Harvard Cuts Threaten a Giant in the Research Community: a Fruit Fly Database
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Harvard's cuts threaten the FlyBase database, a crucial resource for biomedical research, sparking concerns about the potential loss of a valuable scientific tool and discussions about alternative hosts.
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tibbydudeza
4 months ago
Give to the Chinese - they value science.
jerven
4 months ago
Yes, it is super sad :( a real pity that a cheap but useful resource gets taken out almost by accident.
dehugger
4 months ago
Is there another source? nbcnews is an ad ridden cesspool utterly devoid of content. Literally only a couple of sentences.
sunscream89
4 months ago
Give it to ASU. Who doesn’t want to shuffle that deck? Moving on…
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