Posts tagged Health
F031 Hacking global health through hackathons (Annie Lamontagne, Hacking Health)

Hacking health encourages collaboration of different stakeholders in healthcare and inclusion of professionals such as designers, programmers and technical specialists in early stages of problem-solving.

As a non-profit organisation, Hacking Health is supported by volunteers in each active city, where they catalize collaboration between universities, tech hubs, patients and medical organisations.

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F024 Gene editing, gene therapies, and genome sequencing on blockchain (Natalie Pankova, Shivom)

Gene therapies are applicable to a broad range of diseases; their aim is to radically treat the causes of the diseases instead of only relieving the symptoms. They may be effective on a wide range of previously untreated diseases, such as haematological, ocular, neurodegenerative diseases, and several cancers.

In Episode 24 of Faces of digital health podcast, Natalie Pankova talks about some of the dilemmas and promises of genomics.

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