Academics are becoming much more entrepreneurial these days.
Patients can often be discharged from hospital then re-admitted a few days later with complications.
I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how all the big cosmetics companies get away with the placebo science and unscientific claims.
I set out to create chips that used low-energy technology and that has allowed me to develop devices that can do all their data crunching on site.
I learned the hard way how desperately primitive is the technology we have for monitoring the health of someone with a chronic illness.
Too much collagen will damage the skin. You will get collagen overload.
For my entire career I have worked to bring electronic inventions to healthcare markets where there is a critical and urgent need.
If I can get people to accept that a DNA test is nothing to be intimidated about then we can do tests that determine how well you metabolise certain drugs and test for breast cancer.
We can replace the big monitors in hospitals with intelligent disposable plasters that you throw away after wearing for a couple of days.