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Specially Bred Mice May Hold Keys to Personalized Medicine
A panel of 36 mice could finally deliver the long-unfulfilled promise of personalized medicine.
The mice were specially bred to match the genetic makeup of most human genetic profiles, and should help scientists determine which drugs are dangerous — or more effective — for individuals before they reach the market.
“Imagine someone discovers a compound that prevents cancer,” said Jackson Laboratory geneticist Ken Paigen. “But suppose that in addition to preventing cancer, it has serious adverse effects in some percentage of the population. You’d sure like to know who could and who couldn’t use it.”
Personalized medicine promises to prevent some of those complications. Some custom treatments have slowly emerged in recent years. But Paigen and his colleagues say their 36 mice could open the floodgates. Taken together, the mouse panel roughly covers all the genetic variation in the human race. (Read More)
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Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor - New York Times
Their creations, on display in the museum garden until Sept. 23, have a sort of forehead-thumping “Why didn’t someone think of that before?” quality.
For example, one of the simplest and yet most elegant designs tackles a job that millions of women and girls spend many hours doing each year — fetching water. Balancing heavy jerry cans on the head may lead to elegant posture, but it is backbreaking work and sometimes causes crippling injuries. The Q-Drum, a circular jerry can, holds 20 gallons, and it rolls smoothly enough for a child to tow it on a rope.
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Ambient pill cap sends cues to take your meds
Glowcap is an ordinary pillcap with built-in connectivity & computation that encourages behavioral feedback loops with family, remote loved ones, & care-givers.an orange glow encourages users to take their medicine, up to 4 times per day. a glowcap can also send an email or call a mobile phone as an urgent reminder to take the medicine, & can generate an automatic progress report for the patient & her doctor each month.
via engadget and infosthetics
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