Eric Topol, M.D.

Eric Topol, M.D. is the editor of Medscape News and author of “The Creative Destruction of Medicine.”  In this video piece he argues that flash frozen tumor tissue is essential to determining a personalized strategy in the shortest possible time.  Automated sequencing, of course, is the accelerator.  He doesn’t exactly say so, but the ultimate possibility, employing multiple high speed automated technologies, is to effectively treat the patient when biopsied.   MORE

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