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The transition from one-size-fits-all medicine to personalized medicine will take time, but the seeds of change have already been planted. Using oncology as a launching pad, it will soon be a reality that biomarker analysis will differentiate patients and guide prevention and treatment in a clinically meaningful way. By embracing that change, it may be possible to improve patient care while bringing down long term health care costs – a win-win for a society in the midst of a chronic debate over health care reform.
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The trappings of ongoing and impending climate change, however – increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, and more frequent extreme weather events – render our current infrastructure paradigm both structurally and energetically unsustainable. Fortunately, there is a solution, and it’s a fun one: to more smartly incorporate biology into architectural design.
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