“Potentially, there are 1 to 2 million people in the population who could be diagnosed using this criteria, ... We think that many will be diagnosed, since it's a relatively easy test to perform on routine blood work done in a doctor's office.”
“The problem with the former cutoff of 140 is that by the time people were diagnosed with diabetes, about 20 percent already had complications, ... We know that the risk goes up sharply for those complications when the blood sugar gets to be about 126.”
“[Kiosks aren't the only technology that could be affected by new guidelines.] The entire airline industry evolved as an extension of their electronic networks and the networks' message structures and the quasi-automated e-commerce processes that evolved in and around them, ... What Sept. 11 has done, in my mind, is open some doors to a new architecture model.”
“They're in the right place at the right time. If you try to find an industry with a projected three- to five-year growth rate as high as biotech, I don't think you'll find one.”
