The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

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Post by rberger » Sat, Jan 16, 2016, 8:12 PM UTC

The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene
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Re: The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

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Post by skosuri » Sun, Jan 17, 2016, 7:58 PM UTC

I found this article to be fascinating. It reminds me of a few other rare disease stories, like those of Matt Might's [1, 2].

[1] http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/21/one-of-a-kind-

[2] http://matt.might.net/articles/my-sons-killer/

Re: The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

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Post by pasbesoin » Sun, Jan 17, 2016, 9:54 PM UTC

Heard a lengthy segment on this on this week's "This American Life."

Their site says it will be up for listening online at 7pm CST. If online distribution still works as it did some time ago, it will be available for free for a week (for some nominal amount, thereafter).

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/577/s...

Re: The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

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Post by wilsonfiifi » Mon, Jan 18, 2016, 12:37 AM UTC

This has been a great read! It seems to me that clinical medicine and medical research is in need of some serious computing power to help sift through all the data and come up better diagnosis and treatment of common or rare diseases.

Actually does anyone here know which field in CS deals with this sort of thing? And what study/learning path one would have to follow to make meaningful contributions?

Re: The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

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Post by dikdik » Mon, Jan 18, 2016, 12:50 AM UTC

wilsonfiifi wrote: post #4

This has been a great read! It seems to me that clinical medicine and medical research is in need of some serious computing power to help sift through all the data and come up better diagnosis and treatment of common or rare diseases. Actually does anyone here know which field in CS deals with this sort of thing? And what study/learning path one would have to follow to make meaningful contributions?

Bioinformatics with extensive understanding of molecular biology. The reality is, you will have a hell of a time getting anyone to loan you tools for meaningful contribution without a PhD.

Re: The DIY Scientist, the Olympian, and the Mutated Gene

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Post by wilsonfiifi » Mon, Jan 18, 2016, 12:58 AM UTC

dikdik wrote: post #5

wilsonfiifi wrote: post #4

This has been a great read! It seems to me that clinical medicine and medical research is in need of some serious computing power to help sift through all the data and come up better diagnosis and treatment of common or rare diseases. Actually does anyone here know which field in CS deals with this sort of thing? And what study/learning path one would have to follow to make meaningful contributions?

Bioinformatics with extensive understanding of molecular biology. The reality is, you will have a hell of a time getting anyone to loan you tools for meaningful contribution without a PhD.

Bioinformatics. Thanks! Now that I have a name I can do further 'googling'.