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Jamie Heywood: Het grootse idee geïnspireerd door mijn broer

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Jamie Heywood's broer kreeg de diagnose ALS. Ze vochten beiden op hun manier tegen de ziekte. De broers bouwden een ingenieuze website waar mensen hun verhaal kunnen delen en gegevens bijhouden over hun ziekte. Ze ontdekten dat de collectieve gegevens enorme kracht geven om te troosten, te verklaren en te voorspellen.

When MIT-trained mechanical engineer Jamie Heywood discovered that his younger brother was diagnosed with the terminal illness ALS, he focused all his energy on founding revolutionary healthcare initiatives to help his brother and others like him. Full bio »

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