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great article on working on Stuff that matters - its an old article but it still rings true

This is an updated version of an article that I published in 2009. Alas in the 3 years or so that have passed since I wrote it, little seems to have changed beyond the fact that the crisis in the pharmaceutical industry has deepened to the point that even the biggest companies in the sector are starting to question whether their current business model is sustainable.

Part of this is about eating bad food. The rest is about living a poor life. The effect that mindset has on you is hard to really understand unless you've lived it. This article does a good job at explaining.

An example of using existing biological algorythms on a computer to test a theory and aid development of pacemakers/

a useful blog and a great article showing googles commitment to improving health

we all know conferences we like to go to but cannot for a myriad number of reasons.  This article brings to light many ways you can track what happens at a conference virtual- from the service lanyard... to other locals online info may be ... having this as part of the webpage for HAP - allowing our interested people to follow what happens at conferences around the world concerning HAP stuff would be a very cool thing

Picnic article on Max Class... Thys you might be interested in this

great article on the Khan academy with sidebars to other e-learning as well

Modeling can support critical decisions across the therapeutic lifecycle, sustaining target progression through to approval.

"Despite the best of intentions, many people may feel that there are simply too many hurdles to overcome before they find themselves exercising at a gym. You need a gym membership (often steep), you need appropriate clothing and shoes, you need to get yourself across town, you need to plan your workout for the day, and so on. What's important to remember is that (as far as your health is concerned) physical activity is good for you regardless of where it is done and how fashionable your LuLu Lemon gear might be."

""We've learned that the same pathway that is activated strongly and prematurely in kids with progeria is also happening in you and me. That toxic protein they make from the beginning is also in our cells as we approach senescence. So cell senescence is not just a running down of the system - it's an active process. A signal turns on this protein." And that aging signal, Dr. Collins added, is connected to the shortening of the chromosome tips that serves as a cellular clock. So the glimpse into aging the kids with progeria provide may have illuminated a new risk factor that can damage blood vessels even in a star athlete who eats only broccoli."

The brainiest creatures share a secret - an odd kind of brain cell involved in emotions and empathy that may have accidentally made us conscious

 A new set of computer models has successfully predicted negative side effects in hundreds of current drugs, based on the similarity between their chemical structures and those molecules known to cause side effects, according to a paper appearing online this week in the journal Nature.

London surgeons are currently trialling Kinect's motion control capabilities at St Thomas' hospital in London. The devices are being used during keyhole surgery to allow surgeons to manipulate images with voice and gestures.

a more recent analysis of computer models of biology and the impact they have had. 

came across this today...thought i share with the group

Still embryonic, unfinished, and preliminary draft article for the OLKC 2009 Conference in Amsterdam. This text only delineates the basic framework of what will be elaborated more in a finished text. It still lacks references, and theoretical elaboration besides being unfinished in structure and content. Do not quote without permission!

Civilised living has transformed our bodies, from deep within our bones to the tips of our fingers

Using a combination of microscopy methods, Harvard researchers have untangled part of the circuitry of the cerebral cortex, illuminating brain connections in 3-D. A new neural circuit model will allow researchers to crawl through the individual connections in a neural network.

Good if albeit short article on collaboration and its benefits.