Reproducing studies, gene patents, Wiley’s OA program, and more a-buzzing this week!

To address the problem of published studies that cannot be reproduced, how about a new system to match scientists with labs for replicating research and have open access collections publish the validating results and store the data? That is the gist of  the Reproducibility Initiative, Science Exchange’s partnership with PLOS and Figshare. The program is discussed in an interesting piece in The Daily Scan, which links out to other items covering the announcement.

Wiley announced immediate changes to the licenses on their Open Access journals, which will now allow commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Here is coverage from the UK’s The Bookseller and a press release from Wiley.

Many tweeters and bloggers have been commenting on research findings showing that Triclosan, an antibiotic used in household and personal care products, causes muscle impairment in mice and fish. Here is a story from Science 2.0.

Gene patents for BRCA1 and BRCA2 were upheld by a DC court in the Myriad case. Coverage from Forbes and Nature News Blog.

From the Wall Street Journal, an entertaining story about science, language, and science bloggers –  Here’s an Omical Tale: Scientists Discover Spreading Suffix.