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Chris Toumazou

(1961) Researcher

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Chris Toumazou is a researcher.

Quick Facts About Chris Toumazou

Born: July 5, 1961
Profession: Researcher

About Chris Toumazou

[Wikidata] British academic... | [Wikipedia] Christofer "Chris" Toumazou, CEng is a British Cypriot electronic engineer. He is perhaps best known for inventing a fast and portable means of genome sequencing, following his 13-year-old son's diagnosis with end stage kidney failure through a rare genetic mutation.

Quotes by Chris Toumazou

I set out to create chips that used low-energy technology, and that has allowed me to develop devices that can do all…

Allowed

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

Admit

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

Did

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The old university attitude of 'publish or perish' has changed. Students and academics are realising that institutions such as Imperial College are…

Academics

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I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how all the big cosmetics companies get away with the placebo science and…

Away

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

Damage

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Academics are becoming much more entrepreneurial these days.

Academics

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When patients are admitted to hospital for elective surgery or non-urgent conditions, their vital signs are only monitored every four hours, unless…

Admitted

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

After

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If I can get people to accept that a DNA test is nothing to be intimidated about, then we can do tests…

About

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Every cell in your body contains the same genetic information.

Body

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

Chronic

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

Complications

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Bio Life Technical's strategy of providing technical due diligence by expert professors from core disciplines and world class experts working with interdisciplinary…

Bio

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For me, the ability to use semiconductor sequencing to provide a medical diagnosis in just a few hours that once took days…

Ability

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

Bring

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Medical Device technology is truly interdisciplinary.

Device

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I am completely opposed to the concept of big data.

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