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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/opinion/sunday/squirrel-power.html?smid=tw-share

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/09/the-way-we-lie-now/309431/

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/09/when-good-words-go-bad/309426 What to keep and what to cut? You can start by checking the Internet.

http://preview.reuters.com/2013/8/7/for-henrietta-lacks-famous-cells-new-and-unique-1

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/us-science-hela-idUSBRE9760YD20130807

QT:"

The decision applies only to researchers funded by NIH, which said it
"encourages" other scientists to abide by the agreement. Because
DNA-sequencing technology is cheap and ubiquitous in genetics labs,
the HeLa genome has been partly sequenced many times, and can easily
be fully sequenced again.

"Sequencing" refers to determining the precise order of the chemical
letters on a person’s genome, which is the full library of his or her
genetic information. Bits and pieces of that sequence spell out, for
instance, whether someone is at risk of diabetes or Alzheimer’s or
other genetic traits, as well as personal traits like the consistency
of ear wax.

These loopholes in the access agreement significantly weaken the NIH
move, said Mark Gerstein, a computational biologist at Yale University
who has raised concerns about threats to genetic privacy. "I doubt NIH
will get blanket agreement from scientists in every country" to follow
its protocol, "so it’s not clear what the agreement will be able to
accomplish."

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http://smartdatacollective.com/meursault2410/137591/big-data-retailers-tool-keeping-consumers-side-and-happy

http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v10/n8/full/nmeth.2557.html

http://preview.reuters.com/2013/8/7/for-henrietta-lacks-famous-cells-new-and-unique-1

QT:”

The decision applies only to researchers funded by NIH, which said it “encourages” other scientists to abide by the agreement. Because DNA-sequencing technology is cheap and ubiquitous in genetics labs, the HeLa genome has been partly sequenced many times, and can easily be fully sequenced again.

“Sequencing” refers to determining the precise order of the chemical letters on a person’s genome, which is the full library of his or her genetic information. Bits and pieces of that sequence spell out, for instance, whether someone is at risk of diabetes or Alzheimer’s or other genetic traits, as well as personal traits like the consistency of ear wax.

These loopholes in the access agreement significantly weaken the NIH move, said Mark Gerstein, a computational biologist at Yale University who has raised concerns about threats to genetic privacy. “I doubt NIH will get blanket agreement from scientists in every country” to follow its protocol, “so it’s not clear what the agreement will be able to accomplish.”

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Two foci for Genomics England are cancer and rare, inherited diseases – not neuro, cardio, &c.

https://twitter.com/timjph/status/353047985808084993
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6a1f001e-e48a-11e2-a74d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Y840CSnr

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/sunday-review/the-hype-over-hospital-rankings.html?smid=tw-share

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929250.300-free-online-mit-courses-are-an-education-revolution.html#.UfM9jWSG1A8 EdX head: “If you combine online with in-person, you get the best of both worlds.”