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Cancer social networking in the news

This artical highlights two ideas that might be of interest to b-m.org members.

1) This guy started a company that uses the internet to help cancer survivors-patients helping patients

2) CollabRx (this new company) is an organization that does not focus on long term cancer research but cancer therapy that may provide a benefit to us during our lifetimes. David


"After Internet millionaire Jay Tenenbaum was diagnosed with melanoma, he used his Web savvy to create CollabRx, a company that helps patients and researchers work more effectively to find treatments for rare diseases. The idea taps into the recent phenomenon of patient-supported research."  - Podcast: Partnering for a Cure

http://online.wsj.com/art...

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