Tag Archives: genomics

The quest for immortality has been part of the literature for as long as we can go back in time. There were immortal entities, the Gods (some got killed and may be resurfaced …). Could humans become immortal? There have been tales of fountains of youth, tales on the first …

As conclusion to my talk in the MediRes AI Program I spoke about the future of Healthcare. Of course it is a very broad subject and my focus was on the use of Digital Twins and Personal Digital Twins. I came up with the circle diagram shown in the picture. Healthcare …

4. Healthcare The whole Healthcare system is on a journey of change learning to leverage on data. The Digital Transformation, DX, of healthcare started slow, in spite of the huge amount of data available, because of the sensitivity of the area where the wellbeing of a single individual may become …

The discovery of the DNA first and the sequencing of the human genome have created huge expectation for a future where it would be possible to radically cure/stop genetic diseases (and there are over 6,000 genetic disorders already identified). Clearly the first step is to understand what might be wrong …

As shown in the graphics the ten big Tech companies are focussing their investment in the area of healthcare primarily on data analytics and genomics. Actually, these two areas are progressing hand in hand, with genomics leveraging on analytics to discover meaning. One has to read in this perspective the …

The genome sequencing has kept getting faster and cheaper. 10 years ago it took a few months and a million $, today you can have your genome sequenced for 399$ in a week and price keeps going down. It will likely be below 100$ by 2020. Besides, if what you …