Life Science

Thanks to the FI Center I was able to attend a conference at Stanford a little while ago called BIOSILICO 2003 organized by Scientific American. It’s taken me a while to let the deluge of technical information and bioinformatics industry insider-jargon settle into a few themes that I can pull together. Over the next few days I’d like to recap ...

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet with Carlos Ortiz de Solorzano, PhD, staff scientist in the Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. His research involves doing three-dimensional quantitative analysis of cellular and structural changes in breast tissue, as it progresses from normal to malignant conditions. His lab site reads: The main goal of my lab ...

Experts say new biotech age looms Biotech a tsunami? Interesting comment: Juan Enriquez, director of Harvard University Business School’s Life Science Project, promised a tsunami wave. Enriquez proclaimed the 21st century as Biological Century. Indeed, biotechnology has surpassed IT as the leading source of U.S. patents. “You can get off the boat [ignore progress] or you can accept what is ...

If you’re planning to get those Neiman Marcus bots, here’s the perfect companion: a wired monkey that can move a robotic arm with its “thoughts.” Seriously, it’s not trivial if what they claim is true. The interface between complex nervous tissue and control of devices is evidently making progress.