How scientists will attempt to slow down or stop the ageing process - video
Comment by Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist Keynote Speaker on science of ageing, health care, life expectancy, medical advances, pensions, retirement, lifestyles and government policy.
Themes: The future of medicine and health care. Major trends impacting every area of health care. How genetics will create new patterns of drug discovery and drug development. New cures and treatments. Ethical and social issues of biotech. Gene testing for insurance, genetic predictions of disease and related issues. Human cloning and reproductive technologies. How public mood towards biotech is changing. Media pressures and single issue activism. Laws, regulations and moral debates.
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Future of biotechnology, genetics, health care, pharmaceutical industry
Dr Patrick Dixon lecture to biotech venture capital investors about future medicine and health care, gene therapy, biotechnology, and the pharmaceutical industry. Dr Dixon is a physician and trends analyst.
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DQCPrJnbJMmryIn the words of Neo: 'Whoa!':)You're right about much of it. The trick is being able to cghnae your mindset until you can think like that. Sometimes we as humans get so good at wrapping failure and negativity around us like blankets. Too often we want to be further into the future (ie. better) than we are; or we remember only what we've done wrong in the past. Faith (in its fullest meaning), I suspect, has a lot to do with it. It's something I've lost a lot of recently. Something I plan on regaining.I love your application of the concept to the line on the page. Freedom or confinement with every stroke. Hmmm... Gonna have to think some more about that one!Cheers,
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