Scientists with East Asian and African names are less likely to be mentioned or quoted in stories that reference their work, according to a new study. Science Careers scim.ag/6pK

Notably, we saw no decline in diagnostic rates with increasing age, and, alarmingly, half of the diagnostic findings we identify weren't known at ICU admission. Timely genetic info could be life-saving. #PrecisionMedicine #MedicalGenetics

Is #exome sequencing just for kids? In our study we find that a whopping 25% of young adults (18-40y) in the ICU had a Mendelian #genetic diagnosis identified by exome sequencing. This could seriously shake things up for patient receiving #CritcalCare medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

I have decided to not attend the Amer. Urol. Assn. annual meeting in San Antonio, TX this year. My husband & I are trying for our 2nd child. At 39 yrs old I have a high risk of miscarriage & I don't want to go somewhere my healthcare options are limited should I have an emergency

'In a country defined by irrational, runaway drug spending, many gene therapies live on a rare island of semi-rationality: They cost a fortune, but the return, sometimes, is babies who get to have childhoods, grow up and become adults.' statnews.com/2024/03/28/gen…

Again, a moment to pause & appreciate the cool professionalism of those in & around the Key Bridge at 1:24 am Tuesday.

Ship’s pilot radios in that ship has lost steerage & will hit bridge.

Someone (maritime control?) transmits urgent alert to Maryland/Balt police dispatch…

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BREAKING: The biggest institutional investor in the SPAC that’s merging with Truth Social is Susquehanna International Group LLP, which was co-founded by GOP megadonor Jeffrey Yass.

The deal is poised to give Donald Trump a massive financial lifeline.

Interestingly, the first graph is abused by many on the ZeroCovid side. They seem to be able to recognise the fallacies in anti-vaxers abusing VAERS, claiming vaccine death, injury, causing autism, etc. Yet, they do not seem to realise they equally fall for it.🤷‍♂️

You might as well expect the Iranian Mullahs or the Taliban in Afghanistan to suddenly decide that democracy and human rights have an intrinsic value greater than their vision for a Godly country. Democracy has no value, and the ends justify the means. 24/n

First, a history lesson. The Weimar Republic lasted precisely 51 days between moustache-guy being named Chancellor and the Enabling Acts. Masha Gessen warned in 2016 in 'Rules for Surviving Autocracy' 'Your institutions will not save you.' 2/n nybooks.com/online/2016/11…

20% of your male colleagues have a stay at home partner (who probably takes on most of the cognitive load and project management of groceries, dinner, cleaning, laundry, childcare, home repairs, school homework, summer camp registrations, bills, budgets…) How do I get one? 😂😭

From a face-value skim, it looks like out of 600+ $1M+ awards, Mackenzie Scott funded a single disease-specific nonprofit: The Epilepsy Foundation of Texas

Disease-specific nonprofits--did y'all miss the call or just miss the checks?

Ever wondered if moths and butterflies are distinct phylogenetic groups? It turns out that butterflies form a monophyletic group, but moths don't. Butterflies are actually nested within moth branches on the phylogenetic tree. #2024MMM pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…

wow

In the New Scientist quotes Dylan Williams and our paper with Dr Emma Anderson. 74% of Alzheimer's cases can be attributed to variants in ApoE. ApoE has a comparable effect on the risk of AD as current smoking has for lung cancer. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are honored to have worked with other journal editors to provide guidance on the use of population descriptors in #Genetics and #Genomics research
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JAMA AJHG Genetics in Medicine Nature Genetics American Journal of Medical Genetics Parts A+C National Academies

This is a miracle that is built on decades of sustained, robust public investment in science. Not just applied work that directly led to these trials, but basic studies that told us how chloride channels and secretory pathways and lung cells work. It didn't come from nowhere.