@smartphage

Building the I/O platform of Biology

 Palo Alto
smartphage.com
Joined October 2014
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Working on it! It’s the 300M lives lost by 2050 that keep us up at night. :( xitter.cf/synbiobeta/status/8492…
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@SynBioBeta4 Apr 2017
Unless action is taken, antimicrobial resistance could cost 10 million lives each year by 2050 bit.ly/2oy9qar #SBBUK17
The whole 'antibiotics crisis directly leads to 300M deaths' is so scary that everyone should fund @smartphage. Like, now. #FoundryDemoDay
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@smartphage provides targeted & effective identification & control of resistant bacteria! #startup #tech #entrepreneurship #FoundryDemoDay 💡
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Jacob ʃei
@JacobShiach9 Mar 2017
What are some rare or orphan bacterial based diseases that don't get enough focus?
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Jacob ʃei
@JacobShiach10 Apr 2016
Working title: Digital Cures in the Developing World
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Rob Citorik@rcitorik6 Apr 2016
Red #wine compound may alter #microbiome, lower TMAO: Targeting gut microbiome to fight heart disease sciencedaily.com/releases/20… @sciencedaily

Targeting gut microbiome to fight heart disease

A compound found in red wine, resveratrol, reduces the risk of heart disease by changing the gut microbiome, according to a new study. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in...

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Greater Omaha loses appeal; must pay Cargill $9 million in #beef E. coli outbreak case foodsafetynews.com/2016/04/g… #FoodSafety

Greater Omaha told to pay Cargill $9 million in E. coli case

Remember the Minnesota dance instructor who was made paraplegic by eating a hamburger from Sam’s Club? Almost a decade after Stephanie Smith of Cold

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"Why has this happened to me? … This is like torture, why do I have this life? It is better to die." blogs.msf.org/en/staff/blogs…
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Jacob ʃei
@JacobShiach1 Feb 2016
Presenting @smartphage at the MIT angels of NorCal meeting tomorrow (2/1).
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Jacob ʃei
@JacobShiach16 Dec 2015
Globally in 2014, an estimated 480,000 people developed multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). buff.ly/226SOlN #abxstats via @smartphage
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50% of all antibiotics prescribed in U.S. health provider offices are either unnecessary or inappropriate
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Resistance to last-resort antibiotic has now spread across globe newscientist.com/article/dn2…

Resistance to last-resort antibiotic has now spread across globe | New Scientist

A gene that allows bacteria to resist one of our last effective antibiotics has been found in Denmark and China, prompting a worldwide search

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Far too many women & children still die in childbirth from preventable causes often linked to poor quality of care goo.gl/ARUcTs
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#GeneEditSummit videos, slide presentations, and photos available at bit.ly/1lsHyyK
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We are essentially hanging by a thread with the most powerful antibiotics we've got. Read why via @dcexaminer ow.ly/Vs1zc
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Researchers in China recently found E.coli resistant to colistin, often called the antibiotic of last resort. buff.ly/1NaMHpQ
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CDC
@CDCgov17 Nov 2015
Antibiotics kill healthy bacteria in gut allowing harmful bacteria (like C. diff) to grow in its place #GetSmartWeek
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CDC
@CDCgov16 Nov 2015
CRE, or “nightmare bacteria,” can be resistant to all antibiotics. See more: go.usa.gov/cgeU5 #GetSmartWeek
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Stunning Map Shows Pathogens Hopping Between Species [wired:buff.ly/1FgiowL] & [nature:buff.ly/1FgirIO]
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When Antibiotics fail... buff.ly/1OuwEUm
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