Biomarkers for bloodtests and protein biomarkers for imaging for effective early stage cancer screening

April 7, 2017May 22, 2008 by Brian Wang

Early detection saves lives as treatment is more effective. Also, it can be 100 times cheaper to treat early stage versus later stage cancer. The Canary Foundation goal is to deliver early detection tests for solid tumor cancers by 2015. Cancer treatment cost $89 billion in the U.S. in 2007. Over 1.4 million new cancer …

Reviewing my predictions on the future and recent Gartner predictions

April 7, 2017February 4, 2008 by Brian Wang

Here is another update to my March 2006 technology predictions. Prediction: Real-time biomarker tracking and monitoring 2008-2012 Progress: Cheap less than $100 USB gene testerOld mockup of the cheap gene tester. The device is now much smaller than size of a shoe-box (USB stick size) with the optics and supporting electronics filling the space around …