Reviews and Commentaries on Science & Technology

Reviews and Commentaries on Science & Technology

• Half a million DVDs in your DNA by Service R. Science, Jan 23  
• Claim that most biomedical research is wrong is being challenged by a new result suggesting that only 14 per cent is wrong. MIT Review, Jan 23
• Will DNA someday replace the hard drive? By Katherine Bourzac, MIT review, Jan 23
• Transposable elements re-wire and fine-tune the transcriptome.
  Cowley M, and Oakey RJ. PLoS Genetics Jan 24
• Genomics technology to add value and address problems in energy and mining by M Spear, GenOmics Blog Post, Jan 25 
• Sustainable health systems visions, strategies, critical uncertainties and scenarios  [PDF 1.68 MB], Jan 2013
• Has big data reached its moment of disillusionment? Hesseldahl E, Jan 24
• Genomic analysis results: understanding, or fairy dust? Mermaid’s Tale Blog Post, Jan 28 
• Genes, junk food and weight, NIH Research Matters, Jan 28
• Blue-sky HIV test chip will upload results to the cloud, Nature blog post, Jan 28
• Gene sequencing yields breakthrough for children with rare Parkinson’s-like disorder, Nature blog post, Jan 30
• RNA fragments may yield rapid, accurate cancer diagnosis
  Ferguson W, Scientific American, 2013 Jan 30