Stories, software and strategies to help nonprofits do the social web
Today's NYTimes reports on a number of startups hoping to crowdsource medical research. The approach seems especially promising for rare conditions that may have too small an audience for traditional research. Patients’ everyday experiences in living with an illness are an enormous source of untapped data, he said; aggregated, those data could generate new hypotheses and avenues for research. “We’re really turning patients into scientists and changing the balance of power between clinicians and scientists and...
August, 25 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Parasitic infections and other diseases usually associated with the developing world are cropping up with alarming frequency among U.S. poor, especially in states along the U.S.-Mexico border, the rural South and in Appalachia, according to researchers. via online.wsj.com
August, 22 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Startup thinking for the social sector. Code to help nonprofits do the social web. Plus photography.
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