Ashley Dombkowski at TEDMED 2011 – Q and A
The 23andMe exec talks about how group awareness of genomics promotes medical advances, including patient empowerment and donor matches.
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Michael Rosenblatt at TEDMED 2011 – Q and A
The Merck CMO answers questions about how collaboration between industry, patients and society can address the huge global issue of maternal mortality.
Will a song a day keep the doctor away?
The “song a day guy” performs number 1,030, which also happens to be the TEDMED 2011 theme song, with help from a rowdy audience.