https://www.wired.com/story/acura-nsx-honda-self-driving-cars?mbid=social_twitter
Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas : Nature : Nature Research
June 25, 2017http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7658/full/nature22402.html
#Zika virus evolution & spread in the Americas, by @sabeti_lab http://www.Nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7658/full/nature22402.html #Phylogeny reconstruction of 110 new + 64 known seqs.
The Mystery of the Wasting House-Cats – The New York Times
June 25, 2017The Mystery of the Wasting…Cats
https://www.NYTimes.com/2017/05/16/magazine/the-mystery-of-the-wasting-house-cats.html pets as the new coal-mine canaries, now turning up PBDEs (thyroid hormone analogs)
From Grammarly to ProWritingAid: A Review of 6 Automatic Editing Tools
June 23, 2017Interesting alternatives to Grammarly…
https://thewritelife.com/automatic-editing-tools/
Great paper? Swipe right on the new ‘Tinder for preprints’ app
June 22, 2017Swipe right on the new Tinder for preprints app, Papr by @JTLeek &co
http://www.ScienceMag.org/news/2017/06/great-paper-swipe-right-new-tinder-preprints-app Gathering #statistics on the subconscious swipe
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““We don’t believe that the data we are collecting is any kind of realistic peer review, but it does tell us something about the types of papers people find interesting and what leads them to be
suspicious,” Leek says. “Ultimately we hope to correlate this data with information about where the papers are published, retractions, and other more in-depth measurements of paper quality and interest.”
But don’t take Papr too seriously, because its developers don’t. “This app is provided solely for entertainment of the scientific community and may be taken down at any time with no notice because Jeff gets tired of it,” the Papr website says.”
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First, design for data sharing : Nature Biotechnology : Nature Research
June 20, 2017Design for data sharing
http://www.Nature.com/nbt/journal/v34/n4/full/nbt.3516.html Issues in distributing mPower mobile dataset – no DAC, allowing donors to change preferences
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“This March, Sage Bionetworks (Seattle) began sharing curated data collected from >9,000 participants of mPower, a smartphone-enabled health research study for Parkinson’s disease. The mPower study is notable as one of the first observational assessments of human health to rapidly achieve scale as a result of its design and execution purely through a smartphone interface. To support this unique study design, we developed a novel electronic informed consent process that includes participant-determined data-sharing preferences. It is through these preferences that the new data—including self-reported outcomes and quantitative sensor data—are shared broadly for secondary analysis. Our hope is that by sharing these data immediately, prior even to our own complete analysis, we will shorten the time to harnessing any utility that this study’s data may hold to improve the condition of patients who suffer from this disease.
Turbulent times for data sharing
Our release of mPower comes at a turbulent time in data sharing. The power of data for secondary research is top of mind for many these days. Vice President Joe Biden, in heading President Barack Obama’s ambitious cancer ‘moonshot’, describes data sharing as second only to funding to the success of the effort. However, this powerful support for data sharing stands in opposition to the opinions of many within the research establishment. To wit, the august New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)’s recent editorial suggesting that those who wish to reuse clinical trial data without the direct participation and approval of the original study team are “research parasites”. In the wake of colliding perspectives on data sharing, we must not lose sight of the scientific and societal ends served by such efforts.” “}}
Yahoo Mail suspends automatic mail forwarding as privacy controversies swirl | PCWorld
June 19, 2017Immune Disorders and Autism – NYTimes.com
June 19, 2017QT:{{”
“For people, a drug that’s safe for use during pregnancy may help. A probiotic, many of which have anti-inflammatory properties, may also be of benefit. Not coincidentally, asthma researchers are arriving at similar conclusions; prevention of the lung disease will begin with the pregnant woman. Dr. Parker has more radical ideas: pre-emptive restoration of “domesticated” parasites in everybody — worms developed solely for the purpose of correcting the wayward, postmodern immune system.
Practically speaking, this seems beyond improbable. And yet, a trial is under way at the Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine testing a medicalized parasite called Trichuris suis in autistic adults.
First used medically to treat inflammatory bowel disease, the whipworm, which is native to pigs, has anecdotally shown benefit in autistic children.
And really, if you spend enough time wading through the science, Dr. Parker’s idea — an ecosystem restoration project, essentially — not only fails to seem outrageous, but also seems inevitable.”
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