Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: personalized medicine
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Understanding the World through Genetics and New Technologies
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) – it is literally the stuff of life. Thus, understanding how DNA regulates biological processes is key to the mechanics of life and to treating disease at its most fundamental levels.
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SC09 Reflections
The SC09 conference set an attendance record this year – roughly 10,000 attendees at the combined conference and tradeshow – despite the economic malaise of the technology industry and the global economy. One suspects the strong resilience of the conference may be due in part to substantial government investments in very high-performance computing (HPC).
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PCAST, NITRD and Medicine
The slides from my presentation at the President’s Council of Science and Technology Advisors (PCAST) PCAST meeting last week are now up on the OSTP web site. I discussed the context for this presentation in an earlier post.