If you were an allergy researcher ...

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Tweeted by @DrVes

"How to Make More Published Research True"
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001747?utm_content=bufferd565a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Currently, many published research findings are false or exaggerated, and an estimated 85% of research resources are wasted.

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Tweeted by @praeburn

"(UPDATED/2*) What Ho? A 2014 List of Lists of best, worst, or otherwisest in 2014"
https://ksj.mit.edu/tracker/2014/12/what-ho-a-2014-list-of-lists-of-best-worst-or-otherwisest-in-2014/

List of Lists of Science News Standouts in 2014 (aka a display of inconsistent opinion about such things. ) Is it not ironic that this list of lists pertaining to science lacks one of science's key signs of being on the right track - replicability. Nonetheless, there are some vague patterns including several nods to the ebola virus in parts of West Africa and to the Rosetta mission to a comet.

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"Stop Subsidizing Big Pharma"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/opinion/stop-subsidizing-big-pharma.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

ROBERT J. BEALL, the president and chief executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, called his recent decision to sell the royalty rights to his organization’s research a “game changer.”

So far, there is no effort to extend government price controls to venture-philanthropy-derived research.

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"Deal by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Raises Cash and Some Concern"
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/business/for-cystic-fibrosis-foundation-venture-yields-windfall-in-hope-and-cash.html?_r=0

there is some concern that a profit motive could divert the organizations from their primary mission — helping patients — and create a conflict of interest.

Critics say that perhaps because a higher price means higher royalty payments, the foundation did not do enough to bring the cost down.

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Re: Desensitization Programs in the US -- OIT SLIT SCIT


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Tweeted by @WSJLife

"The Ethics of Experimenting on Yourself
Ethicists are pushing back against ‘citizen scientists’ who want to do medical research on themselves"
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-ethics-of-experimenting-on-yourself-1414170041

Ethicists have long worried about protecting patients from the researchers who experiment on them. But today, with more patients contributing to experiments and sometimes running their own—in what’s known as citizen science—ethicists are asking: Do patients need to be protected from themselves?

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Tweeted by @TomVargheseJr

“Specialization is For Insects”
Why experimentation is essential to creative living by Moby

http://magazine.good.is/features/why-experimentation-is-essential-to-creative-living

There’s something humbling about creating something new and running the risk of public ridicule, but I guess I have pretty low standards when it comes to shame and humility. Really, you have to ask yourself: What’s the worst-case scenario?

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Tweeted by @ivanoransky

"A farewell post: Three reasons why good science writing is worth defending."
https://ksj.mit.edu/tracker/2015/01/a-farewell-post-three-reasons-why-good-science-writing-is-worth-defending/

far too many journalists and journalism organizations are now directing their allegiance to their advertisers, or their investors, or to a manic scramble for clicks--more and endlessly more, until that becomes a goal in itself, rather than a reflection of whether a news outlet is serving its readers, listeners, or viewers

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Tweeted by @DionneLew

Laughed out loud @JacquieGS such fun! A science award that makes you laugh, then think ted.com/talks/marc_abr…

http://www.ted.com/talks/marc_abrahams_a_science_award_that_makes_you_laugh_then_think


 


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Tweeted by @Asthma3Ways

"How the U.S. Government Botched Its Multibillion-Dollar Plan to Beat Childhood Disease"
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-23/how-the-national-childrens-study-fell-apart#p1

In the late 1990s, scientists studying children's health pondered crucial questions they couldn’t answer: Conditions as diverse as asthma and autism were increasing in prevalence, with no clear reason why.

I think there was a scientific dysfunction at the heart of the study that wound up being played out in administrative dysfunction as well

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"Mirror Neurons and the Pitfalls of Brain Research"
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/mirror-neurons-and-the-pitfalls-of-brain-research/

The Myth of Mirror Neurons is a fascinating, game-changing book.

But it offers a valuable lesson in how scientists can be led down the wrong path and how errors can be compounded.

And after all, one of the most important things in science is knowing which questions to ask.

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Tweeted by @subatomicdoc

"How to Disagree (Without Being a Jerk)"
http://99u.com/articles/38295/how-to-disagree-without-being-a-jerk?utm_content=buffer97e34&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

we need an environment where more than just the usual suspects can be heard and where ideas can be challenged—in a friendly way, of course

creating an actual “sparring zone,” a scheduled session for teams to spar, encourages discussion between people at different levels (owners, CEOs, freelancers, and entry-level employees alike)

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Tweeted by @kellybkrause

"The top 100 papers
Nature explores the most-cited research of all time."
http://www.nature.com/news/the-top-100-papers-1.16224

Fifty years ago, Eugene Garfield published the Science Citation Index (SCI), the first systematic effort to track citations in the scientific literature. To mark the anniversary, Nature asked Thomson Reuters, which now owns the SCI, to list the 100 most highly cited papers of all time.

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Tweeted by @sciam

"Different Research Papers Score Big with Scientists and the Public"
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/different-research-papers-score-big-with-scientists-and-the-public/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

High-ranking subjects on academic sites included flaws in research, human cells, how the brain works and medical advances. Social media favored papers on scientific errors, the solar system and the universe, and health.

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"Female Scientists Respond Brilliantly To Biochemist Calling Women Distractions [UPDATE]"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/10/tim-hunt-female-scientists_n_7553992.html

"Three things happen when [women] are in the lab: You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry," said Hunt.

"Girls" in the science community meanwhile responded brilliantly to Hunt's lunacy on Twitter.

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"Furor Over Tim Hunt Must Lead to Systemic Change"
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/furor-over-tim-hunt-must-lead-to-systemic-change/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+all-blogs%2Ffeed+%28Blog%3A+Scientific+American+Blogs+Posts%29

Hunt’s comments had shocked many people in the room, including journalists and others, and I discussed them with a couple of colleagues, Deborah Blum and Ivan Oranksy, who I’d been sitting next to.

The Royal Society was founded in 1660 there has never been a female president

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Tweeted by @Skepticscalpel


"Wondering If I’m the Next Tim Hunt"
http://alicedreger.com/Hunt

I’m already on the outs with my medical school’s administration because they censored some of my work

our university president co-authored an article in the Wall Street Journal about how much he believes in academic freedom

It’s easy to want to protect the people you agree with

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Tweeted by @AcademicsSay

"Sorry I'm late. I was busy with grant meetings and trying not to cry or fall in love. What did I miss." - Lady Scientist #distractinglysexy

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Tweeted by @MayoClinic

The e-Patient Takes a Turn at ‘Professor’
http://intheloop.mayoclinic.org/discussion/the-e-patient-takes-a-turn-at-professor/?linkId=10296104

“This year, we wanted our choice to represent a field with a similarly widespread impact on the future of medical practice,” the residents wrote in a post on the Social Media Health Network website. Their choice, they say, reflects the importance of a “union of forces” between providers and patients.

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Tweeted by @ElaineSchattner

"There Is No ‘Healthy’ Microbiome"
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/opinion/sunday/there-is-no-healthy-microbiome.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

We cling to the desire for simple panaceas that will bestow good health with minimal effort. But biology is rarely that charitable.

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"We Are All Confident Idiots"
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/confident-idiots-92793/

The trouble with ignorance is that it feels so much like expertise. A leading researcher on the psychology of human wrongness sets us straight.

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"How Do Simple Questions Lead To Big Discoveries?"
http://tinyurl.com/pvct54k

Adam Savage, the co-host of MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. On the show, Savage and his co-host Jamie Hyneman put urban myths and rules of thumb to test in visceral, often hilarious ways.

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Placebo Effects


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Tweeted by @ElaineSchattner

"Researchers Tap Web Chatter To Figure Out Who's Sick"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/11/04/359889142/researchers-tap-web-chatter-to-figure-out-whos-sick?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

But the challenge to make online disease sleuthing more accurate continues.

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"Collaboration: It’s not what you think it is"
http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2014/11/05/collaboration-its-not-what-you-think-it-is/

Collaboration is a step above cooperation, and it’s rarer than hen’s teeth. When people collaborate, they give up their own vested interests for the greater good (often the greater good is fostered by a “compelling vision” of the future). They’re driven to work through their differences to achieve a goal while trying to understand other’s viewpoints, being open and genuinely willing to change their minds.

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Tweeted by @ResearchMark

https://mobile.twitter.com/ResearchMark/status/531288848178110464/photo/1


This guy cracks me up.   

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This one made me think of TT ....

Tweeted by @AcademicsSay

One's tautological reasoning is another's freedom of pleonastic expression.

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Tweeted by @C3NProject

If you're a patient & you know the problems.. You should be included in making the solution #patientsasdesigners #makehealth @joyclee

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Tweeted by @bobehayes

#Datascientists of the future flock to free online course bit.ly/1pZcUyI #bigdata

"Data scientists of the future flock to free online course"
http://www.technologist.eu/data-scientists-of-the-future-flock-to-free-online-course/?utm_content=buffera7ffb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

In the free six-week course, called Process Mining: Data Science in Action and open to everyone with an internet connection, Van der Aalst will teach techniques to extract valuable knowledge out of big data. Participants are encouraged to apply the techniques using open datasets from applications such as Twitter or Facebook.

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Tweeted by @HealthcareWen

"Patient partnership"
http://www.bmj.com/campaign/patient-partnership