Health 2050: faster cure via bioinformatics and quantified self; a design analysis

Four areas make up 75% of our healthcare costs: cardio-, onco-, neuro- and metabolic diseases. These are largely preventable, even reversible. Instead, they are currently often ‘managed’ and made chronic, not cured. This is too costly. Research is showing new opportunities for enhancing our body’s self-repair in a matter of hours or days. Our...