Ray DuBois MD PhD
@duboisrn.bsky.social
Director of the Hollings Cancer Center @the Medical University of South Carolina: Charleston, & Executive Chair of the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. Tweets and opinions are mine
Very interesting job posting for Assistant Professor Biology and specifically for the Biology of #Cancer at the College of Charleston in South Carolina @theaacr.bsky.social : jobs.cofc.edu/postings/17382
Assistant Professor of Biology (Biology of Cancer)
Assistant Professor of Biology – Biology of CancerThe Department of Biology at the College of Charleston invites applications for a tenure-track position in Biology of Cancer at the Assistant Professo...
jobs.cofc.edu
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Very interesting job posting for Assistant Professor Biology and specifically for the Biology of #Cancer at the College of Charleston in South Carolina @theaacr.bsky.social : jobs.cofc.edu/postings/17382
Odds of surviving #cancer drop drastically when #credit score dips: (#financialtoxicity) news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Odds of surviving cancer drop drastically when credit score dips — Harvard Gazette
Study explores links between financial stress and mortality risk.
news.harvard.edu
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Odds of surviving #cancer drop drastically when #credit score dips: (#financialtoxicity) news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Is AI Transforming #CervicalCancer Screening: hollingscancercenter.musc.edu/news/archive...
Smarter cervical screening: How AI is transforming the Pap smear
At MUSC, an artificial intelligence program is helping pathologists to analyze Pap smears more quickly and efficiently.
hollingscancercenter.musc.edu
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Is AI Transforming #CervicalCancer Screening: hollingscancercenter.musc.edu/news/archive...
#CervicalCancer Screening lags behind others: www.beckersoncology.com/oncology/cer...
Cervical cancer screening lags behind colorectal, lung: What to know - Becker's Oncology
Rates of timely screening, surveillance and diagnostic testing for cervical cancer lag behind rates for colorectal and lung cancer, according to a study published Sept. 10 in the Journal of the Nation...
www.beckersoncology.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#CervicalCancer Screening lags behind others: www.beckersoncology.com/oncology/cer...
Highest paid medical specialties:
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Highest paid medical specialties:
‘#Mind-captioning’ #AI decodes #brain activity to turn thoughts into #text www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Mind-captioning’ AI decodes brain activity to turn thoughts into text
A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
‘#Mind-captioning’ #AI decodes #brain activity to turn thoughts into #text www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Determining why some BRCA2 tumors are resistant: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
FIGNL1 inhibits homologous recombination in BRCA2 deficient cells by dissociating RAD51 filaments
Homologous recombination (HR) deficiency upon Breast Cancer Gene 2 (BRCA2) loss arises from defects in the formation of RAD51 nucleoprotein filaments. We demonstrate that loss of the anti-recombinase ...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Determining why some BRCA2 tumors are resistant: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SouthCarolona is the #1 state Americans want to move to most - @muschollings: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/1...
This is the No. 1 state Americans want to move to most: People are 'trading square footage for quality of life'
moveBuddha examined 160,000 searches made in 2025 to rank the states Americans are moving to in 2025.
www.cnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#SouthCarolona is the #1 state Americans want to move to most - @muschollings: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/1...
College of Charleston (#CofC) students get an opportunity to train at #HollingsCancerCenter: today.charleston.edu/2025/10/28/b...
Building Future Scientists: Honors College Launches BLOCKS Cancer Research Initiative
Just blocks from campus, Honors College students are stepping into labs and participating in cancer research.
today.charleston.edu
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
College of Charleston (#CofC) students get an opportunity to train at #HollingsCancerCenter: today.charleston.edu/2025/10/28/b...
Miriam #Merad’s 20-year quest to understand #one #cell is starting to rewrite the rules of #cancer #immunotherapy www.statnews.com/2025/10/28/m... via @statnews
Miriam Merad’s 20-year quest to understand one cell is starting to rewrite the rules of cancer immunotherapy
Miriam Merad’s 20-year quest to understand one cell is starting to rewrite the rules of cancer immunotherapy.
www.statnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Miriam #Merad’s 20-year quest to understand #one #cell is starting to rewrite the rules of #cancer #immunotherapy www.statnews.com/2025/10/28/m... via @statnews
How New Multiyear Policy Makes #NIH Grants Even #Harder To Get via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
How New Trump Multiyear Policy Makes NIH Grants Even Harder To Get
The new Trump administration multiyear funding policy for NIH grants has dropped National Cancer Institute grant funding rates from one in 10 applicants to one in 25.
www.forbes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How New Multiyear Policy Makes #NIH Grants Even #Harder To Get via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
Surging #Obesity rates in the US is concerning: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Researchers report ‘astounding’ obesity surge in U.S. — Harvard Gazette
Prevalence rises from 40 percent to 70 percent under definition that includes measures other than just BMI.
news.harvard.edu
October 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Surging #Obesity rates in the US is concerning: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Congratulations go to Ross Levine, the new CSO of Memorial Sloan Kettering #Cancer Center (#MSK) www.mskcc.org/news-release...
Ross Levine, MD, Named Chief Scientific Officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced today that Ross Levine, MD, has been named MSK’s new Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). A renowned physician-scientist, Dr. Levine previously served...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Congratulations go to Ross Levine, the new CSO of Memorial Sloan Kettering #Cancer Center (#MSK) www.mskcc.org/news-release...
Low-dose #aspirin may reduce #cancer risk for certain older adults, so its use must be tailored to those who would benefit most: www.healio.com/news/hematol...
Low-dose aspirin could be ‘tailored’ to reduce overall cancer risk among older adults
Low-dose aspirin may reduce risk for cancer development among older individuals with clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.A secondary analysis of a randomized trial also showed age, BMI and...
www.healio.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Low-dose #aspirin may reduce #cancer risk for certain older adults, so its use must be tailored to those who would benefit most: www.healio.com/news/hematol...
Quitting #Smoking Nearly Doubles #Cancer Patients' Short-Term Survival Odds, Experts Say www.healthday.com/health-news/...
Quitting Smoking Nearly Doubles Cancer Patients' Short-Term Survival Odds, Experts Say
FRIDAY, Oct. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Experts argue it’s never too late to quit smoking, and a new study says that applies to people with late-stage cancer a
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October 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Quitting #Smoking Nearly Doubles #Cancer Patients' Short-Term Survival Odds, Experts Say www.healthday.com/health-news/...
#Life #expectancy is returning to pre-pandemic levels, but deaths among teens and young adults are rising: www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/h...
Global life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, but deaths among teens and young adults are rising | CNN
Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then. But vast ineq...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#Life #expectancy is returning to pre-pandemic levels, but deaths among teens and young adults are rising: www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/h...
Why is #NIH #funding so essential and critical for the future of biomedical research: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
UMass Chan Chancellor Michael Collins ‘On the Record’ about impact of federal shutdown, NIH cuts
YouTube video by WCVB Channel 5 Boston
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October 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Why is #NIH #funding so essential and critical for the future of biomedical research: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Identification of a potential biological marker for #lung #cancer that can appear years before diagnosis and more, using data from the Human Disease Blood Atlas: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A human pan-disease blood atlas of the circulating proteome
The human blood proteome provides a holistic readout of health states through the assessment of thousands of circulating proteins. Here, we present a pan-disease resource to enable the study of divers...
www.science.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Identification of a potential biological marker for #lung #cancer that can appear years before diagnosis and more, using data from the Human Disease Blood Atlas: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Emerging #leader awards to developing faculty in #Cancerresearch are critical, especially in the current era of decreasing funding: 2024.themarkfoundation.org/an-emerging-...
An Emerging Leader’s Evolution
2024.themarkfoundation.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#Emerging #leader awards to developing faculty in #Cancerresearch are critical, especially in the current era of decreasing funding: 2024.themarkfoundation.org/an-emerging-...
The Mark Foundation Annual Report - 2024
The Mark Foundation Annual Report
2024.themarkfoundation.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
October 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We have a new #NCI Director who was just sworn in: www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Secretary Kennedy Swears in Dr. Anthony Letai as Director of the National Cancer Institute
Dr. Letai will serve as NCI’s 18th director.
www.nih.gov
September 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We have a new #NCI Director who was just sworn in: www.nih.gov/news-events/...