Posts Tagged ‘x78retwee’

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.” }}

Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 | Science

June 12, 2020

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/06/08/science.abc6197

When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again – The New York Times

June 12, 2020

511 responded out of ~6000 surveyed. Wonder if the remaining ~4500 would be equally pessimistic?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/08/upshot/when-epidemiologists-will-do-everyday-things-coronavirus.html

Genes May Leave Some People More Vulnerable to Severe Covid-19 – The New York Times

June 7, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/health/coronavirus-blood-type-genetics.html

Most Hospitalized COVID Patients Have Neurologic Symptoms | MedPage Today

June 7, 2020

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/86926

To Disinfect a Police Car in a Pandemic, Software Cranks Up the Heat – The New York Times

June 3, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/business/coronavirus-police-cars-heat.html

Ford has developed a software update that can raise the interior temperature to 133 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes, which it says is enough to eliminate the virus.

host-viral infection maps from sc-rna seq with a computational framework

June 2, 2020

Host-Viral Infection Maps Reveal Signatures of Severe COVID-19 Patients

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867420305687

Covid-19 pandemic death toll in U.S. likely surpassed 100,000 weeks ago, analysis finds – Washington Post

June 2, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/investigations/coronavirus-excess-deaths-may/?itid=hp_hp-banner-main_excess-death-930a:homepage/story-ans

A fridge made from a rubber band? Twisted elastic fibers could cool your food | Science | AAAS

May 30, 2020

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/fridge-made-rubber-band-twisted-elastic-fibers-could-cool-your-food

twist to heat, untwist to cool

Will coronavirus end? Covid-19 may become endemic and last years – The Washington Post

May 29, 2020

Quoting: “In coming years, robots…could become ubiquitous in meatpacking…Families may have to make diagnostic tests…ahead of visits to grandparents…work cubicles…may become the
rage…replacing open-floor plans…& heading to work…[sick] may no longer be…admirable”

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In coming years, robots and automated lines could become ubiquitous in meatpacking plants, which have experienced some of the country’s worst outbreaks. Families may have to make diagnostic tests routine ahead of visits to grandparents. Once-mocked work cubicles of a bygone era may become the rage again, replacing open-floor plans found in many offices. Paid sick time might become a necessity for jobs of all types. And heading to work while under the weather may no longer be seen as an act of admirable American can-do spirit but instead a threat to co-workers and the bottom line.

“The problem is people putting the present ahead of the future,” said Frieden, who led the CDC from 2009 to 2017.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/27/coronavirus-endemic/