bhickey

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   by bhickey 16y ago

   You're incorrect. People do want to restrict inaccurate diagnostic tests. The false positive rate for some Down syndrome tests runs at around 5%. True negative is around 80% (Quad test). The rate of Down syndrome pregnancies amongst 40 year
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   by bhickey 16y ago

   I think the parent is spot on. Just some background in brief: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP in the singular) are single base changes in the genome. Given the size of the genome (approximately 3 billion bases), the mutational rate, an
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   by bhickey 16y ago

   It's a rather small world. Without glancing at the URL, I forwarded the link to a friend who turns out to be the author's brother!
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   by bhickey 16y ago

   If murdering children across two continents doesn't do it, I don't know what will. For my part, the only diamonds I'll buy will be on a saw blade or drill bit.
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   by bhickey 16y ago

   Isn't there some portion of the aviation spectrum that could be allocated to ad hoc communication between aircraft? The routing problems would be interesting!
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   by bhickey 16y ago

   Immunobiology by Janeway has come highly recommended to me. I still need to pick up a copy.
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   by bhickey 16y ago

   For 'Not An Immunologist' you seem to have a pretty good handle on this stuff. You're mostly right about the heritability stuff, but it's a bit more subtle than that. Antibodies are built from heavy and light chains, which are in turn produ