Some thoughts after the inspiring kick-off meeting of the #ECHoS project organized by AICIB – Agência de Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica in Lisbon, May 3 and 4.
Marius Geantă
Celebrating 70 Years of the Double Helix: An Emotional Journey Through the Past and the Promise for the Future
Today is World DNA Day, the annual, global celebration of the discovery of the DNA double helix structure. This year is even more special, as we are celebrating both the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project’s completion and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix.
Telemedicine, one of the Covid-19 pandemic lessons that we have not yet learned
The introduction of telemedicine overnight (after years of procrastination) represented a step forward, but an incomplete one, in the absence of integration with other data sources: electronic files, wearable devices, or other mini devices used at home by chronic patients, to monitor the evolution of the disease.
A world in a great crisis of ideas
There is no greater barrier against innovation than searching and inventorying good practices from everywhere and trying to implement them as such, without nuance, in completely different social, economic and cultural environments.
Personalized Medicine in Romania
Personalized medicine is here, in Romania and at the highest level of sophistication and customization. The first adult and paediatric patients were successfully treated at the Fundeni Clinical Institute with CAR-T cell therapy, which represents the highest level of personalization of a treatment available now.
East-West divide: the turning point of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
East-West inequalities in cancer, the turning point of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, can only be solved in Eastern Europe. In Bucharest, Sofia, Vilnius, Riga, Belgrade, Pristina or Chisinau, not elsewhere. European funds must follow this reality.
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The Iron Curtain of Vaccination in Europe
Dear EU Leaders, please tear down this Iron Curtain of vaccination.
Building Forward Better
Covid-19 and the pandemic. Building forward better.