# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Log (June 19, 2010)

• Bryan shared multiple academic papers on paper-based microfluidics technology, highlighting low-cost methods using photoresist, chromatography paper, and wax for creating portable bioassay platforms.

• The channel discussed cancer-resistant mice from Wake Forest University whose immune cells demonstrated an "adoptive transfer" mechanism that conferred resistance to multiple cancer types.

• Members expressed concern about the slow progress in identifying the gene responsible for cancer resistance in these mice, questioning a project called livly.org that requested $100,000 to sequence the mouse genome.

• The emerging field of organ printing was discussed, including technical challenges with maintaining printed organs in perfusion chambers and the theoretical possibility of eventually printing entire mammals.

• Historical experiments with isolated brains and head transplants dating back to the 1880s were referenced, including Russian experiments that maintained isolated brains.

• Despite $105 billion invested in cancer research since 1971, participants critiqued the limited progress in personalized medicine and debated whether complete genomic understanding is necessary for cancer research advancement.

• Several transhumanist and open science events were mentioned, including the Open Science Summit 2010 and health-related sessions at OSCON 2010, as networking opportunities within these communities.