https://medium.com/backchannel/were-hoping-to-build-the-tric... What struck me was his optimism that this was really going to happen. Usually researchers are ultra cautious about going out on a limb like that (Yes, he said there was much to do, but read the interview to get his tone.) I think that comes from working at a place like Google X that encourages the big reach.
Current cancer screening guidelines aren't sufficient and in almost all cases they utterly fail in the early detection of cancers for people under the age of 50.
I applaud anyone working towards a better method for early detection!
Doctors don't know everything. There are ways to fight, even natural ones. Fighting with anything is better than giving up. Hope is very powerful. Don't give up. Keep fighting.
Best wishes to you from one who has walked this road with another.
We can only hope that a few well-capitalized companies like Google can have the vision to see these low hanging fruit, and will be able to bear the near-term risks and costs and take some difficult steps to reap some significant profits over a longer term.
The nature of biomedicine and the regulatory process means that the people who are most likely to succeed have big ambitions, work hard, are very smart, and wise, and large ability to ignore the fact something appears impossible.
I was skeptical this will truly revolutionze discovery and treatment of cancer, but I suspect it will at least push the needle a bit- in cancer, many late stage drugs are valued for extending life by a few months. A few months-- at hundreds of thousands of dollar costs! It's great that X has committed to funding this, and populating it with lots of talented engineers and I hope they make a positive impact with a limited budget.
what ever happened to the contact lenses for diabetics?
as of now, google x is all talk. a success in biotech is measured in its approval by the FDA - until then it is just paper.