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Rebecca Cosentino @BeCosen

In the last 20yrs $1.5T in lottery tickets bought in the US; IF $200B of that was invested in private biotech, think how different this country would be today.

Joined June 2011
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
EBD Group@EBDgroup
20 Dec 2016
New interview with @DennisJPurcell @poliwoggpond Who is getting funded in 2017?#BiotechShowcase spr.ly/60128MQwr
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Health Insurers Push to Tie #DrugPrices to Outcomes ow.ly/fnYN3006AvH #healthinsurance #valuebaseddrugpricing

Health Insurers Push to Tie Drug Prices to Outcomes

Health insurer Cigna will get extra price discounts from drugmakers if new cholesterol medications don’t help patients as much as expected, a significant step in a broader push to tie the cost of...

wsj.com
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Do You Know What Cancer Looks Like? Cancer Cells in Stunning Detail: ow.ly/DIxc3002yCx

Take a look at these incredible images of cancer cells

GE scientists created a way to see cancer cells in stunning detail.

businessinsider.com
Have #Diabetes? Now you can use your MIRCOWAVE to keep track of your #bloodsugar! ow.ly/UQQQ3002yi9 #HealthIT
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
16 Dec 2015
Making Waves: Scientists use #Seaweed to grow #Stemcells ow.ly/VV3T3
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Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
16 Dec 2015
The Age Invaders: A generation of old people is about to change the #globaleconomy ow.ly/VV4xG #Aging #Dependency #Demography
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
16 Dec 2015
microbial communities expand by trading with other species of #bacteria...sound familiar? ow.ly/VUZ1i #freemarketeconomies

Economies of Ail: How Bacteria Flourish

The Numbers: Columnist Jo Craven McGinty explores how a chance conversation between two former roommates led to a breakthrough in the understanding of how microbial communities interact—and an...

wsj.com
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
16 Dec 2015
Today at LEAST 10% of #Egyptians (~9M ppl) have #hepatitisC; #Gilead tests out alternative cost strategy ow.ly/VYxwm #drugprices

Curing Hepatitis C, in an Experiment the Size of Egypt (Published 2015)

A new approach tested in Egypt could become the blueprint for providing cutting-edge medicines to the poor.

nytimes.com
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
16 Dec 2015
Frost and Sullivan's Top 10 #Healthcare Predictions For 2016 ow.ly/VYIYB #Forbes #innovation
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Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
17 Dec 2015
The race is on to end unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions! ow.ly/W1NoW #antibioticresistance #superbugs

Race is on to end unecessary antibiotic prescriptions

Overuse is leading to resistance to superbugs, and efforts are under way to improve infection diagnoses

ft.com
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
17 Dec 2015
#Exoskeletons - Helping on the battlefield and to conquer staircases ow.ly/W1Zkt #MedicalInnovation #Orthopaedics
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
21 Dec 2015
The $3T U.S. #Healthcare Market Looks Pale Compared to the Economic needs for #Health Services Beyond US Borders ow.ly/Wb29o
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
21 Dec 2015
A brain link to #autism: #Scientists find neurotransmitter that ties in with disorder’s behavior ow.ly/Wb3r0

A brain link to autism — Harvard Gazette

Using a visual test that is known to prompt different reactions in autistic and normal brains, Harvard researchers have shown that those differences were associated with a breakdown in the signaling...

news.harvard.edu
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Think #drugprices too high? Yes. Want incentives for companies to develop drugs against diseases? Yes. We want BOTH. ow.ly/UR2wH
“No Scrubs” Reigns! Grouped #Pigeons have 99% accuracy detecting #breastcancer in #medicalimages ow.ly/UR27q #wisdomofthecrowd
It is about time someone said this outloud: #Uber is not "genuinely #disruptive." ow.ly/UR4OE

Uber is not ‘genuinely disruptive’, says Clayton Christensen

Harvard professor behind theory says ride-hailing app is less revolutionary than believed

ft.com
Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
5 Nov 2015
Sherwood Neiss' summary of new #crowdfunding rules ow.ly/UhMjB
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Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
5 Nov 2015
During the last week #ETF #SBIO* was a top performer, 8% ow.ly/Ui40U *SBIO: ETF based on the #PoliwoggMedicalBreakthroughsIndex
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
5 Nov 2015
#SBIO* listed as #1 #Health #ETF on #Morningstar ow.ly/Ui0MQ *SBIO an ETF based off #PoliwoggMedicalBreakthroughsIndex
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Rebecca Cosentino retweeted
Poliwogg@poliwoggpond
10 Nov 2015
#Poliwogg CEO @Simonation on #EquityCrowdfunding: wait for “hockey stick” growth - starts slowly & suddenly explodes ow.ly/UtWQu
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