Ethical, Legal and Social Implications in Genomics: E-book December 14, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Collaboration, Genome, Web 2.0.add a comment
Dan Vorhaus at Genomics Law Report launched a great series featuring many scientists, legal and social experts who talked about the possible implications in genomics. My commentary focused on the web 2.0 aspect of personalized medicine. Now the series is over and they published an e-book which is a must-read for everyone who wants to know more about the ELSI of genomics or personalized medicine.
From October 5 to December 8, 2009, the Genomics Law Report featured a series of thirty-six guest commentaries by industry, academic and thought leaders in the fields of genomics and personalized medicine. Entitled What ELSI is New?, the series, which we have organized into an e-book (pdf), asked each contributor to briefly respond to the following question: “What do you believe is the most important ethical, legal or social issue (ELSI) that must be addressed by the fields of genomics and/or personalized medicine?”
PeRSSonalized Medicine: Quality Stroke News, Blogs, Journals, Twitter and Youtube December 14, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.1 comment so far
I launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date more easily without any kind of IT knowledge. It is an easy-to-use, free aggregator of quality medical information that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles about a medical specialty or a medical condition in one personalized place.
Now here is the newest category, PeRSSonalized Stroke with all the quality news sites, blogs, peer-reviewed journals and web 2.0 tools focusing on stroke. What is stroke?
A stroke (sometimes called an acute cerebrovascular attack) is the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by thrombosis or embolism or due to a hemorrhage. As a result, the affected area of the brain is unable to function, leading to inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body, inability to understand or formulate speech, or inability to see one side of the visual field.
Some reasons why it is unique:
- You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web.
- You can personalize any of the sections.
- You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a condition, etc. and click Search. Then you can add the newly created box to your personalized medical “journal”.
- It is a community-based project. Please let us know which quality resources should be added to the database.
Dance Your Research Project: Videos of Finalists December 14, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Art, Fun, science, Sciencefun, Video, Web 2.0.2 comments
Do you remember the Dance Your PhD contest? The Science Dance Match-Up challenge is not a new one but still features really interesting videos.
This experiment began back in October 2008 with a challenge to scientists to interpret their Ph.D. theses in dance form, capture the dances on video, and upload them onto YouTube. Six weeks later, a panel of expert judges chose four winners, hailing from Australia, Germany, Canada, and the United States. (All of them have artistic backgrounds.)
The scientists then passed the baton to the artists. Each scientist was paired with a choreographer. Between November and January, the choreographers studied in depth a peer-reviewed research article from their scientists’ labs. The scientists helped them come to grips with the research and its underlying science. The four choreographers then used that raw scientific material to create a four-part dance called THIS IS SCIENCE.
Most Popular Posts of November, 2009 December 13, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in List, Scienceroll, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
From month to month, I will create a list of the most visited entries of Scienceroll.com.
- Pathway Genomics: Interview
- Surgical Videos Now and in the 1930s
- From Paper to Medical Records: Shareable Ink
- ResearchGATE MasterBlog: The best of the scientific world
- Worldometers: Real Time Health Statistics
- TEDMED 2009: Summary
- Life in a glass sphere: Ecosphere
- Walking Humanoids
- Virtual Worlds in Medicine and Healthcare
Scienceroll.com: Weekly Introduction December 13, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine.add a comment
I would like to share my favourite and ongoing projects with you so I can give you a proper introduction to Scienceroll.com. You can also find me on Twitter or on Friendfeed.
For news and articles about the impact of web 2.0 on medicine and healthcare, please follow the Medicine 2.0 Friendfood room.
For news and articles about personalized medicine and genetics, please follow the Gene Genie Friendfeed room.
Medicine 2.0 University Course: This is the third semester of the first university course that focuses on web 2.0 and medicine for medical students. Now, almost 100 students attend the 20 slideshows through 10 weeks and they fill a survey out before and after the course.
Medicine 2.0 Collection: I maintain the biggest collection of links and posts focusing on web 2.0 and medicine.
Webicina.com is my service that aims to help medical professionals and patients enter the web 2.0 era by providing them with e-courses, consulting and personalized packages.
PeRSSonalized Medicine is a free tool that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles in one personalized place. You can create your own “medical journal” and as we are totally open to suggestions, let us add the journals, blogs and websites that you would like to follow.
Scienceroll Search is a personalized medical search engine powered by PolyMeta search and clustering engine. You can choose which databases to search in and which one to exclude from your list. It works with well-known medical search engines and databases and we’re totally open to add new ones or remove those you don’t really like.
List of biomedical and scientific community sites: More than 30 communities with links, descriptions and screenshots.
List of Biomedical video sites: Almost 40 sites featuring scientific or medical videos and videocasts.
PeRSSonalized Otolaryngology: Best News, Blogs, Journals, Twitter and Youtube December 13, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.1 comment so far
I launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date more easily without any kind of IT knowledge. It is an easy-to-use, free aggregator of quality medical information that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles about a medical specialty or a medical condition in one personalized place.
Now here is the newest category, PeRSSonalized Otolaryngology with all the quality news sites, blogs, peer-reviewed journals and web 2.0 tools focusing on otolaryngology.
Many thanks to Tamás Horváth, MD (Twitter and website) who is an ENT specialist and helped a lot with this collection.
Some reasons why it is unique:
- You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web.
- You can personalize any of the sections.
- You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a condition, etc. and click Search. Then you can add the newly created box to your personalized medical “journal”.
- It is a community-based project. Please let us know which quality resources should be added to the database.
Picture of the Week: How genetics works December 13, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun, genetics.5 comments
(Via Why Evolution is True)
Co-dominance?
What impact do posters have on academic knowledge transfer? December 12, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in e-Science, science, Web 2.0.add a comment
There is an interesting article in BMC Medical Education:
Research knowledge is commonly facilitated at conferences via oral presentations, poster presentations and workshops. Current literature exploring the efficacy of academic posters is however limited. The purpose of this initial study was to explore the perceptions of academic poster presentation, together with its benefits and limitations as an effective mechanism for academic knowledge transfer and contribute to the available academic data.
This pilot study is the first to explore perceptions of the academic poster as a medium for knowledge transfer. Given that academic posters rely heavily on visual appeal and direct author interaction, the medium requires greater flexibility in their design to promote effective knowledge transfer. This paper introduces the concept of the IT-based ‘MediaPoster’ so as to address the issues raised within published literature and subsequently enhance knowledge-transfer within the field of academic medicine.
You may remember my post in which I presented an interactive poster platform. The solution was designed by SciVee.TV, an online scientific video site. Postercasts might solve this problem and could make posters available for those who couldn’t attend a specific conference.
You can present your work in a video and show some details through an interactive poster.
Medical Test Data on Wolfram|Alpha December 9, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Semantic Web, Web 3.0, WolframAlpha.2 comments
Scienceroll.com readers know well I’m an admirer of WolframAlpha:
I use WolframAlpha because sometimes (if I know exactly what I want to find) it saves me plenty of time and clicks. If I want to calculate BMI, Google lists me several calculators. WolframAlpha calculates it itself. If I want to find information very fast about a clinical marker, Google gives me resources, WA gives me the best answer in one click. I also use it for ICD classification, as it’s more easily accessible than Wikipedia; for epidemiological data and other calculations.
To sum it up, I think WolframAlpha is for those who perfectly know what they want to find and want to save time and clicks. For other search queries, Google is still the best.
Now the Wolfram Alpha Team released a guide about how this unique search engine can be used for analyzing medical test-related data.
You can fine-tune the results even more by adding additional personal attributes. For example, entering “cholesterol tests age 65” filters the general population distribution to return only values from individuals 60–70 years old.
By adding more filters such as smoking status, diabetic status, pregnancy status, and other individual characteristics, you can find out more about how your test results compare to other populations covered by NHANES.
