David Baker's made a name for himself by applying computer science concepts to biology: AlphaFold competitor RoseTTAFold, de novo AI protein design

This time, he's working not on proteins, but a class of drugs called macrocycles:

by me for STAT: statnews.com/2024/04/25/aft…

FTC’s noncompete ban immediately challenged in Texas district lawsuit statnews.com/2024/04/24/ftc… via STAT

USDA orders H5N1 testing of some dairy cows to limit spread of bird flu statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n… via STAT

“We shouldn’t congratulate the NIH very much. They’ve done the bare minimum to make them less of a target for postdoc advocacy, and…only because they’ve run out of options for kicking the can down the road again.”

#NIH raises NRSA pay, but not by enough:
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but…

Yes, medical residents are once again exempted from being paid overtime.

See p. 378 of the final rule PDF:

Ambient AI medical scribe company Augmedix $AUGX is releasing the first tool specifically for writing notes in the ER

CEO Manny Krakaris told me that HCA, the largest hospital chain in the country, plans to roll it out across its 184 hospitals:

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1. So much today on the #H5N1 #birdflu story! Just coming up for air. U.S. FDA has found genetic evidence of the virus in commercial milk, but so far it sounds like killed virus. More info on where they found it/how prevalent it was would be useful. statnews.com/2024/04/23/h5n…

FTC’s noncompete ban would force sweeping changes in health care, if it survives legal battle

Looks like a huge mess for everyone involved.

by Tara Bannow via STAT

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As a source said to me this morning upon hearing the news: 'David Baker is the real deal.'

When health tech companies today talk about their AI care model

the 21st century is all about corn, oil, and rare earth elements. if something's not corn, it's oil or rare earth elements. if something's not oil, it's corn or rare earth elements. if something's not rare earth elements, buddy, you better believe it's corn or oil

If you receive a scheduled email from me at 8:12am Monday morning, it’s me trying to show you I’m productive enough to be working in the early morning and not crazy enough to send you it 3:00am Saturday night when it was written.

Thanks Here & Now for having me on to talk about the proposed $10 billion long Covid research moonshot.
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