March 5, 2013

Why 23andMe Is About More Than You And Me ⁴

by Jerry Matczak • Clinical Trials, Data Management, LCOI • Tags: Application programming interface, clinical research, collaboration, creative commons, Open Data

Advances in computational science and biology enable us to understand ourselves in ways that we could not just a few years ago. Co-founded in 2006 by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 23andMe has emerged in the digital age to provide a view of our personal genetics - all for less than $100!

23andMe is evidence of Moore’s Law at work, and, in addition to giving unprecedented insight into our personal genome, efforts like 23andMe have innovative potential to change the way drugs are found and developed.

Thanks to Moore’s law, the cost per Human Genome is falling rapidly. More…

December 7, 2012

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by davecrumbacher • LCOI, Open Innovation • Tags: API, Application programming interface, clinical research, Community, Disease, Do it yourself, Drug development, Mobile application, Open Data, Technology

Innovation and Data – Jeffrey Hammerbacher

Heart Gadgets Test Privacy-Law Limits

A recent swell of digital-medical data collected on devices outside of a doctor’s office is raising some thorny questions: Who owns the rights to a patient’s digital footprint and who should control that information? WSJ’s Linda Blake reports.

From virus to viral: Researchers explore social media as preventative method for infectious diseases

MANHATTAN — When it comes to stopping illness, social media posts and tweets may be just what the doctor ordered. More…

October 12, 2012

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by davecrumbacher • LCOI, Open Innovation • Tags: API, Application programming interface, Data, Disease, Drug development, IPhone, Mobile application, Open Data, Open innovation, patient, Pharmaceutical industry, Research, Technology

Prior Knowledge: A Predictive Database for Developers

Uber nerds are scarce. This database helps fill in the gaps and assist developers in understanding how to use data.

Treato the Voice of the Patient

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October 5, 2012

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by davecrumbacher • LCOI, Open Innovation • Tags: API, Application programming interface, clinical research, collaboration, creative commons, Disease, Drug development, Research, Technology

How Open API Movement Can Help Your Brand

When executives are challenged to innovate, they often try to take old routes to new business ideas. While analyzing innovative companies, we’ve found that it’s not just the organizational culture or leadership that creates innovation — it’s the willingness to allow consumers and developers to identify new uses for existing data and infrastructure via open APIs.

Alcatel Lucent Releases API Creation Methodology through Creative Commons

Alcatel’s lifecycle methodology moves the conversation forward into solid business, legal and marketing approaches that are critical to successfully deploying APIs and building healthy developer driven ecosystems. This move shows the API industry has matured and is ready for prime time. And the fact that Alcatel released the methodology under a creative commons license shows they get the true essence of the API movement.