| Wheel of Medical Fortune? |
| Sunday, 07 November 2010 20:05 | |||
 Saratoga, California, November 2010 — The Myelin Repair Foundation (MRF), a non-profit medical research foundation known for its pioneering Accelerated Research Collaboration™ (ARC™) model, took a lesson from online game developers to explore creative ways to accelerate the pace of medical research and shorten the time to market for new medicines. http://info.breakthroughstocures.org/
In early October the MRF hosted two real-time online “idea sourcing” events – Breakthroughs to Cures – the start of an online gaming event designed to engage university scientists, business leaders, healthcare innovators, biopharma executives and R&D professionals, government regulators, entrepreneurs, patients and the general public, in conversations about barriers that are slowing the pace of medical research and strategies that may break them down. “Reaching out to a broader universe— individuals who work within the current system of medical research as well as others with a bent for problem solving in any arena—for out-of-the-box thinking is certainly in line with our values,” says MRF President Scott Johnson. The idea-sourcing, gaming events are being supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio, which seeks ideas that break free of conventional thinking, often because they reframe and refocus problems and explore different paths to breakthroughs. The premise involves a widespread contamination, estimating that as many as 100 million people in the United States have been infected. America faces a national health crisis unlike any before and leaders in Washington are meeting to discuss how to address the state of this national emergency. This idea-generating event calls upon its participants to solve a deadly disease sweeping the nation. To view the scenario visit: http://info.breakthroughstocures.org/ SOURCE: Myelin Repair Foundation (Visual courtesty: demolisher3.zaghost.com)
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