Geneticists Push For Databases Over Journals As Main Source of Information (theatlantic.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @01:22PM from the changing-it-up dept.

neoritter writes: The issues of reproducibility in journals continues to present problems. This time in the world of clinical geneticists where a misleading or incorrect journal on the effect of a gene variant can affect the decisions made by doctors and patients alike; from heart monitoring implants to abortions. Poor sampling and low thresholds for evidence have led some clinical geneticists to work towards an open database of genetic information. Scientists and doctors would go to a "one-stop shop for disease genes" to check and share information with each other under the strictest of standards.

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Great by ldgeorge85 · 2015-12-16 13:52 · Score: 3, Interesting

This is a wonderful idea. I mean, why not push for more studies to actually provide their raw data along with their conclusions? Extend the peer review process of the scientific method to include all of the data they generate, as advances in technology allow for the storage and communication of that information now. What is wrong with that, as a general idea? There is always the worry of security or safety of the data, but that was the same with publishing some things in journals already.