MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'franklin'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:05:00 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062281&cid=t_170430_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Frosalind-franklin-google-doodle.html Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British X-ray crystallographer who made pioneering contributions to the understanding of the detailed molecular structures of the genetic code with her data from DNA and RNA as well as viruses, coal and graphite. She died prematurely at the age of 37 from ovarian cancer and so missed out on Nobel recognition. The Nobel committee does not make its awards posthumously and the 1962 Prize for Medicine or Physiology famously went to her colleague Maurice Wilkins and to Francis Crick and James Watson with whom the structure of DNA is somehow now synonymous. Franklin would’ve been 91 today but as far as I can see she has not had a Google Doodle to celebrate her life. So here’s a simple montage I put together in lieu of suc... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062281 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:08:01 +0100 5062281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050583&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-doctors-should-participate-in-the-debt-ceiling-debate%2F2011.07.20 Joe Scarborough reminds us that the divisions in American government are hardly new, paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin’s observation that “When you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble . . . all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected?” (This comes from a September 17, 1787 speech by Mr. Franklin to urge ratification of the U.S. Constitution, read on his behalf because he was too ill to deliver it in person. The Constitution was ratified the same day.) I suppose we should be encouraged that Congress’s prejudices, passions, errors of opinion, local interests and selfish views are as American as apple pie,... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050583 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0100 5050583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828855&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlopNtY9ZBac%2F By Daniel GriswoldCarrying on an annual tradition dating back to President Franklin Roosevelt, President Obama issued a proclamation on Friday declaring this third week in May “World Trade Week.” Of course, every week is world trade week at the Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, but in order to do our part as good citizens, we’ve organized a book forum this Tuesday, May 17, at 4 p.m. on a new book by Dartmouth College economist Douglas Irwin, titled, Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression. The Smoot-Hawley tariff bill is a fitting subject for any World Trade Week. As we note in the invitation: More than 80 years after its passage, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 still resonates in today’s debate over trade policy. A... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828855 Mon, 16 May 2011 15:39:29 +0100 4828855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419121&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjdtOGYeqx3k%2F By David BoazNPR reports on rising food prices across the world. They may have played some role in the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt, and if so, those wouldn’t be the first revolutions sparked by inflation. NPR reporter Marilyn Geewax mentioned several reasons that food prices are rising — droughts, floods, oil prices, financial speculation – but not the obvious one: the continuing creation of unbacked money by central banks around the world. As Milton Friedman said, “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” And as Jerry O’Driscoll wrote just two weeks ago, about rising food prices, “Inflation is here.” But that point isn’t yet universally understood, at least not at our government radio network. Anyway, I turned off... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419121 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:20:21 +0100 4419121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277821&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FDsGNvjhhtfs%2F By Chris EdwardsWho said: “A government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth.”? As political junkies know, that was Ronald Reagan at the 1964 Republican convention. The Internet attributes other similar quips to Reagan. Reagan apparently borrowed the idea from Senator James F. Byrnes, who stated on the floor of the Senate in 1933: “The nearest earthly approach to immortality is a bureau of the federal government.” My source is “Reorganization of Federal Administrative Agencies,” Congressional Quarterly, September 17, 1933. The article is a reminder that concerns about government waste, duplication, overlap, and inefficiency certainly did not start with Reagan. Government failure has been around a long time. T... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277821 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:58:11 +0100 4277821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245246&cid=t_170430_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F12%2Farethra-franklin-reportedly-suffering-pancreatic-cancer%2F Legendary singer Aretha Franklin reportedly has been diagnosed and treated for pancreatic cancer. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245246 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:36:25 +0100 4245246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4241706&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FS8Y9lgcbXxs%2F By Neal McCluskeyOver on the Think Progress blog, Ian Millhiser accuses Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) of never having read the Constitution. His grounds for the accusation? Coburn, citing Jefferson, doesn’t think that the Constitution gives the federal government authority to provide such things as Pell Grants and student loans. Writes Millhiser: Sen. Coburn might want to try actually read the Constitution before he pretends to know what it allows. Article I provides that “[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States,” a grant of power that unambiguously empowers Congress to raise funds and spend them on programs that are broadly beneficial to America... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4241706 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:58:04 +0100 4241706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133804&cid=t_170430_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FDeFq7uexe3U%2Fairbus-a380-engine-failure.html A380 engine failure – Qantas flight 32 en route to Sydney, Australia, forced to make an emergency landing after an engine failure. Qantas has grounded all of its Airbus A380 “superjumobo” fleet as a result. There are 20 other A380s around the globe that have the same Rolls Royce engines as Qantas flight 32. Rosalind Franklin and DNA: How wronged was she? – Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology in 1962 for this work, four years after Franklin’s death of ovarian cancer, possibly induced by her work with x-rays. But, shouldn’t Franklin’s work be given more credit than it has ever received. The debate goes on. To my mind, Wilkins let the crystallograph into W-C’s hands because they all suspec... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133804 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:56:22 +0100 4133804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031216&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxQVbYtkWPzk%2F By Roger PilonToday POLITICO Arena asks: Is Alaska Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller correct to suggest that the federal minimum wage is unconstitutional? And beyond that constitutional question, is this a wise political strategy? My response: Joe Miller is absolutely right: The federal government has no authority under the Constitution to set a minimum wage — or to do so many of the countless other things it does today. When Nancy Pelosi was asked where in the Constitution Congress was authorized to order Americans to buy health insurance, she responded, “Are you serious?” That’s a mark of how little America’s political elites today understand the document they take an oath to uphold. James Madison, the principal author of the Constitution, wrote in Fede... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031216 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:35:29 +0100 4031216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816328&cid=t_170430_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Faretha-franklin-breaks-ribs-fall%2F Singing legend Aretha Franklin has sustained two broken ribs in a fall two days ago and has had to cancel two upcoming free concerts. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816328 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:11:08 +0100 3816328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3776317&cid=t_170430_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fappeals-court-upholds-court-ruling-orthopedic-surgeon-dr-william-vranos%2F A Massachusetts appeals court has upheld a lower court decision to find against orthopedic surgeon Dr. William Vranos in his defamation lawsuit against Franklin Medical Center and officials. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3776317 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:25:54 +0100 3776317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3724441&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fben-franklin-on-freedom-quote-of-the-day%2F In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. – Benjamin Franklin Post from: BlissTree Ben Franklin on Freedom (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3724441 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:00:53 +0100 3724441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721755&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUVtuLr3JLis%2F By David BoazAt Politico Arena, the question of the day is: A new Siena College poll ranks Barack Obama as the 15th best U.S. president (landing him below Bill Clinton, ahead of Ronald Reagan). Franklin Delano Roosevelt earned top honors, while Andrew Johnson was last. Pollsters say Obama is high on imagination, communication and intelligence, but weak on background. On your list of best presidents, where would President Obama land? Who was the best president, and who was the worst? I responded: Of course Obama ought to be given an incomplete. But he got a Nobel Peace Prize purely on spec. He does now have 18 months of presidential action, and he has already done many things that establishment political scientists like. Presidential scholars love presidents who expand the size, scope and p... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721755 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:03:23 +0100 3721755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3718569&cid=t_170430_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fsurvival-doesnt-matter-if-you-lose-yourself%2F I have often compared all of us who suffer to war buddies; comrades in arms, fellow fighters on the battlefield of life. Is this not a battle, a war, we are waging everyday of our lives? When one awakens with pain, fights for sleep in spite of it and must live with it each hour that is indeed a battle. Our reaction to this way of life is as individual as the rain drops that fall so abundantly here in Oregon. We each have the divine gift of free choice and are called upon to use it as we see fit. It’s tempting to go many ways and to pull out some most unpleasant responses to suffering. That is up to you as it is up to me. No one can crawl inside your heart and mind and tell you how to react. You can react with anger and bitterness. Why not? After all, it is only your survival at stake. Th... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3718569 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:27:38 +0100 3718569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440748&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2F173288%2F Cancer in Columbus: Two young girls living in the same apartment building in Columbus, Ohio were diagnosed with the same type of rare brain cancer, but the Ohio Health Department denies conclusive evidence of a link. We smell Erin Brockovich: The Sequel. via EnvironmentalHealthNews.org Post from: BlissTree (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440748 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:52:08 +0100 3440748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398873&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ftodays-poll-leading-ladies-and-their-leaving-men%2F Unless you live under a rock, recently you’ve probably seen headlines involving the “Oscar Curse.” What kind of gossip are the tabloids spreading now? Let’s walk with the Ghost of Best Actress Past. We’ll start today, just over two weeks following Sandra Bullock’s Oscar win for The Blind Side, and less than a week after Jesse James, her husband of five years, issued a public apology for cheating. Simultaneously, Kate Winslet and husband Sam Mendes publicly announced their split, a year after she collected her BA statue from the Academy for The Reader. This is a tough road, but let’s keep going. Reese Witherspoon was named best actress in 2005 (Walk the Line); she finalized her divorce with Ryan Phillipe in October 2006. Hillary Sw. was on top in 20... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398873 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:07:49 +0100 3398873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298461&cid=t_170430_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FF2DhcXaUKsY%2F Here you have the February edition of our monthlyeNewsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box in the right column. The recent SharpBrains Summit witnessed the convergence of Benjamin Franklin’s words (”Man is a Tool-Making Animal”)  with neuroscientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal’s  (”Every man can, if he so desires, become the sculptor of his own brain.”) The neuroplasticity revolution that may well transform education, training, healthcare, aging, is under way. New Tools Will the Apple iPad Be Good for your Brain: Prof. Luc Beaudoin lays out key criteria to assess Apple iPad’s potential value for our cognitive fitness, and judges the iPad aga... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298461 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:24:23 +0100 3298461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2734000&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FsM9KcAS5_K4%26amp%3Brel%3D1%26amp%3Bcolor1%3Dd6d6d6%26amp%3Bcolor2%3Df0f0f0%26amp%3Bborder%3D0%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bshowinfo%3D0%26amp%3Biv_load_policy%3D3%26amp%3Bshowsearch%3D0 One of my favorite movies is 1776, the musical. In July 1776, Congress was working on the Declaration of Independence. A rather controversial undertaking with far reaching implications. In July 2009, Congress was tackling another controversial undertaking with far reaching implications. I am speaking of course about health reform. The parallels, and lessons learned, are striking. Today, health reform has its Gang of Six (Senators Max Baucus, Jeff Bingaman, Kent Conrad, Charles Grassley, Michael Enzi, and Olympia Snowe). Congress in 1776 appointed a Committee of Five (John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman) to assist with the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. President Obama observed that during July and August “everybody in Washington ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2734000 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:56:51 +0100 2734000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2263913&cid=t_170430_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fformer-rosalind-franklin-university-of.html The Chicago Tribune published a reminder about a scandal from a few years ago that got little other than local attention at the time,Dr. Robert Weinstein, 63, of Northbrook faces 2 to 3 years in prison in connection with a complex fraud scheme in which he and Levine cheated Northshore Supporting Organization, a charity the two controlled. The charity supported the work of the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which lost a combined $6 million in the scheme. Both men sat on the board of the North Chicago medical school.Weinstein, a self-described private investor for the last decade, admitted that he understated his income by $3 million on his 2003 tax return when he actually made $9.2 million. Weinstein, who is scheduled to be sentenced on July 1, didn't agree to coopera... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2263913 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:59:00 +0100 2263913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2035997&cid=t_170430_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F15%2Fjohn-jost-on-political-psychology%2F Here is an excellent interview by an intern from the Breakthrough Institute of Situationist contributor John Jost. * * * Why is the study of political psychology important? At its best, political psychology has the potential to improve, on the basis of reason and evidence, our political institutions and public policies so that they are more congruent with what we know about human behavior.  Social and political psychologists have, over the decades, offered sophisticated analyses and practical interventions with regard to stereotyping, prejudice, authoritarianism, sexism, aggression, nationalism, terrorism, war, and conflict resolution.  [See Political Psychology book here.] You conclude that fear motivates conservatism, but does this mean progressives should avoid fear-based appeals enti... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2035997 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:42:33 +0100 2035997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671896&cid=t_170430_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fchronic-pain%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Flessons-from-fdr-for-a-life-of-chronic-pain%2F I’ve been recovering from various medical testing and been a bit lazier than usual. Today I spent the afternoon resting my body and watching a PBS production called “FDR: A Presidency Revealed.” I taped it some time ago but forgot about it. Sometimes, I truly believe books, people, movies and TV come into our lives when we need them. Today, FDR helped me out. Not bad for a dead President. I did appreciate it. In the current political climate, we hear that word “change” almost everyday. Everyone thinks it’s the answer for the future. It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? Just go out and change, just like that. Change the world, change the war, change our enemies and then insert miraculous new leadership. How naïve we can be, at times. Those of us whose ... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671896 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:04:41 +0100 1671896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526948&cid=t_170430_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F17%2Fjonathan-haidt-on-the-situation-of-moral-reasoning%2F We recently published a post called the “Moral Psychology Primer,” which briefly highlighted the emerging work of several prominent moral psychologists, including Professor Jonathan Haidt from UVA. Haidt’s important work is relevant to law, morality, and positive psychology – all topics of interest to The Situationist. We thought it made sense, therefore, to follow up the primer with some choice excerpts from Jon Haidt’s terrific book, The Happiness Hypothesis. (We are grateful to Professor Haidt for his assistance in selecting some of these excerpts.) * * * I first rode a horse in 1991, in Great Smoky National Park, North Carolina. I’d been on rides as a child where some teenager led the horse by a short rope, but this was the first time it was just me and a ho... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526948 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:08:28 +0100 1526948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256351&cid=t_170430_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F241228445%2Froosevelts_4star_university.html Do you remember Roosevelt’s well known words … “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all try something.” It just struck me how these classic concepts characterize the best universities on the block. Do you agree?The other day I posted a sketch of what’s inside progressive universities.  The four stars of successful universities shine when they: 1. Imagine quality2. Identify failures3. Seek solutions4. Do the first step All the above tend to lead toward Roosevelt’s kind of progress. Each step requires risk that uses common sense … admits mistakes … reflects and expects evidence of solutions added. Has Roosevelt’s wisdom here ...... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256351 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:11:19 +0100 1256351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1080506&cid=t_170430_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F197149510%2F A Chicago man who once dated Nailah Franklin, the pharmaceutical representative whose disappearance gained national attention this fall, was charged Friday with her murder, a spokesman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office said, The Chicago Tribune repors. Reginald Potts Jr., 30, has been in Cook County Jail since last month, serving a 100-day sentence he received after pleading guilty to violating an order of protection. While in jail, he was charged with aggravated battery for striking a sheriff’s deputy and was ordered held without bail for that charge. Police sources said Potts was a suspect since the beginning of the Franklin case. He briefly dated Franklin, 28, and the two had a heated e-mail exchange the week before she was reported missing Sept. 19. Frankl... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1080506 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:48:56 +0100 1080506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=908789&cid=t_170430_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F161995101%2F Here’s an UPDATE: Police are reporting that the body found this morning in an area of Calumet City, Illinois, is Nailah Franklin, the Chicago woman who has missing for about a week. We know this from watching a TV report. Police are scheduled to hold a press conference at 5 pm EST. (more…) Share / E-mail (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=908789 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:45:00 +0100 908789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=897082&cid=t_170430_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F160797376%2F Police have stepped up their search for the missing Eli Lilly sales rep after finding the 28-year-old woman’s car near an abandoned building in Hammond, Ind. Nailah Franklin was last heard from Tuesday, when she sent an uncharacteristically vague text message to friends and family saying that she was having dinner and that she’d call later. She never did. Franklin’s sister, Lehia Franklin Acox, told the Associated Press the family is trying to stay positive as police search the 2005 Chevrolet Impala for clues that could shed light on her disappearance. Acox said the discovery of the car was heartening because it could yield some clue to Franklin’s whereabouts, but “on the other hand, it’s still maddening because we do not have (her) back with us.” ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=897082 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:13:31 +0100 897082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=659000&cid=t_170430_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F122053474%2F A couple of weeks ago Sean Eddy accepted the Benjamin Franklin Award for 2007. Some vignettes from his acceptance talk We want not just humans to be able to read the literature, but computers to be able to read the literature. For me, open access is secondary. The goal is to create systems that work… open access is necessary but not sufficient. I couldn’t agree more on the second point. Open Access is a vehicle to better, more innovative, science, and the dissemination of information. The problem is too many make it the centerpiece of their arguments while overlooking the bigger picture. One thing I didn’t know. The International Society for Computational Biology has a policy against open source software. Talk about “does not compute”. Technorati Tags: Frankl... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=659000 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:46:35 +0100 659000