Lover of reproductive health, genetics, and stem cells. Clinical Product @modernfertility Previously @my_Helix and @Stanford genetics
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Sunny Bałwani just got sentenced to 155 months in prison (12 years and 11 months).
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Elizabeth Holmes just got sentenced to 135 months in prison (11.25 years)
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I listened to an interview with the CEO of this new polygenic score & IVF embryo selection company (Orchid Health). It was not reassuring. 1/ mendelspod.com/podcasts/orch…
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It’s gonna take awhile to get all our votes counted. I’m willing to wait...
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NEW: Justice Ginsburg says she has cancer again. She says she plans to stay on the court.
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Scientists are exploring whether differences in estrogens and progesterone are part of the reason why women have better outcomes when diagnosed with COVID-19 than men. Our ears perk up anytime hormone biology makes the news. Here's our hot take. /1
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Sad to see fears coming true for the sexuality orientation GWAS. You can now buy (meaningless)scores for same-sex attraction for a low, low price of $5.50! (Worse, the author is based in Uganda which has seen much anti-LGTBQ violence) @PamBelluck @amy_harmon @josephvitti
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UPDATE: The fabric we use for our men's T shirts is actually the same quality as the fabric we use in our standard fit T shirts - supersoft, organic cotton. This is despite having to adapt the design to fit the special male body.
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TESTOSTERONE IS NOT A MALE HORMONE. ESTROGEN IS NOT A FEMALE HORMONE. Women & men naturally produce both hormones. There is significant natural variation in hormone levels within AND among men & women. This is some transphobic bullshit on an unprecedented level.
Breaking News: Female athletes with elevated male hormones can be barred from track races against other women, the highest court in sports ruled nyti.ms/2GLCYsa
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"We’re still a ways away from “You Paleo, me Keto,” but at least we’re finally making progress, learning that there is no such thing as a universal diet." nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opini… The #AI Diet @nytopinion
Some more detail below from #DeepMedicine
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Looking for genetics-teaching resources? Short explanatory videos? Challenging multiple-choice questions? Check out usefulgenetics.com
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Check out our new preprint on the #genetics of height in #Peruvians. We show that #NativeAmerican ancestry is associated with reduced height & identify a population-specific variant in fibrillin-1 that has the largest known effect on height for a common variant. @soumya_boston
A positively selected, common, missense variant in FBN1 confers a 2.2 centimeter reduction of height in the Peruvian population biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_genomic
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Such great programs. I was a PA for SSRP for 3 years in grad school and have read applications for 5 years now. Also had a hand in starting an early version of Advance through BioAIMS back in 2010. Assisting with SSRP truly enriched my PhD. – at Stanford, CA
The Office of Graduate Education is hiring summer program leaders for the ADVANCE Summer Institute and Stanford Summer Research Program! See email sent to biosci-announce for role descriptions and click this link to apply: stanforduniversity.qualtrics…
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Total women in the U.S. House:
1989:
16 Democrats
13 Republicans
2019:
89 Democrats
13 Republicans
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Takeaways from the year in nutrition at the NYT: if you're human, low carb seems a good idea; mice should do low fat. And time your eating. Other species are still up in the air. nyti.ms/2Tbq4YO
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Is it known whether the exomes sequenced for the @uk_biobank include mtDNA?
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Imagine every time you were about to order a diagnostic test for an associated diagnosis, the EMR told you the sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV. Wonder if that would help with overtesting. #medtwitter
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This is an impressive study highlighting promise of PRS for breast cancer, since it alone is similar/more accurate than current clinical models (at least in white women - need *much* more diversity). Also whoever wrangled all those authors/affiliations with the journal is a hero
Breast cancer screening is one of the most tractable uses of #polygenic risk scoring. Improved predictions, with 32% BC risk in highest 1% PRS.
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Get the scoop on our Early Bird Sale from @CNN cnn.com/2018/11/07/cnn-under…
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Learn the language of genetics, explore family history and receive genetic test results with the @Mayo Clinic GeneGuide app.
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