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Sol 0 – Mars Colonization – Season 2 – Part 5 – Brand New Start! – Video

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Elon Musk and the SpaceX Odyssey: the Path from Falcon 9 to Mars Colonization Transporter

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Are we seeing the convergence of a century of space science and science fiction before our eyes? Will Musk and SpaceX make 2001 Space Odyssey a reality? (Photo Credit: NASA, Apple, SpaceX, Tesla Motors, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Illustration Judy Schmidt)

In Kubricks and Clarks 2001 Space Odyssey, there was no question of Boots or Bots[ref]. The monolith had been left for humanity as a mileage and direction marker on Route 66 to the stars. So we went to Jupiter and Dave Bowman overcame a sentient machine, shut it down cold and went forth to discover the greatest story yet to be told.

Now Elon Musk, born three years after the great science fiction movie and one year before the last Apollo mission to the Moon has set his goals, is achieving milestones to lift humans beyond low-Earth orbit, beyond the bonds of Earths gravity and take us to the first stop in the final frontier Mars the destination of the SpaceX odyssey.

Marvel claims Musk as the inspiration for Tony Stark in Ironman but for countless space advocates around the World he is the embodiment of Dave Bowman, the astronaut in 2001 Space Odyssey destined to travel to the edge of the Universe and retire an old man on Mars. (Photo Credit: NASA, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Illustration Judy Schmidt)

Ask him whats next and nowhere on his bucket list does he have Disneyland or Disney World. You will find Falcon 9R, Falcon Heavy, Dragon Crew, Raptor Engine and Mars Colonization Transporter (MCT).

At the top of his working list is the continued clean launch record of the Falcon 9 and beside that must-have is the milestone of a soft landing of a Falcon 9 core. To reach this milestone, Elon Musk has an impressive array of successes and also failures necessary, to-be-expected and effectively of equal value. His plans for tomorrow are keeping us on the edge of our seats.

The Dragon Crew capsule is more than a modernized Apollo capsule. It will land softly and at least on Earth will be reusable while Musk and SpaceX dream of landing Falcon Crew on Mars. (Photo Credits: SpaceX)

CRS-5, the Cargo Resupply mission number 5, was an unadulterated success and to make it even better, Elons crew took another step towards the first soft landing of a Falcon core, even though it wasnt entirely successful. Elon explained that they ran out of hydaulic fluid. Additionally, there is a slew of telemetry that his engineers are analyzing to optimize the control software. Could it have been just a shortage of fluid? Yes, its possible they could extrapolate the performance that was cut short and recognize the landing Musk and crew dreamed of.

A successful failure of a soft landing had no baring on the successful launch of the CRS-5, the cargo resupply mission to ISS. (Image Credits: SpaceX)

The addition of the new grid fins to improve control both assured the observed level of success and also assured failure. Anytime one adds something unprovento a test vehicle, the risk of failure is raised. This was a fantastic failure that provided a treasure trove of new telemetry and the possibilities to optimize software. More hydraulic fluid is a must but improvements to SpaceX software is what will bring a repeatable string of Falcon core soft landings.

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Bringing Genetics and Epigenetics to the Fetal-Adult Hemoglobin Switch – Video

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Keith Yamamoto, PhD – Video

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Keith Yamamoto #39;s talk "Opening Remarks Precision Medicine" at UCSF Informatics Day 2014.

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Michael Blum, MD – Video

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Michael Blum, MD presents "Digital Health" at UCSF Informatics Day 2014 conference.

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Robert Nussbaum, MD – Video

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Robert Nussbaum, MD presents "The Genomic Medicine Initiative at UCSF" at UCSF Informatics Day 2014.

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Sam Hawgood, MBBS – Video

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UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood presents "Informatics at UCSF" at UCSF Informatics Day.

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Sorena Nadaf, MS, MMI – Video

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Sorena Nadaf presents "Translational Informatics OnCore Clinical Research and Integration with APeX and iRIS" at UCSF Informatics Day 2014.

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Patent litigation over human gene breast cancer testing is ending

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The molecular diagnostics company that had won patents of two human genes that were invalidated by a landmark Supreme Court ruling has decided to abandon separate patent litigation surrounding how scientists study those genes.

The Supreme Court in 2013 struck down Myriad Genetics' patents of the human genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. Mutations of those genes have been linked to a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The patents had given Myriad a monopoly over medical testing of those genes in a bid to detect early signs of cancer, often charging women $3,000 per test or more.

The court's decision opened the door to other companies offering cheaper tests. Myriad sued them, however, claiming that they were infringing on other Myriad patents that the Supreme Court did not invalidate.

But after some unfavorable court rulings, Utah-based Myriad has agreed to withdraw from the litigation. Settlements have included companies like Invitae, LabCorp and Pathway Genomics. More are to follow.

"We decided it was in the best interest of the company to settle these matters, Ronald Rogers, a Myriad spokesman, said.

The legal tussle began in 2009, when the American Civil Liberties Union sued Myriad on behalf of patients, researchers, and others. The civil rights group said that Myriad's patents, awarded more than a decade ago, were so broad that they prevented anybody from testing the genes without Myriad's permission.

The Supreme Court agreed.

"Indeed, Myriads patent descriptions highlight the problem with its claims. For example, a section of the 282patents Detailed Description of the Invention indicates that Myriad found the location of a gene associated withincreased risk of breast cancer and identified mutations of that gene that increase the risk, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote(PDF). He said isolated DNA is a product of nature and not patent eligible.

Sandra Park, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU's Women's Rights Project, said, "it's time for the US Patent Office to strictly enforce the prohibition on patenting products of nature moving forward."

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Advanced Warfare – DOUBLE DNA BOMB on "CORE" DLC MAP – New "Core" DLC Map Gameplay! (AW Havoc DLC) – Video

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