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Soon after his time with Edelman, Niculescu found himself working side by side with Crick, a relentless empiricist whose more sober approach is reflected in Niculescu's eagerness to demystify the heady philosophical questions that his product invites. Once Niculescu and his team of researchers have followed a cohort for long enough to determine a set of likely biomarkers, the second step is to compare them against the existing body of data from other researchers, in a manner Niculescu compares to Google's page-ranking algorithm. Niculescu credits the experience as an inspiration behind starting MindX, the better to put the company's tools into practice and prevent such incidents in the future. (The original CEO and president of MindX was local venture capitalist Matthew Neff; both Neff and Niculescu declined to comment on his departure.). [Extracted from the article]

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