Adam Auton

adamauton.bsky.social

18 September 2026 18:27

What can we learn about a single rare variant? Published today in Science: the 23andMe Research Institute and Dana-Farber studied the EGFR T790M in 10.1M 23andMe research participants. The variant has OR = 25.2 for lung cancer, rising to 61.7 in never-smokers(!). 🧵

Tom

taschoene.bsky.social

02 September 2026 21:48

This was the intended result.

Derek Lowe

dereklowe.bsky.social

14 April 2026 00:50

I hope this is good riddance to that tinpot hypocrite Viktor Orban. I’ve had many Hungarian colleagues over the years (and visited myself just as the Warsaw Pact fell apart), and the Hungarians deserve so much better than the crap they’ve been getting.