Here’s why we can’t rush a COVID-19 vaccine | AAMC

June 14, 2020

https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/here-s-why-we-can-t-rush-covid-19-vaccine

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Such tragic errors from inoculations against disease — this one from the polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk, MD, in the 1950s, one of the most successful immunizations in history — help to explain why an anxious world must wait up to two years for a vaccination to shield people from the potentially fatal novel coronavirus.
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Renaissance Technologies founder names his son co-chairman | Financial Times

June 14, 2020

https://www.ft.com/content/f77b71ca-3dfe-11ea-a01a-bae547046735


Personalized and graph genomes reveal missing signal in epigenomic data

June 14, 2020

Personalized and graph genomes reveal missing signal in epigenomic data Cristian Groza, Tony Kwan, Nicole Soranzo, Tomi Pastinen & Guillaume Bourque Genome Biology volume 21, Article number: 124 (2020)

QT:{{ “Using permissive cutoffs, modified reference genomes are found to alter approximately 1% of peak calls while de novo assembled genomes alter up to 5% of peaks.” }}


Cracking the Coronavirus Gender Mystery | UC San Francisco

June 14, 2020

https://www.ucsf.edu/magazine/frontliner-fattahi


Academics should stop fixating on the editorial power fallacy | Times Higher Education (THE)

June 14, 2020

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/academics-should-stop-fixating-editorial-power-fallacy


I’m over 60, stop talking about coronavirus ‘culling’ me (Opinion) – CNN

June 13, 2020

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/12/opinions/insensitive-coronavirus-comments-most-vulnerable-people-adler/index.html


FDA expands at-home, saliva-based coronavirus testing with nod to Phosphorus | MedTech Dive

June 13, 2020

https://www.medtechdive.com/news/coronavirus-phosphorus-saliva-test-as-at-home-covid-19-testing-expands/579432/


Am I immune to COVID-19 if I have antibodies?

June 13, 2020

https://theconversation.com/am-i-immune-to-covid-19-if-i-have-antibodies-140524?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton


Hims and Vault Health have COVID-19 tests you can take at home

June 13, 2020

https://www.fastcompany.com/90504587/covid-19-saliva-tests-you-can-take-at-home-have-finally-arrived


Standing workstation: What you need to know – Mayo Clinic

June 13, 2020

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/standing-workstation/art-20088544