Kirk T. Hartley
Somatic Signature Mutations - Another Major Leap in Genomics, and Mass Tort Disease Litigation
This week brought 4 major new Nature papers on genomics. Over the next 20 years, the findings they report, will: 1) materially impact...
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Kirk T. Hartley
- Aug 22, 2021
- 1 min
A Decade Later - An Update on "A Long Swim" and Research Against ALS
A decade ago, Doug McConnell and family embarked on a journey to raise money to support scientific research against ALS. "A Long Swim"...
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Kirk T. Hartley
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Due Process in a Trial About 22 Ovarian Cancers - J&J's Cert Petition for Ingham Talc Verdict
As it said it would do, J&J filed a cert petition seeking review of the Ingham verdict against it and others. The verdict involved 22...
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Kirk T. Hartley
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Cogent Summary - Workshop on Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence v4.0
Last week's workshop on the path to update the federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence is summarized in a cogent and insightful...
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Kirk T. Hartley
- Feb 22, 2021
- 1 min
This Week - Planning Underway for Fourth Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Planning continues this week for the Fourth Edition of the federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. The event is an open access...
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Kirk T. Hartley
- Jan 24, 2021
- 1 min
The Open Access "Botometer" Assesses Twitter Accounts for "Botness"
The "botometer" is an online, open access source for assessing whether a twitter account likely is run by a bot. ...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 31, 2019
- 1 min
Clyde and Co: “Researchers claim link between asbestos exposure and prostate cancer”
Knowledge spreads at different paces. A July 2019 article from Clyde & Co. notes a January 2019 medical review article on prostate cancer...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 5, 2019
- 1 min
New Book – “Fentanyl Inc: How Rogue Chemists are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opio
A July 5, 2019 book review by Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution describes in a glowing terms a book that sounds interesting with respect...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jun 11, 2019
- 1 min
Aggregation of Multiple Genes and Thousands of Genomes is Providing More Insights into Disease Causa
Once upon a time, way back a decade ago, single gene testing often occurred during investigation of diseases. Those days are essentially...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 29, 2019
- 1 min
DeWayne Johnson Glyphosate Case – Monsanto’s Opening Brief and Motion for Judicial Notic
The appeal is underway for Monsanto from the verdict in the DeWayne Johnson case. Numerous stories spin the papers. For those who prefer...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 22, 2019
- 1 min
Limited Effective Lives for Some Vaccines
Two flu shots per year may become the standard, along with increases in “boosters” for other vaccines. Why? Because increasing data shows...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 2, 2019
- 2 min
Big Data, Computational Toxicology and Systems Biology Extrapolations
The abstract pasted below was not an April fool’s joke. To the contrary, it illustrated the increasing efforts to combine in silico and...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 26, 2019
- 1 min
Who Knew: Analysis of Underground DNA to Decide Where to Drill Oil Wells
Amazing to see some of the broad new uses for DNA. They include analysis of underground DNA to decide where to drill oil wells. Really;...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 22, 2019
- 1 min
New Litigation Opportunities and Risks as The Value of P Values Is Debated: “Moving to a Worl
For yesterday’s editorial from the American Statistical Association, and more, go to “Moving to a World Beyond “p < 0.05.” For the paper...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 19, 2019
- 4 min
Cancer Research, a Holy Grail, and The Most Powerful Supercomputer in the World Is Coming to the Chi
Hopefully this incredible machine will help researchers against cancer fulfill Jeff Huber’s call to “find a better way” to take on...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 17, 2019
- 1 min
Who Knew: There is a Clinical Robotics Law Journal
The times they are a changing. The other day, I stumbled across the Clinical Robotics Law Journal, after being intrigued by a February...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 7, 2019
- 1 min
“Wrongful Life in the Age of CRISPR-CAS: Developing a Legal Fiction for Wrongful Gamete Manip
From a March 7, 2019 post at the Torts Prof blog, two interesting new SSRN abstracts on tort issues arising due to the rapid increasingly...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jan 2, 2019
- 1 min
Blood Spatter “Science” and Wrongful Conviction Claims
It is depressing to read about the havoc wreaked in some cases by apparently not credible “blood splatter science,” and some other fringe...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 26, 2018
- 3 min
Genomics and Actual Protein Output: Collaboration to Perform Large-Scale Protein Analysis of up to
More and more molecular data will arrive over the next few years; some of it will be very valuable for more deeply understanding when and...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 24, 2018
- 1 min
Genetic Testing: “What’s a polygenic risk score and how good is it at predicting disease?R
An answer to the question, and some good background, is set out in a December 14, 2018 article at StatNews. What’s a polygenic risk score...
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