Avraham Cooper
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
Pulm/Crit physician, medical educator, The Curious Clinicians podcast
FORTHCOMING BOOK: WHY DOESN’T YOUR STOMACH DIGEST ITSELF? (W.W. Norton)
FORTHCOMING BOOK: WHY DOESN’T YOUR STOMACH DIGEST ITSELF? (W.W. Norton)
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📣VERY exciting announcement…
@tonybreu.bsky.social and I are writing a book, to be published by @wwnorton.bsky.social!
Working title is: WHY DOESN’T YOUR STOMACH DIGEST ITSELF?
It’s all about the wondrous ways that the human body is resilient, and we can’t wait to share it with you 😊
@tonybreu.bsky.social and I are writing a book, to be published by @wwnorton.bsky.social!
Working title is: WHY DOESN’T YOUR STOMACH DIGEST ITSELF?
It’s all about the wondrous ways that the human body is resilient, and we can’t wait to share it with you 😊
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On our latest episode "Null Neutrophils," @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a fascinating physiologic question:
Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?
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Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?
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July 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
On our latest episode "Null Neutrophils," @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a fascinating physiologic question:
Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?
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open.spotify.com/episode/3SdI...
Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?
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If you think you’re tough, consider the tardigrade…
In 2007, 3,000 of these tiny animals orbited the Earth OUTSIDE a space rocket for 12 days.
>2/3 of them survived the vacuum of space and being blasted with solar radiation.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
In 2007, 3,000 of these tiny animals orbited the Earth OUTSIDE a space rocket for 12 days.
>2/3 of them survived the vacuum of space and being blasted with solar radiation.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
June 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you think you’re tough, consider the tardigrade…
In 2007, 3,000 of these tiny animals orbited the Earth OUTSIDE a space rocket for 12 days.
>2/3 of them survived the vacuum of space and being blasted with solar radiation.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
In 2007, 3,000 of these tiny animals orbited the Earth OUTSIDE a space rocket for 12 days.
>2/3 of them survived the vacuum of space and being blasted with solar radiation.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
This really feels like science fiction- a bespoke CRISPR gene editing treatment for a baby with a urea cycle disorder
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
May 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This really feels like science fiction- a bespoke CRISPR gene editing treatment for a baby with a urea cycle disorder
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Thank you so much to @corewellhealth.bsky.social and Dr Steve Doyle for the invitation to speak on the art of medicine at their annual education and research day!
May 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thank you so much to @corewellhealth.bsky.social and Dr Steve Doyle for the invitation to speak on the art of medicine at their annual education and research day!
Yeesh - if Pseudomonas wasn’t a bad enough actor already, it also apparently secretes an enzyme that degrades plastic
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
May 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yeesh - if Pseudomonas wasn’t a bad enough actor already, it also apparently secretes an enzyme that degrades plastic
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Each episode, producer @gbuonomomed puts together a paired show notes blog post. For our latest episode, 'Alpha-gal again', we tackle the question: how could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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May 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Each episode, producer @gbuonomomed puts together a paired show notes blog post. For our latest episode, 'Alpha-gal again', we tackle the question: how could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
curiousclinicians.com/2025/04/24/e...
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
curiousclinicians.com/2025/04/24/e...
open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...
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On our latest episode, Alpha-gal Again, we
share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!
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share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!
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May 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
On our latest episode, Alpha-gal Again, we
share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!
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open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...
share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!
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This story really blew my mind - that alpha-gal could be an entirely new way to treat cancer using immunotherapy
This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal!
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...
April 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This story really blew my mind - that alpha-gal could be an entirely new way to treat cancer using immunotherapy
Reposted by Avraham Cooper
This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal!
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...
April 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal!
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...
This is such a good album and a monumental achievement!!!
Check it out, new album just dropped 🤩 open.spotify.com/album/5orTSx...
I Thought I Was Better
Enemy in the Sky · Album · 2025 · 10 songs
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April 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is such a good album and a monumental achievement!!!
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Check it out, new album just dropped 🤩 open.spotify.com/album/5orTSx...
I Thought I Was Better
Enemy in the Sky · Album · 2025 · 10 songs
open.spotify.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Check it out, new album just dropped 🤩 open.spotify.com/album/5orTSx...
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As the old idiom goes, one deliberately causes additional pain by "pouring/rubbing salt in an open wound".
But this is also literally true. Physiologically, why would it hurt so much to have salt poured into a wound?
As the old idiom goes, one deliberately causes additional pain by "pouring/rubbing salt in an open wound".
But this is also literally true. Physiologically, why would it hurt so much to have salt poured into a wound?
April 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
1/THREAD
As the old idiom goes, one deliberately causes additional pain by "pouring/rubbing salt in an open wound".
But this is also literally true. Physiologically, why would it hurt so much to have salt poured into a wound?
As the old idiom goes, one deliberately causes additional pain by "pouring/rubbing salt in an open wound".
But this is also literally true. Physiologically, why would it hurt so much to have salt poured into a wound?
I’m always amazed by our similarities and homologies with bacteria.
Our version of a foreign nucleic acid sensor called STING, which activates interferon, is almost identical to the version that bacteria use to sense and defend against viruses.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our version of a foreign nucleic acid sensor called STING, which activates interferon, is almost identical to the version that bacteria use to sense and defend against viruses.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m always amazed by our similarities and homologies with bacteria.
Our version of a foreign nucleic acid sensor called STING, which activates interferon, is almost identical to the version that bacteria use to sense and defend against viruses.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our version of a foreign nucleic acid sensor called STING, which activates interferon, is almost identical to the version that bacteria use to sense and defend against viruses.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Looks like this year at #CHEST2025 I’ll be talking about some combination of:
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- #ThePeoplesVentricle
- VA coupling at the bedside
- Portopulmonary hypertension
See you in Chicago!
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- #ThePeoplesVentricle
- VA coupling at the bedside
- Portopulmonary hypertension
See you in Chicago!
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Looks like this year at #CHEST2025 I’ll be talking about some combination of:
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- #ThePeoplesVentricle
- VA coupling at the bedside
- Portopulmonary hypertension
See you in Chicago!
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- #ThePeoplesVentricle
- VA coupling at the bedside
- Portopulmonary hypertension
See you in Chicago!
Very interesting and insightful perspective on whether zoster vaccines reduce dementia risk from @chrisworsham.com and Bapu Jena
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https://time.com/7275048/shingles-vaccine-dementia-christopher-worsham-anupam-jena/
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April 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Very interesting and insightful perspective on whether zoster vaccines reduce dementia risk from @chrisworsham.com and Bapu Jena
t.co/EBUyx3kRbT
t.co/EBUyx3kRbT
The mechanism of petrichor explained!
Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of rain aka petrichor?
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April 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The mechanism of petrichor explained!
Reposted by Avraham Cooper
Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of rain aka petrichor?
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April 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of rain aka petrichor?
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I love this episode… why does freshly fallen rain smell so good??
This week, we dive into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of the rain? And why does fresh rain smell so good?
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107 - The Smell of the Rain
Podcast Episode · The Curious Clinicians · 03/27/2025 · 34m
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April 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I love this episode… why does freshly fallen rain smell so good??
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This week, we dive into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of the rain? And why does fresh rain smell so good?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/4eDF...
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open.spotify.com/episode/4eDF...
107 - The Smell of the Rain
Podcast Episode · The Curious Clinicians · 03/27/2025 · 34m
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April 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This week, we dive into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of the rain? And why does fresh rain smell so good?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
open.spotify.com/episode/4eDF...
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Was truly an honor to give this talk for OSU Internal Medicine Grand Rounds.
In times of uncertainty, curiosity and humanism can help us find joy as clinicians.
In times of uncertainty, curiosity and humanism can help us find joy as clinicians.
March 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Was truly an honor to give this talk for OSU Internal Medicine Grand Rounds.
In times of uncertainty, curiosity and humanism can help us find joy as clinicians.
In times of uncertainty, curiosity and humanism can help us find joy as clinicians.
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Inspiring IM Grand Rounds presentation from the one and only @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social on curiosity, humanism, and joy in medicine
March 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Inspiring IM Grand Rounds presentation from the one and only @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social on curiosity, humanism, and joy in medicine