tridint

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   by tridint 10y ago

   Listening to CS people talk about biology is maddening. "CRISPR... is to genomics what vi (Unix’s visual text editor) is to software. " This terrible comparison between DNA and code has been happening for years. In 2012, Thiel did
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   by tridint 10y ago

   uBiome (YCS14) unveils its new CLIA and CAP certified medical test. They claim it tests for a variety of conditions, including 'leaky gut syndrome.' Wikipedia describes leaky gut as 'a hypothetical, medically unrecognized c
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   UBiome(YC S14) tests for hypothetical health conditions(ubiome.com)

   2 points by tridint 10y ago|1 comments
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   by tridint 11y ago

   The clinical work they're doing is great, but the code is problematic. Its a bunch of Perl and Python duct taped together with shell scripts. From the github repo: Shell 84.3% Perl 8.9% Python 6.3% C 0.5% Check out the source
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   by tridint 11y ago

   To begin with, the reproducibility of your sample is in question - https://mrheisenbug.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/dear-american-g... The resolution from uBiome data is also 16s, and (likely) too low to yield g