Medgadget has covered before the power of crowdsourcing to decipher biological complexities, such as the structure of neuronal networks and the folding of critical enzymes. Jamie Drummond is co-founder of ONE, an advocacy organization whose goals include fighting the AIDS epidemic in emerging countries. In this TEDGlobal Talk, Drummond displays the potential of crowdsourcing to engender solutions to AIDS, malaria, and vaccine shortages, among other critical medical problems. The talk further makes the case for large data sets as being the key to medical innovation in the future.
Link @ TED: Jamie Drummond: Let’s crowdsource the world’s goals…