10/29/2011 PERMALINK
Breakthrough cancer curing mod produced by open source research. Jay Bradner gives a TED talk explaining how his lab found a molecule named JQ1 that has the ability to mod cancer cells back into normal cells. Animal trials have been very successful. But instead of patenting JQ1 and keeping it secret, as a corporate pharma lab would routinely do. The researchers published their findings and mailed samples to 40 other labs to work on, to see if the open-source concept that runs the internet could work in medical research. The results vividly illustrated how much more powerful an open-source future for medical research will be, compared to the existing meme.  Other labs quickly found ways to apply this breakthrough to many other types of cancer.  Progress is happening at light speed, compared to the current old, tired proprietary research model.