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From physics to medicine, frontiers of discovery will expand exponentially in the coming century. Will we find a cure for cancer? Can we find the origins of life? Will we understand the gene? Will computer technology become more intelligent? New applications for genomic discoveries, alongside startl…

Aspen Ideas 2012


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    Leaders on the forefront of technology in medicine discuss the future of health. Speakers: Andrew McAfee, Eric Topol, Nicholas A. Christakis

    Knowledge Exchange: Cracking the Genetic Code

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    Will biological mapping lead to better diagnoses and treatments of diseases—even prevention? Experts on Parkinson’s discuss the link between the data revolution and health. Speakers: Brian Fiske, Chris Kibarian, John Quackenbush

    Artificial Intelligence: Radically Disrupting Genetic Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2012 67:39


    Most problems in science don’t need Einsteins to solve them. In particular, understanding biological systems is intrinsically complex and will need a vast amount of experimentation. With an almost limitless scientific potential and at a lower cost, artificial intelligence may hold the key to faster discoveries. Computers will soon offer potential for much larger quantities of science through automation. The introduction of automation into manufacturing didn’t initially produce better quality goods, it produced goods much more cheaply. Each step in the computer chess program is nothing special, but the result is. Speakers: Ross D. King

    Our Genes and Our Addictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2012 70:01


    Researchers have long known that tobacco use can be a gateway to harder drugs. But now there is biological proof that the nicotine in tobacco changes the structure of the brain to make smokers more susceptible to drug addiction. Speakers: Amir Levine, Cheryl G. Healton, Nora D. Volkow, Scott Stossel

    Personalized Medicine is a Myth

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2012 66:06


    The promise of the genome and its ethical implications. Ezekiel Emanuel Margaret Hamburg Eric Topol

    The God Particle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2012 22:08


    Physicist Brian Greene explains the Higgs Particle, also known as the "God Particle," and why you should care. The feat of finding such a particle, he says, is akin to "trying to hear a tiny, delicate whisper over the massive thundering din of a NASCAR race." Speakers: Brian Greene

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    Science and Our Future part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2012 3:00


    Why the most expensive, most complicated, and most ambitious science experiment ever is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland and not Geneva, IL, or China, and what that means for the US and the world. Speakers: Brian Greene, Michael S. Turner

    Science and Our Future part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2012 2:25


    Why the most expensive, most complicated, and most ambitious science experiment ever is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland and not Geneva, IL, or China, and what that means for the US and the world. Speakers: Brian Greene, Michael S. Turner

    Future of Health 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2012 4:52


    Building on his #1 New York Times best-selling book The End of Illness, David Agus will show us how shifting our attitude about health to thinking about the body as a complex system has great implications for personal wellness. David Agus

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