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gewa

233 karma · joined January 10, 2017

I work at the interface of computer science and natural science. Computational Systems Biology, Structural Biology, OMICS, Machine Learning.
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gewa··on Toshiba device tests cancer types from a drop of blood
That’s the important point here. RNA analysis by chips or sequencing is nothing new. But there’s always a long way from the lab to the clinic, and its capital intensive to fund a startup in this field.
gewa··on Ask HN: How would you bootstrap a space company?
I always wonder if hackernews knows the difference between research and development. When it comes to biology, I feel like there is a real hubris fuled by fantasy headlines.
gewa··on A woman with a rare genetic mutation that has protected her from dementia
It’s very interesting from a scientific standpoint. Finding conditions like this can give valuable insight to causality of the different symptoms. You just can’t test all possible mutations to asses their effect.
gewa··on Commas in big numbers everywhere: An OpenType adventure
I wonder why not to use scientific exponential notation. Once you get used to it, it comes really handy to compare numbers of many magnitudes.
gewa··on Giant Molecules Exist in Two Places at Once in Quantum Experiment
No not really, only when you observe the particle, the location is determined. ANd at this point it behaves like a localised single particle.
gewa··on Giant Molecules Exist in Two Places at Once in Quantum Experiment
From a quantummechanic standpoint its wrong to say, that its at two places at once. I really dont like the Headline. Superposition means, that it didnt decide for one of the two possible states, and so these both exist in superposition.
gewa··on Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type, researchers say
Fig 3. A shows the major difference in bleeding time after administration of the different therapies.
gewa··on Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type, researchers say
Its not really about artificial blood but some platelet replacement based on liposomes. Take a look at the full paper.
gewa··on Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type, researchers say
The donored blood was only needed for the plasma base in their trial.
gewa··on Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type, researchers say
Please read the paper carefully. They compared plasma without platelets (PPP, platelet poor plasma) combined with their crafted liposomes to platelet rich plasma (PRP). Therefore some donored plasma was needed, to have only a difference in the platelet concentraton. Their artificialy synthesized liposomes could then replace the platelets in the study.
gewa··on New use of insulin compound could treat aggressive brain cancer: study
To be precise, this has nothing to do with insulin. The mentioned small molecule was first synthesized to improve insulin delivery in 1938.
gewa··on BioRender – Professional Science Figures
Coming from the field i have to object, that this software seems more like a Vektor based drawing program with some prebuild components and chemDraw is a huge ecosystem with tons of features.
gewa··on German politicans doxxed, massive leak of private information
The mentioned twitter account is https://www.twitter.com/_0rbit
gewa··on Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law
This... Mendel's law is only applicable to a really small hand full of traits.
gewa··on A film that can cool buildings without the use of refrigerants
How is this not violating the second law of thermodynamics ? It seems like the entropy as a whole is getting lower.
gewa··on Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name
Sorry, but i really dont like the style of the article, i always feel like the author wants to tell me one little trick, doctors hate him for, which enlarges your penis by two inches.
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