1. NOVEL POINT-OF-CARE BIOMEDICAL
SENSORS
FUTURE TRENDS INTECHNOLOGY AT THE
INTERFACE OF ICT, MATERIALS SCIENCE AND
BIOLOGY
INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & BIOTECHNOLOGY
CHRISTOPHER R LOWE
2. GLOBAL MEGATRENDS AND INFLUENCES : 2010-2050
CLEAN WATER/
NUTRITIOUS FOOD
DWINDLING RESOURCES
HEALTH AND WELFARE ISSUES
RICH-POOR GAP
GLOBAL ICT
CONNECTIVITY
DEMOCRATIZATION
CHANGING RISK PROFILE
URBANISATION
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY S&T
INTEGRATION
GLOBAL ETHICS 1
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CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
ENERGY
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC
GLOBALISATION
PEACE/CONFLICT
3. THE DEVELOPMENTAL RISK TRANSITION
CHEMICAL INTELLIGENCE
TRADITIONAL RISKS
MODERN RISKS
LIFESTYLE
WELLBEING
OBESITY
CANCER
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS/
NEURODEGENERATIVE
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
DIABETES
FOOD/WATER QUALITY
URBAN AIR QUALITY
OCCUPATIONAL RISKS
RISK
SIZE
TIME
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
LIFESTYLE
HEALTH & WELFARE
CLINICAL DISORDERS
UNDERNUTRITION
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
WATER
SANITATION
HYGEINE
4. FOOD/WATER/AIR QUALITY
LIFESTYLE
STRESS
SLEEP DISORDERS
MIGRAINE
GENETIC PREDISPOSITIONS
PREGNANCY
FERTILITY
DIABETES
CANCER
ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE
COPD
NEURODEGENERATIVE/
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE
HIV/AIDS
BLOOD ANALYTES
LIVER/KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION
FAECAL OCCULT BLOOD
GLUCOSE
HAEMOGLOBIN A1C
ASTHMA
MENOPAUSE
COAGULATION/PLATELET FUNCTION
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
STI
HEALTHY WORRIED WELL SICK
EARLY
SYMPTOMS DISEASE
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