Laura Vandenberg
@elleenvy.bsky.social
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, trained as a developmental biologist and endocrinologist. Research focused on endocrine disruptors, breast health, and risk assessment.
Environmental science
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Biology
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UMass Amherst Researchers Create Nanoparticle Vaccine That Prevents Cancer in Mice | UMass Amherst
The vaccine also proves highly effective at preventing cancer’s deadly spread.
www.umass.edu
If you’re hearing news about a cancer break-through and wonder what’s hype and what’s not, here’s a good explainer of the actual findings in animal studies.
This is some elegant science that pulls together several lines of long-standing inquiry, and yes, it’s a BFD.
www.umass.edu/news/article...
This is some elegant science that pulls together several lines of long-standing inquiry, and yes, it’s a BFD.
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Laura Vandenberg
@elleenvy.bsky.social
· Jun 15
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
Outdated???? Miasma theory was all the hype back in... 400 BC.
I mean, "protoplasm" is outdated. Miasma theory is magical thinking.
PLEASE CONSULT REAL SCIENTISTS @npr.org
I mean, "protoplasm" is outdated. Miasma theory is magical thinking.
PLEASE CONSULT REAL SCIENTISTS @npr.org
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Reposted by Laura N. Vandenberg
Phil Williams
@philinvestigates.com
· Feb 8
APLU Statement on Cuts to Reimbursement of NIH Facilities & Administrative Costs - APLU
Washington, DC – APLU President Mark Becker released the following statement on the National Institutes of Health’s announcement it will cut reimbursement of research facilities and administrative cos...
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From Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities: “NIH slashing the reimbursement of research costs will slow and limit medical breakthroughs that cure cancer and address chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.”
www.aplu.org/news-and-med...
www.aplu.org/news-and-med...
Laura Vandenberg
@elleenvy.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Hi, just a gentle reminder.... there is nothing mediocre about doing twenty things at once! Give yourself the grace you would give a student, colleague or friend. These times, they are trying.
You don't know me, and I don't know you, but every time you post, this prof is happy to cheer you on.