Monthly Archives: May 2009

What Public Health Can Teach Economics

Posted on May 6, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Public health is, conceptually and in practice, better off than economics? Jeepers.
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Posted in Economics, Public Health | 3 Comments

Some Tuesday Links

Posted on May 5, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Some Tuesday links.
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Posted in Lotsa Links | 1 Comment

TB Did Not Acquire Resistance from GMO Crops

Posted on May 5, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

No genetic evidence for that claim.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Microbiology, Public Health | 10 Comments

Programming Note: Biology of Genomes Meeting

Posted on May 4, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

You know you’re in a fast-moving area when the last figure is assembled Friday morning (because the data were just released), and by Sunday–two days later–your poster is out of date.
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Orent Is at It Again

Posted on May 4, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

We don’t know how swine flu will evolve, and it’s irresponsible to claim to know that.
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Posted in Evolution, Influenza, Viruses | 3 Comments

Sunday Sermon: Ethical Versus Legal Behavior

Posted on May 3, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Ethical behavior has become synonymous with “a conviction overturned on appeal.” Just because something is legal, doesn’t mean it’s ethical.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bidness, Big Shitpile, Economics, Ethics | 10 Comments

27,000 Snakes on a PlaneChallenge Grant Proposals?

Posted on May 2, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

There’s no way with a funding rate of less than five percent (or worse) that grants are getting chosen on merit alone.
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Posted in Funding, NIH | 7 Comments

Louie the Tricycle Guy

Posted on May 1, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

Louie the Tricycle Guy, one of Boston’s most (locally) famous people.
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Posted in Boston | 2 Comments

Re Swine Flu: Thank You, Marc

Posted on May 1, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

For keeping the big picture in mind when it comes to influenza–as the CDC decides to proceed with seasonal influenza vaccine production.
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