Jake Miller

Progress in Cancer Vaccines (Really)

Really encouraging progress in cancer vaccine work. Bonus editorial at the end:

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

Rodin Museum In this tranquil oasis you’ll find one of the world’s great collections of works by Auguste Rodin—and the only dedicated Rodin Museum outside France.

Missed this when you first posted. The Gates of Hell are one of my favorite of Rodin's sculptures. You can revisit a lot of his best sculptures stateside by visiting the Rodin Museum in Philly: rodinmuseum.org

Docs will need AI just to help diagnose the weird, rare diseases that present because someone listened to AI

I thought this was cool, but not that surprising. Kinda feels like the old saying "the map is not the territory." The models are just not high enough resolution to do all the things that reality can

AI summaries kill search traffic. This has been an obvious consequence of Google's AI summary strategy since its inception.

Apparently the training data is so valuable that Google is willing to risk the neck of the goose that lays golden eggs.

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I got bumped up to 1st class & when I took my seat the guy next to me was watching a pirated version of Wolf of Wall Street on his iPad without headphones, full blast. Turned out to be the comedian Eddie Griffin. I got him to talk about making Deuce Bigalow, so it ended up being a great flight

I think this is funnier since sorbet doesn't have dairy

Two New Books About Risk, Luck, and Skill Offer Insights For R&D Leaders - TimmermanReport.com A central challenge of R&D, like many disciplines characterized by rare, outsized success, is how to think about risk, as well as the contributions of luck and skill.  Two new books – How To Become Fa...

I really fucking hate @linkedin.com tidy success narratives - feel like the contemporary version of Successories posters, shared by desperate wannabe LI influencers. Truly "bad" in Paul Fussell sense. Read Cass Sunstein eg for needed nuance: timmermanreport.com/2024/08/two-... /end rant

sick burn

So cool! Glad to read this from a reputable source. Was worried someone just contaminated the sample

Good call, but they are drones that poop. With mechanical drones you won't have to close your mouth when you look up 😉

Incredible story. I am hopeful that AI will help to reduce the amount of time that complex patients spend in this type of misdiagnosis limbo in the future

I want to get some drone swarms to do this in the future

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading cause of infectious birth defects and linked to many other morbidities such as with transplantation. For the first time after >50 years of pursuit, a vaccine is in reach jci.org/articles/vie...

How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils A study warned that people were being exposed to a toxic chemical from kitchen utensils. But the researchers misstated the safe daily limit

This (via Andrew Gelman via Kevin Drum) is embarrassing and frustrating. It’s good to catch math errors ahead of time.

But there’s a larger point here, which is that the chemical industry is opaque about what’s in consumer products, and it shouldn’t be.

chemsky 🧪

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Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl (Gift Article) Criminals turn college campuses into recruitment hubs, recruiting chemistry students in Mexico with big paydays.

Whoa

NYT: Sinaloa cartel recruiting chemistry students to make fentanyl precursors (apparently with limited success?)

chemsky 🧪 ⚗️

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Any instant tests for H5N1 for dairy products being developed?

A Story of Hope For Kids With Rare Disease - TimmermanReport.com As we head into Thanksgiving, I wanted to share a story that highlights the promise and possibility that can emerge from a devastating diagnosis, and emphasizes what can happen when industry, academia...

Short, positive story from world of rare ds: development of treatment for children w SMA, driven by impassioned parents/advocates, unimaginably courageous children, compassionate clinicians, +determined academic scientists+biotech drug developers: timmermanreport.com/2024/11/a-st... #biosky #medsky

Today’s chart: Weather forecasts have become much more accurate.

In the US a 4-day forecast is now as accurate as a 1-day forecast 30 years ago.