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Stanford professor sequences his entire genome at low cost, with small team

August 10, 2009

STANFORD, Calif. -- The first few times that scientists mapped out all the DNA in a human being in 2001, each effort cost hundreds of millions of dollars and involved more than 250 people. Even last year, when the lowest reported cost was $250,000, genome sequencing still required almost 200 people. In a paper to be published online Aug.

Can Peer Review Solve Conflicts of Interest?

March 4, 2009

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As I wrote recently, Stephen Quake has been writing about conflicts of interest in research over at The Wild Side blog. He proposes solving these problems with peer review. I like the article, and he has many thoughtful things to say on the topic, but I don't really understand this proposal.

All Scientists Have Conflicts of Interest (Duh)

February 27, 2009

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The problem of conflicts of interest in science is not going to go away.



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