Comments on: Twitter, Facebook and Sciencebase http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/twitter-facebook-and-sciencebase.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/twitter-facebook-and-sciencebase.html/comment-page-1#comment-635506 David Bradley Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:42:30 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=4864#comment-635506 The Sciencebase fan page has grown considerably this week from a dozen or so to well over 300 as of today, thanks for following, hope to bring you some fascinating stuff in the coming months. As an experiment, I tweeted the link this afternoon when the fan numbers were at 334. The link got about 20 clicks in five minutes or so and half a dozen of those people joined as fans on Facebook in that short time. Worth noting if you're a blogger considering getting better connected across these different tools. The Sciencebase fan page has grown considerably this week from a dozen or so to well over 300 as of today, thanks for following, hope to bring you some fascinating stuff in the coming months.

As an experiment, I tweeted the link this afternoon when the fan numbers were at 334. The link got about 20 clicks in five minutes or so and half a dozen of those people joined as fans on Facebook in that short time. Worth noting if you’re a blogger considering getting better connected across these different tools.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/twitter-facebook-and-sciencebase.html/comment-page-1#comment-635477 David Bradley Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:57:54 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=4864#comment-635477 Interesting work. Not sure what to think TWAR (Chlamydophila pneumoniae) is, of course, nothing to do with the sexually transmitted chlamydia infection (not saying you thought it was just spelling it out for readers). There has been a lot of research over the last few decades hinting at bacteria as the underlying cause of a whole range of health problems and disease. I suspect a lot more work will need to be done to prove it one way or the other. With my tin hat on, I'd just have to hope that the work is not being stifled by the pharma industry (it did it with H. pylori in peptic ulcers, after all) because if it turns out we could treat such diseased with generic antibiotics there'd be no more billion-dollar, blockbusters. Interesting work. Not sure what to think TWAR (Chlamydophila pneumoniae) is, of course, nothing to do with the sexually transmitted chlamydia infection (not saying you thought it was just spelling it out for readers). There has been a lot of research over the last few decades hinting at bacteria as the underlying cause of a whole range of health problems and disease. I suspect a lot more work will need to be done to prove it one way or the other. With my tin hat on, I’d just have to hope that the work is not being stifled by the pharma industry (it did it with H. pylori in peptic ulcers, after all) because if it turns out we could treat such diseased with generic antibiotics there’d be no more billion-dollar, blockbusters.

]]> By: Chris Alberts http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/twitter-facebook-and-sciencebase.html/comment-page-1#comment-635475 Chris Alberts Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:36:28 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=4864#comment-635475 Would you please go to pnas.org and use the search term TWAR and tell me what you think. This pathogen has also been linked to Alzheimer's by Brian Balin at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and also to asthma by Marcia Kraft M.D. at Duke University. Would you please go to pnas.org and use the search term TWAR and tell me what you think. This pathogen has also been linked to Alzheimer’s by Brian Balin at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and also to asthma by Marcia Kraft M.D. at Duke University.

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