http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/science-as-sear/
This WIRED article, about Sergey Brin’s use of data-mining and social networking for the advancement of medical science is really worth reading for so many reasons. It explores the interface between data mining and medicine;  the slowness of present medical research under traditional paradigms and connects social networking to medical research and more. Brin, co-founder [...]