December 23, 2023
Dear Mr. Bloomberg,
Every word in your letter “My Commitment to Giving” resonates to my soul. As you fairly noted, “…making a difference in people’s lives – and seeing it with your own eyes – is the most satisfying thing…” one can do.
I am Dr. Alexander Asanov, the inventor of i-Diagnostics (http://i-diagnostics.net) and TIRF Analitix, platform technologies for the precision medicine of the near future. Being inspired by Dr. Albert Bruce Sabin, who made his invention of polio vaccine available for broad database of patients, I am willing to make i-Diagnostics available to everyone. I received my training from four Nobel Prize winners, elite super-talented teachers and dozens of genius scientists; they enabled me with the unique set of skills and knowledge that I am not taking for granted. I pledge to return the favor back to society – make my inventions in the area of precision medicine available for all.
In 2007, I invented the TIRF microarray technology and now I see how my customers discover new drugs and repurpose old ones, including Ivermectin and Fenofibrate, for prophylactics and treatment of COVID-19. Other customers study the mechanisms and develop cures for other diseases. I am delighted to share my technologies with them – this is my way to give back to society. But at the present time only a few research groups can afford sophisticated TIRF Analytix products. With your philanthropy our efforts could be amplified and the entire mankind will benefit tremendously. With your donations thousands of research groups worldwide will develop their diagnostic applications, discover new biological markers, and find new cures. Life science area is the focal point where technology meets humanity. It can give our kids the opportunity to live actively for 150-200 years. On the other hand, it carries the risks of misuse. TIRF technique enables the former and minimizes the risks of the latter. I am giving back to society my non-profit i-Diagnostics project to create a better world for our kids. I am giving my time, knowledge, skills, and labor. But they reach only a limited number of groups. Your donations will help us to make i-Diagnostics and TIRF Analytix the open source platforms available to the broad base of scientific and medical communities, and enable everyone with precision diagnostics for home-use.
Unlike conventional tests that detect only one class of biomarkers, i-Diagnostics detects all 4 major classes simultaneously: DNA, RNA, proteins, and metabolites, and builds 4D images of the response, providing superior accuracy for personalized medicine. The US government granted me $4.3M for Phase 1 and my team of scientists and engineers has developed not only i-Diagnostics, but also a broad-range of analytical-grade TIRF Analytix instruments (TIRF-Labs.com). We are ready to move to Phase 2 and request your donations to make i-Diagnostics and TIRF Analytix open source platforms in order to make them affordable for thousands of research groups worldwide to develop their applications and create an infrastructure based on the intelligence of the global network of scientists and medical doctors, which will mitigate the risks of emergence and outbreaks of diseases. Technologically, it is already feasible. Please visit our website www.i-diagnostics.net for details and contact us via email i-diagnostics@tirf-labs.com. Donate to the i-Diagnostics project to change the future of medicine to be a step ahead of any disease. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alexander Asanov, Ph.D., CEO, TIRF Labs