Curious2018 : future insights in science and technology /: future insights in science and technology. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Curious 2018
• Further Information: Note: Ulrich A. K. Betz.
• Editors: Betz, Ulrich A. K
• Other Names: Curious -- Future Insight Conference
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Creating a Better World with Science and Technology; 1 Further Pushing the Boundaries of Possibility; 1.1 What Has Allowed Merck to Thrive for 350 Years?; 1.2 A Vibrant Science and Technology Company; 1.3 Curious Minds Dedicated to Human Progress; 1.4 Pushing the Boundaries of Possibility; 1.5 Making Curiosity Thrive; 1.6 Helping Tackle Global Challenges; 1.7 Let's Unleash the Potential of Science and Technology; 2 Building a Better World with Science and Technology: Curious Future Insight; Acknowledgements; 3 Future Insight Prize-From Dream to Reality Acknowledgements4 Curious2018-Future Insight; 4.1 Sometimes no Strategy Is the Best Approach; 4.2 Small Questions Are Good Too; 4.3 Humans, Microbes, and Medicine; 4.3.1 Society 5.0; 4.3.2 The Final Frontier; 5 The Darmstadt Science Declaration-Make Science not War; Science and Technology at Its Best-Examples from Curious2018 Future Insight Conference Keynote Speakers; 6 Integrating Modern Immunology into Medicine; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 New Paradigms; 6.3 Technological Advances; 6.3.1 'Deep' Phenotyping of White Blood Cells; 6.3.2 B and T Cell Responses; 6.4 Conclusion; References 7 The Changing Landscape for New Drug Development: Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) as a Case Study7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Early Evolution of a New R&D Sub-sector [4]; 7.3 Impact Factors for Sector Building in the Twenty-Teens [7]; 7.3.1 Facilitated Regulatory Pathways (FRPs); 7.3.2 Prioritization and Access to FRPs; 7.3.3 Emerging Sponsors and Paradigm Shift; 7.3.4 Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD); 7.4 What Happened to the MCM Sector from 2008 to 2016? [9]; 7.5 Key Factors for the Future: Proving and Paying for Value [10]; 7.6 Global NAS Launches 2013-2017: Trends and Implications [11] 7.7 What the MCM Experience Portends for Drug Development in 2020 and BeyondReferences; 8 In the Face of Global Health Challenges-Let's Redefine Innovation; References; 9 Neglected Parasitic Infections and the Syndemic Anemia Vaccines for Africa; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Rationale for Linking Malaria with Helminth Control; 9.3 Syndemic Anemia Vaccines; 9.3.1 Malaria Vaccine; 9.3.2 Human Hookworm Vaccine; 9.3.3 Schistosomiasis Vaccine; 9.4 Maternal-Child Target Product Profiles of an Anemia Vaccine; 9.5 New Public-Private Strategic Alliances; 9.6 Next Steps and Future Directions; References 10 Out of Curiosity from Blue Sky Research to Medical Innovation10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The Resolution-Revolution; 10.3 Pushing the Dimension Frontier: From Temporal to Spatial to Distributions; 10.4 From Chemistry to Biology and Back Again; 10.5 Chemistry of the Biological World; 10.6 Understanding Diseases-The Prerequisite for Translation into Clinical Medicine; 10.7 Medicine-Quo Vadis?; 10.8 AI and Robotics Will Transform Medicine; 10.9 Interdisciplinarity; References; 11 From Diagnosing Diseases to Predicting Diseases; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Diseases as Perturbations of Networks
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (159 pages)
• Subjects: 615.19; Drug development -- Congresses; Pharmaceutical chemistry -- Congresses; Technological innovations -- Congresses; Medicine -- Forecasting -- Congresses; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030160616; 3030160610
• Related ISBNs: 3030160602; 9783030160609
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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