linkedin post 2013-11-05 07:49:54

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INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE rather than just seeing the parts. "Systems medicine is an inter-disciplinary field of study that looks at the dynamic systems of the human body as part of an integrated whole, incorporating biochemical, physiological, and environment interactions that sustain life. It considers complex interactions within the human body to promote an individual’s health in light of their genomics, behavior and the external environment."" " http://lnkd.in/dqDBbpQ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-05 07:54:13

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THE AMAZING LEROY HOOD. He was Founder and Chairman of the Department of Molecular Biotechnology (Univ of Washington); developed the ink-jet oligonucleotide synthesizer (synthesized DNA chips); co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle); developed new microfluidics, nanotechnology and molecular imaging methods; now pioneering new tools that will move medicine from its current reactive mode, to a predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory mode (P4 medicine) over the next 5-20 years."" " http://lnkd.in/dvaB_Kg View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-06 06:38:56

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PATIENT-CENTRIC MEDICINE. "P4 Medicine is a term coined by biologist Leroy Hood, and is short for "Predictive, Preventive, Personalized, and Participatory Medicine." The premise of P4 Medicine is that, over the next 20 years, medical practice will be revolutionized by biotechnology."" " http://lnkd.in/bbCh8W2 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-06 06:46:00

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OPTIMIZING WELLNESS. "P4 Medicine is the convergence of systems medicine, big data and patient (consumer) driven healthcare and social networks. Hood’s vision is that in 10 years each individual will be surrounded by a virtual cloud of billions of data points and that we will have the computational tools to analyze this data and produce simple hypotheses about how to optimize wellness and minimize disease for each individual. The patient’s demand for better healthcare will be the real driving force." " " http://lnkd.in/bbCh8W2 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-06 07:23:23

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GENOMICS AND P4 MEDICINE. "Genomics...forms the foundation of personalized medicine." A beautiful clear statement. This is an example of the unforeseen consequences of the effort that began with the Human Genome Project in 1990 and was completed in 2003. This was perhaps the greatest feat of exploration in history and its consequences are starting to cause a paradigm shift in medicine. " " http://lnkd.in/bxXerza View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-07 06:29:39

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GEORGE CHURCH: Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Director of PersonalGenomes.org, (the world's only open-access information on human Genomic data). Walter Gilbert was hisHarvard PhD thesis Advisor. His research formed 12 companies including in medical genomics (Knome, Alacris, AbVitro, GoodStart, Pathogenica); in synthetic biology (LS9, Joule , Gen9, Warp Drive); as well as biosafety & biosecurity policies. He is director of the NIH Center for Excellence in Genomic Science. " " http://lnkd.in/dFQbg93 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2013-11-07 06:31:33

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GEORGE CHURCH'S "recent work is development of a technology for synthesizing whole genes, and potentially whole gene circuits, that is faster, more accurate, and significantly less expensive than current methods. In 1984, he developed the first direct genomic sequencing method, which resulted in the first commercial genome sequence. He helped initiate the Human Genome Project in 1984 and the Personal Genome Project in 2005."" " http://lnkd.in/dKFVRvx View in LinkedIn
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