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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: interviews » Developing an individually fitting pharmaceutical against cancer.

version: 4 / updated: 2011-10-25
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Originally submitted by: Ivan Montenegro Perini
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Source of inspiration

Interviews

The source of the Weak Signal is

Mark O. SELLENTHIN, "ZWE – Centre for European Economic Research", interviewed by "Z_PUNKT"

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
Developing an individually fitting pharmaceutical against cancer.

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
Particularly in biotech it is observable that current research actions aim at the development of respective technologies. These actions hint at a probable breakthrough in this field, but not within the next ten years.

Keywords

Developing, pharmaceuticals, technological advancement, health treatment, cancer.

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
Studies aim at developing diagnostic methods that analyse whether a pharmaceutical is well tolerated by a patient, or that decode and analyse the genome in order to develop an individually fitting pharmaceutical against cancer

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 resolution of uncertainty
 		beneficial
#2 resolution of uncertainty
 		harmful

Importance

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Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

scientific filters (knowledge/technology access)
social filters (class, status, education level)

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Diseases, health and well-being
Ethics and abuse of S&T
Innovation dynamics

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Health
Social Sciences and Humanities