Chris Toumazou Quotes

#1. Medical Device technology is truly interdisciplinary.

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#2. We can replace the big monitors in hospitals with intelligent, disposable plasters that you throw away after wearing for a couple of days.

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#3. For me, the ability to use semiconductor sequencing to provide a medical diagnosis in just a few hours that once took days is a crucial step in saving the lives of patients. This is particularly significant for the treatment of sepsis, where every minute matters.

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#4. If I can get people to accept that a DNA test is nothing to be intimidated about, then we can do tests that determine how well you metabolise certain drugs and test for breast cancer.

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#5. Every cell in your body contains the same genetic information.

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#6. I learned the hard way how desperately primitive is the technology we have for monitoring the health of someone with a chronic illness.

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#7. I just did not get on at my school. It completely failed to inspire me.

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#8. I set out to create chips that used low-energy technology, and that has allowed me to develop devices that can do all their data crunching on site.

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#9. I am completely opposed to the concept of big data.

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#10. I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't even do my A-levels.

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#11. Too much collagen will damage the skin. You will get collagen overload.

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#12. Academics are becoming much more entrepreneurial these days.

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#13. For my entire career, I have worked to bring electronic inventions to healthcare markets where there is a critical and urgent need.

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#14. I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how all the big cosmetics companies get away with the placebo science and unscientific claims.

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#15. When patients are admitted to hospital for elective surgery or non-urgent conditions, their vital signs are only monitored every four hours, unless they have been identified as being at high risk of deterioration.

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#16. Patients can often be discharged from hospital, then re-admitted a few days later with complications.

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