genomer

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by genomer 3y ago
The Nanopore Minion is still a thing, but it's sequencing and has higher error rates than competing short-read methods like Illumina's sequence by synthesis. https://nanoporetech.com/products/sequence/min
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by genomer 3y ago
I wasn't aware of the variability in thymic involution. I guess most studies focus on averages. If you have links to more information about these outliers I'd be very interested in reading up on them. The most recent literature th
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by genomer 3y ago
Those are interesting cases. A similar but more ubiquitous strangeness is somatic mosaicism, specifically in the brain where it seems that "no two neurons are genetically alike." I was in line for the Terminator ride at Universal
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by genomer 3y ago
Age is probably the biggest influence on a "healthy" immune system. I haven't kept up with recent research, but if memory serves the immune repertoire (diversity of T and B cell receptors) decreases essentially linearly with
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by genomer 3y ago
I'm surprised as well. I thought the problem with cancer is that the immune system doesn't react/detect it and therefore might not provide a discernible signal.
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by genomer 3y ago
Microsoft Research was a partner in the joint collaboration. Pretty sure this was the research that culminated in the T-Detect Lyme product that Adaptive Biotech launched last year (definitely some Adaptive representation in the publication
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by genomer 5y ago
It’s what you think it is, and it happens to more than just mice. I toured a bioengineering lab where they were actively severing the spines of chimpanzees to perform fiber rerouting experiments. I think the normal citizen never thinks much
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by genomer 7y ago
That's an interesting point and I completely agree, but wouldn't America's already real lack of "supply" buffer this a bit? I have to wait several weeks to get into my personal family doctor, and it took over 4 hou
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by genomer 8y ago
I was surprised by a probiotic addition the other day as well. It was added to a vegan protein powder I bought off the shelf.
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by genomer 8y ago
Are you insinuating that I didn't read the comment? I take such offense to this.
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by genomer 8y ago
How else do we dissuade people who don't read an article from jumping to ignorant conclusions and filling the message board with tripe?
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by genomer 8y ago
The article didn't focus solely on quins. An example of a different class: "Researchers have shown, for example, that aminoglycoside antibiotics can cause deafness by damaging mitochondria in the hair cells of the ear." More
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by genomer 8y ago
Directly from the article. "Until recently, investigations into the side effects of antibiotics have focused on how the drugs disrupt the human microbiome, says James Collins, a medical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Techno
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Minimalist Meditation: Pointless Apps(laptopminimalist.com)
1 points by genomer 11y ago|0 comments
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Laptop Minimalism(laptopminimalist.blogspot.com)
2 points by genomer 11y ago|0 comments