DNA as UPC

"Barcodes of Life…Championed by Professor Paul Hebert at the University of Guelph in Canada, Mark Stoeckle at Rockefeller University, and others, this approach would identify short strands of DNA which uniquely identify a specific species, much like UPC codes on consumer products. Importantly, it would take human judgement completely out of the picture - these researchers envision a system where a field biologist could pick a leaf, clip a tuft of fur, or otherwise collect a small DNA sample from a single organism, put it into an Internet-enabled gene sequencer wirelessly connected to a "Google for Lifeforms", and identify the organism instantaneously." (Thanks to Andrew Zolli over at Z + Partners)

February 18, 2004 | Filed Under future-scitech, sequencing-technology, standards | Comments Off 

Leroy Hood on Future of Pharma

John Russell, Catching Up with Leroy Hood, Bio-IT World, Jan 30 2004.

"Big Pharma is going to be a dinosaur. I think the whole industry is going to be restructured and they’ll never be able to get systems biology, so they’ll be out of the discovery business. Big Pharma is the worst of silos, even worse than medical schools."

See also Snowdeal’s redux articles on the pharma/systems biology relationship.

February 6, 2004 | Filed Under future-scitech, thought-leaders | Comments Off 

Perspectives on the Future of DNA Research

Bio-IT World published a special report entitled: "50/50: Reflections on the Double Helix".  The report contains "personal views of 50 luminaries from the world of genomics and biomedicine on the future of DNA research. These exclusive interviews were conducted by Senior Editor Malorye Branca and other Bio-IT World staff."  Highlights of this report can be found here.

December 27, 2003 | Filed Under future-scitech | Comments Off 

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