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by vedtopkar 8y ago
This is why the entire field of genetic counseling is a thing. Barring a few specific diseases, genetic determinants of health are very complex and poorly understood. Moreover, genetic testing, especially of the consumer sort, are not alway
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
For reference, messenger.com is a standalone FB Messenger web app that works great -- my use-case for FB is largely the same as yours.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
The Zune HD was really a great device. Hadn't heard about this dedication, but it's incredibly touching.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
You're totally right, huge distinction. Sorry for mis-speaking!
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
FDA approval to market the new Apple Watch as a medical device is a huge deal.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
"spending inordinate amounts of money on technology and owning more Raspberry Pi's and you're willing to admit to publicly" Never have I seen my tech obsession summarized so succinctly!
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
I've been under the impression that hopping from CS academia to startups is incredibly common, to the extent that such a transition is pretty destigmatized relative to other fields. This may be me speaking from the SV bubble, however.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Agreed on that point. Mouse study results shouldn't be taken as human health advice. Need large-scale human studies for that.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
A witty quip, and I totally agree with the sentiment, but I'm wondering what other way we have to test hypotheses in vivo . Animal models are pretty key, but my knowledge of the field is incomplete.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
It should be noted that the influenza virus has 8 segments, so those 8 released segments from a patient represent the entire flu genome.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Yeah that's a fair assessment, and I agree that it's not for everyone. But I do feel strongly that everyone should at least give it a shot.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Anki has become the de-facto standard for memorizing the large swaths of information required during medical school. Not everyone uses it, but pretty much everyone that does and sticks to it sees impressive results.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Correct, it's a pleural cancer. That being said, asbestos poses an even bigger risk of "regular" lung cancer compared to mesothelioma. It really is a formidable carcinogen.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
I got burned by this exactly a couple of years ago. Flight into Delhi was delayed, desperately needed wifi to communicate with my ride upon arrival, but no wifi without an active SIM card. Infuriating.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Didn't know that, thanks!
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
This is pretty much expected. The very mechanism of tattoos is that ink particles deposited in the skin are taken up by phagocytes. One of the jobs of phagocytes is to present ingested material to lymphocytes in lymph nodes. Makes sense tha
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Not quite true. There is a decent amount of literature describing off-target cleavage events as well.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
How so? Seems like the features/specs provided line up pretty well with the $60 price point. Are there examples of basic smartphones in this price range with significantly better features? (Legitimately don't know)
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
This is really cool! I hadn't heard of you guys before but will definitely be using your service. I can attest to the fact that comparison shopping is a huge time suck in science. The one exception to the importance of comparison shopp
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
How do you mean?
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
This is a fascinating yet unfortunate story. Working with cell lines can be so messy that this isn't entirely surprising, but it's still not something anyone wants to hear. As a side note: the lab profiled in the story that expose
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
This is absolutely my view as well. I ran a course along the same lines for MD and PhD students last summer and it went quite well. One aspect that I think should be emphasized more is feeling comfortable with the command line. A lot of sci
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Wow, this is the first I'm hearing of Dante Labs. That price point for 30X WGS coverage is seriously impressive.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
PillPack and other services like it can be life-saving. I'm only a second year medical student and I already can't count the number of conversations I've had with (especially elderly) patients about concerns regarding med adh
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Absolutely. Until then this is just marketing.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Note that these results describe the presence of HHV-6 and HHV-7, which cause roseola. Herpes simplex is HSV-1 and HSV-2, which cause cold sores and genital herpes, respectively.
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by vedtopkar 8y ago
Congrats on the launch! I'm a big fan of the candid and fair discussion of fertility literature on your site. More healthcare startups should be doing exactly that.
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by vedtopkar 12y ago
A lot of this has to do with incentive structures, especially in Life Science research. The grant landscape is intensely competitive, and writing up results is incredibly time-consuming. There is little incentive to take the time to write u
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by vedtopkar 12y ago
Ben Alpert, Emily Eisenberg and the Khan Academy team never ceases to amaze me. This is a great MathJax replacement in the making.
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by vedtopkar 12y ago
Definitely. It should also be noted that any organism that uses oxidative phosphorylation for metabolism (humans included) technically use "pure energy in the form of electron flow" by having carrier molecules like NADH and FADH2

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