provide the next revolution in genetic with synthetic cells and organism tailor-made to tackle humanity's problems : a toolkit of sequenced genes will be used to create disease-resistant animals; higher yielding crops; and drugs that extend human life and boost our brain power."" " http://m.timesofindia.com/home/science/Playing-God-We-can-soon-design-print-organisms/articleshow/23680765.cms View in LinkedIn

KAIROS MOBILE WORLD SUMMIT in Barcelona Oct 18-19 was a testament to the energy, optimism and change-the-world vitality of young people. I was a panelist on the disruptive impact of mobile tech on healthcare. I chose the need for professional consensus algorithms, in actionable form, for handheld devices, for making sense of the mountain of data from the Genetics Revolution. And how this must be available for the medical professionals and patients alike, as Personalized Medicine changes the paradigm. Great confluence. View in LinkedIn

ERIC TOPOL'S PREDICTIONS: "pharmacogenomics... genes that govern responses to medications...and cancer treatments that probe tumors for specific genetic targets rather than relying on standard chemotherapy... soon a person’s precise genetic data will be augmented by an extraordinary wealth of other digital data ( blood pressure, pulse and mood, etc). The outcome will be nothing short of a new ‘science of individuality,’ one that defines individuals ‘at a more granular and molecular level than ever imaginable.’”" " http://lnkd.in/b_SvH_d View in LinkedIn

GRANULAR, EVIDENCE-BASED medicine, based on genomic information, matching drug choices, is an approaching tidal wave, driven by cutting medical costs. Most doctors have scant genetics in medical school, but know it will result in better outcomes. Thus, reducing the terabytes of data to consensus algorithms available on hand-held devices may bridge that shortfall. This is a significant opportunity for entrepreneurs, working with professional bodies of " "geneticists and physicians to transform Big Genetics Data into a friendly and useable form. View in LinkedIn

"PERSONALIZED MEDICINE won’t just transform healthcare, it will transform how we live. Personalised medicine allows the medical care an individual receives to be tailored specifically for them. This includes the advance of genomics and pharmaceuticals.." This door opens when it cuts healthcare costs by reducing waste. " " http://lnkd.in/bs2hmA3 View in LinkedIn