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Liver Test For A Penny With No Laboratory - 12/17/2011 10:30:49 AM

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This is a story with a LOT of future potential.

NY TIMES: Far From Lab, Pieces Of Paper Find Illness

If you read far enough you will get to these paragraphs.

"Eventually, Dr. Ryan explained, the goal is for Diagnostics for All, which is nonprofit,
to wean itself off grant money by licensing its chip technology to commercial companies.

For example, she said, marathon runners might be able to touch a chip to their sweaty
foreheads to see if their electrolytes are still in balance before they drink more water.
Or Americans with high cholesterol taking statins, which can also cause liver damage,
might routinely monitor their liver enzymes with a finger prick.

Markets like those could give the company an income stream that would go a long way
toward supporting its research in Africa, Dr. Ryan said.

“Although,” she added, “there will be huge pushback from the lab companies,
because that’s their bread and butter.” " (emphasis added)

It will be interesting to watch this develop.

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RE: Liver Test For A Penny With No Laboratory - 12/17/2011 10:39:22 AM

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Fascinating, OL. I imagine the possible applications are nearly endless. Great post!

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RE: Liver Test For A Penny With No Laboratory - 12/17/2011 5:15:51 PM

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It will be interesting to watch this develop.

Or disappear.

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RE: Liver Test For A Penny With No Laboratory - 12/17/2011 7:27:09 PM

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George M. Whitesides is one of my heroes. A latter-day Schweitzer. One day soon he will receive a Nobel.

http://gmwgroup.harvard.edu/
http://www.chem.harvard.edu/faculty/whitesides.html
http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpage/129/george-m-whitesides
http://dfa.org/about/team/board.html
http://www.kavlifoundation.org/nanoscience-george-whitesides
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Whitesides

Not to mistaken for George T. Also a WAY cool guy.

http://www.virgingalactic.com/our-team/

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RE: Liver Test For A Penny With No Laboratory - 12/17/2011 8:32:47 PM

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A very interesting read.....and yeah Termy I agree with you....the big boys will likely offer hush money or find some way to squeeze him out of existence

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RE: Liver Test For A Penny With No Laboratory - 12/17/2011 9:36:12 PM

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fascinating!!!

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RE: Liver Test For A Penny With No Laboratory - 12/18/2011 9:35:40 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

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It will be interesting to watch this develop

Or disappear

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ORIGINAL: MasterG2kTR

A very interesting read.....and yeah Termy I agree with you....the big boys will likely offer hush money or find some way to squeeze him out of existence

I think there are some things you guys missed in the article.

First this is not someone in his private lab. This is being done
by one of the biggest men in the field. Check Frosty's post.

Second, it is being done in his lab at Harvard. That means Harvard
has a stake in it. Harvard has lots of big time lawyers and political clout.

Third, the article says that the country Briton is buying some so they already
have international sales.

Fourth, they are doing this with grant money from the Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates has pretty deep pockets.

Fifth, they are not going to bury this because this article is in The New York Times.

Last, the people involved are well aware of this threat. That is why I added the emphasis
to that quote from the article. They are planning for the opposition.

Those with a vested interest in the present system might be able to get this into a category
where it is used overseas but not accepted in the USA, due to "safety reasons" or "quality
reasons". Just like the situation that exists with prescription drugs. But they are not going
to stop it. Too much clout behind it for it to disappear.

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RE: Liver Test For A Penny With No Laboratory - 12/18/2011 12:28:41 PM

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"Harvard has lots of big time lawyers and political clout."

Not to be a pessimist but, those lawyers are going to look into liability issues. We have lots and lots of sue-happy people in this country and they know it.

But really, I hope you're right because one of the keys to saving this economy is bringing down costs.

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