Stefan Marciniak
@profmarciniak.bsky.social
Professor of Respiratory Science University of Cambridge. Lung doctor. Fellow St Catharine’s College. Cell biology. Pleural medicine. Rare disease. Genetics.
Lab webpage = https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-stefan-marciniak
Lab webpage = https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-stefan-marciniak
Reposted by Stefan Marciniak
Farage is apparently 'under the weather' today and unable to talk about the US threats to the UK and Europe over Greenland.
Which is unfortunate.
Which is unfortunate.
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Farage is apparently 'under the weather' today and unable to talk about the US threats to the UK and Europe over Greenland.
Which is unfortunate.
Which is unfortunate.
Farage is in a pickle
We know he’s a huge Trump fan. He said he’s ‘never wavered’ in his support for Donald Trump
But UK public opinion has forced Reform Ltd to side publicly against Trump’s demand to acquire Greenland
How will this play out?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We know he’s a huge Trump fan. He said he’s ‘never wavered’ in his support for Donald Trump
But UK public opinion has forced Reform Ltd to side publicly against Trump’s demand to acquire Greenland
How will this play out?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Nigel Farage says he’s ‘never wavered’ in his support for Donald Trump
The Reform UK leader also says he’s drawn ‘amazing inspiration’ from the MAGA movement
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Stefan Marciniak
This is pretty much the only post anyone should need to understand that Farage is a traitor, a conman and a populist simpleton who must *never* be given power.
January 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is pretty much the only post anyone should need to understand that Farage is a traitor, a conman and a populist simpleton who must *never* be given power.
Reposted by Stefan Marciniak
The Anti-Coercion Instrument is a legal framework that protects EU Members from economic blackmail by third countries
It allows the EU to impose countermeasures on trade, procurement, financial markets, etc if mediation fails
- The UK is on its own because of Brexit
It allows the EU to impose countermeasures on trade, procurement, financial markets, etc if mediation fails
- The UK is on its own because of Brexit
Protecting against coercion
The Anti-Coercion Instrument for protecting the EU and its Member States from third countries’ economic coercion entered into force on 27 December 2023.
policy.trade.ec.europa.eu
January 18, 2026 at 5:09 AM
The Anti-Coercion Instrument is a legal framework that protects EU Members from economic blackmail by third countries
It allows the EU to impose countermeasures on trade, procurement, financial markets, etc if mediation fails
- The UK is on its own because of Brexit
It allows the EU to impose countermeasures on trade, procurement, financial markets, etc if mediation fails
- The UK is on its own because of Brexit
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with EU
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with EU
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with EU
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with EU
It is looking outrageously stupid to have left the EU
(It always looked stupid, but now everyone can see it)
Farage, Gove, Rees-Mogg (remember him?), & Johnson did this country an enormous disservice
Yay, brexit !
(It always looked stupid, but now everyone can see it)
Farage, Gove, Rees-Mogg (remember him?), & Johnson did this country an enormous disservice
Yay, brexit !
Emergency meeting of EU Member States representatives 5pm today, to discuss relations with the US
January 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM
It is looking outrageously stupid to have left the EU
(It always looked stupid, but now everyone can see it)
Farage, Gove, Rees-Mogg (remember him?), & Johnson did this country an enormous disservice
Yay, brexit !
(It always looked stupid, but now everyone can see it)
Farage, Gove, Rees-Mogg (remember him?), & Johnson did this country an enormous disservice
Yay, brexit !
Farage is in a pickle
We know he’s a huge Trump fan. He said he’s ‘never wavered’ in his support for Donald Trump
But UK public opinion has forced Reform Ltd to side publicly against Trump’s demand to acquire Greenland
How will this play out?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We know he’s a huge Trump fan. He said he’s ‘never wavered’ in his support for Donald Trump
But UK public opinion has forced Reform Ltd to side publicly against Trump’s demand to acquire Greenland
How will this play out?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Nigel Farage says he’s ‘never wavered’ in his support for Donald Trump
The Reform UK leader also says he’s drawn ‘amazing inspiration’ from the MAGA movement
www.independent.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Farage is in a pickle
We know he’s a huge Trump fan. He said he’s ‘never wavered’ in his support for Donald Trump
But UK public opinion has forced Reform Ltd to side publicly against Trump’s demand to acquire Greenland
How will this play out?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
We know he’s a huge Trump fan. He said he’s ‘never wavered’ in his support for Donald Trump
But UK public opinion has forced Reform Ltd to side publicly against Trump’s demand to acquire Greenland
How will this play out?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Former vaccine minister joins party known for platforming antivaxers
Antivaccine sentiment is deeply seated in Reform Ltd. If you think they ‘can’t be that bad’, look what happened where another antivaxer was put in charge of healthcare
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Antivaccine sentiment is deeply seated in Reform Ltd. If you think they ‘can’t be that bad’, look what happened where another antivaxer was put in charge of healthcare
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Zahawi defection pushes Reform’s vaccine scepticism into spotlight
The views of the former Tory vaccines minister clash with those of high-profile members and the party faithful
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Former vaccine minister joins party known for platforming antivaxers
Antivaccine sentiment is deeply seated in Reform Ltd. If you think they ‘can’t be that bad’, look what happened where another antivaxer was put in charge of healthcare
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Antivaccine sentiment is deeply seated in Reform Ltd. If you think they ‘can’t be that bad’, look what happened where another antivaxer was put in charge of healthcare
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reposted by Stefan Marciniak
New meta-analysis finds *no link* between paracetamol (acetaminophen) use in pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability
Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology. & Women's Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology. & Women's Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Current evidence does not indicate a clinically important increase in the likelihood
of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant
individuals who use paracetam...
www.thelancet.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 AM
New meta-analysis finds *no link* between paracetamol (acetaminophen) use in pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability
Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology. & Women's Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology. & Women's Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Submitted a paper and at the end of the process the system asked for my ‘Twitter [sic] handle’
I gave it as “I do not use Twitter/X as it is no longer conducive to scientific discussion. I use BlueSky”
I only hope they’ll read it
I gave it as “I do not use Twitter/X as it is no longer conducive to scientific discussion. I use BlueSky”
I only hope they’ll read it
January 17, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Submitted a paper and at the end of the process the system asked for my ‘Twitter [sic] handle’
I gave it as “I do not use Twitter/X as it is no longer conducive to scientific discussion. I use BlueSky”
I only hope they’ll read it
I gave it as “I do not use Twitter/X as it is no longer conducive to scientific discussion. I use BlueSky”
I only hope they’ll read it
New meta-analysis finds *no link* between paracetamol (acetaminophen) use in pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability
Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology. & Women's Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology. & Women's Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Current evidence does not indicate a clinically important increase in the likelihood
of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant
individuals who use paracetam...
www.thelancet.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 AM
New meta-analysis finds *no link* between paracetamol (acetaminophen) use in pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability
Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology. & Women's Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology. & Women's Health
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
It’s 2034, and the Conservatives, having shed their swivel-eyed wing to Reform years ago, have been repopulated by moderates.
They win a landslide on a “rejoin the EU for economic growth” platform.
Mail and Telegraph hail it a “triumph of British common sense”
They win a landslide on a “rejoin the EU for economic growth” platform.
Mail and Telegraph hail it a “triumph of British common sense”
January 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
It’s 2034, and the Conservatives, having shed their swivel-eyed wing to Reform years ago, have been repopulated by moderates.
They win a landslide on a “rejoin the EU for economic growth” platform.
Mail and Telegraph hail it a “triumph of British common sense”
They win a landslide on a “rejoin the EU for economic growth” platform.
Mail and Telegraph hail it a “triumph of British common sense”
Reposted by Stefan Marciniak
A few updates on the deeply unethical study to probe "non-specific" effects of the birth dose HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau by Danish investigators.
1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this.
2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad.
Quick 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this.
2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad.
Quick 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
A few updates on the deeply unethical study to probe "non-specific" effects of the birth dose HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau by Danish investigators.
1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this.
2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad.
Quick 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
1️⃣ The study was canceled as per AfricaCDC - HHS disputes this.
2️⃣ Full protocol was leaked and it's bad.
Quick 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Reposted by Stefan Marciniak
Researchers from around the world made this happen. Bandim Health Project and RFK Jr.'s study was unethical and it is good that this has been cancelled. But the Danish government should investigate Bandim's role in exporting their anti-vax efforts globally. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Researchers from around the world made this happen. Bandim Health Project and RFK Jr.'s study was unethical and it is good that this has been cancelled. But the Danish government should investigate Bandim's role in exporting their anti-vax efforts globally. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“Robert Jenrick made a dramatic defection …, declaring the Conservatives “rotten” and a “failed” party”
Oh no! I agree with something Jenrick said. This makes me feel profoundly uneasy.
A stopped clock and all that 🤷♂️
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Oh no! I agree with something Jenrick said. This makes me feel profoundly uneasy.
A stopped clock and all that 🤷♂️
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Robert Jenrick defects to Reform UK after Conservative party suspension
Announcement comes after Kemi Badenoch sacked shadow justice secretary over evidence of defection plot
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
“Robert Jenrick made a dramatic defection …, declaring the Conservatives “rotten” and a “failed” party”
Oh no! I agree with something Jenrick said. This makes me feel profoundly uneasy.
A stopped clock and all that 🤷♂️
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Oh no! I agree with something Jenrick said. This makes me feel profoundly uneasy.
A stopped clock and all that 🤷♂️
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ProjectAcorn update
After 17 days, signs of activity from the windowsill pot condition. First root peeping out from the bottom of the plant pot
Yes, I know acorns grow, but allow me this fun experiment. I’ve never grow an oak tree before 😆🌱
After 17 days, signs of activity from the windowsill pot condition. First root peeping out from the bottom of the plant pot
Yes, I know acorns grow, but allow me this fun experiment. I’ve never grow an oak tree before 😆🌱
January 14, 2026 at 6:40 PM
#ProjectAcorn update
After 17 days, signs of activity from the windowsill pot condition. First root peeping out from the bottom of the plant pot
Yes, I know acorns grow, but allow me this fun experiment. I’ve never grow an oak tree before 😆🌱
After 17 days, signs of activity from the windowsill pot condition. First root peeping out from the bottom of the plant pot
Yes, I know acorns grow, but allow me this fun experiment. I’ve never grow an oak tree before 😆🌱
Which is better for a city break in the spring, Gdańsk or Kraków, and why?
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Which is better for a city break in the spring, Gdańsk or Kraków, and why?
A good news story: CAR-T therapy and the NHS
First leukaemia patient to receive pioneering treatment on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First leukaemia patient to receive pioneering treatment on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First leukaemia patient to get pioneering drug on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi'
Oscar Murphy has an aggressive form of the blood cancer and is the first to get CAR-T therapy in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 AM
A good news story: CAR-T therapy and the NHS
First leukaemia patient to receive pioneering treatment on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First leukaemia patient to receive pioneering treatment on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Among adults 60 years of age or older, the RSVpreF vaccine reduced the incidence of hospitalization for RSV-related respiratory tract disease as compared with no vaccine.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
RSV Prefusion F Vaccine for Prevention of Hospitalization in Older Adults | NEJM
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can cause serious illness in older adults. The bivalent
RSV prefusion F protein–based vaccine (RSVpreF) has been shown to prevent RSV-associated
respiratory illnes...
www.nejm.org
January 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Among adults 60 years of age or older, the RSVpreF vaccine reduced the incidence of hospitalization for RSV-related respiratory tract disease as compared with no vaccine.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Stefan Marciniak
"In this daunting geopolitical context, Brexit no longer looks like just a stupid mistake. It looks almost suicidal."
In this age of rising autocracy the choice facing European democracies is not just whether to speak truth to power, it is to unite or to die!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this age of rising autocracy the choice facing European democracies is not just whether to speak truth to power, it is to unite or to die!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall
The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
"In this daunting geopolitical context, Brexit no longer looks like just a stupid mistake. It looks almost suicidal."
In this age of rising autocracy the choice facing European democracies is not just whether to speak truth to power, it is to unite or to die!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this age of rising autocracy the choice facing European democracies is not just whether to speak truth to power, it is to unite or to die!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Subzero temperatures outside.
Miserable January.
This calls for my favourite Polish comfort food: gołąbki just like my dad used to make 😋🇵🇱
I’ve made enough for a few days 😆
No point in half measures
Miserable January.
This calls for my favourite Polish comfort food: gołąbki just like my dad used to make 😋🇵🇱
I’ve made enough for a few days 😆
No point in half measures
January 11, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Subzero temperatures outside.
Miserable January.
This calls for my favourite Polish comfort food: gołąbki just like my dad used to make 😋🇵🇱
I’ve made enough for a few days 😆
No point in half measures
Miserable January.
This calls for my favourite Polish comfort food: gołąbki just like my dad used to make 😋🇵🇱
I’ve made enough for a few days 😆
No point in half measures
This is a problem. Internet searches have been a cause for concern (and occasionally help) for a while now. A lot of background knowledge is needed to make sense of the suggestions thrown up by searches, but the AI summaries simply aren’t reliable.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk
Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This is a problem. Internet searches have been a cause for concern (and occasionally help) for a while now. A lot of background knowledge is needed to make sense of the suggestions thrown up by searches, but the AI summaries simply aren’t reliable.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“we have been instructed to tell scientists competing for NIH funding to remove words like “equity,” “diversity,” “minority,” and “underserved,” regardless of the scientific appropriateness of these terms or the significance of the projects”
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM
“we have been instructed to tell scientists competing for NIH funding to remove words like “equity,” “diversity,” “minority,” and “underserved,” regardless of the scientific appropriateness of these terms or the significance of the projects”
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
Thought experiment.
If the US were to invade Greenland, every other NATO member that has qualified would likely boycot the World Cup. That’s a fifth of teams in the tournament.
1/8
If the US were to invade Greenland, every other NATO member that has qualified would likely boycot the World Cup. That’s a fifth of teams in the tournament.
1/8
January 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Thought experiment.
If the US were to invade Greenland, every other NATO member that has qualified would likely boycot the World Cup. That’s a fifth of teams in the tournament.
1/8
If the US were to invade Greenland, every other NATO member that has qualified would likely boycot the World Cup. That’s a fifth of teams in the tournament.
1/8
January brings a new #WokeratiBookClub
‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Am about a third of the way through. So far, it’s an engaging tale of TB’s sometimes frankly weird history, interspersed with the touching true story of an African boy suffering chronic illness
‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Am about a third of the way through. So far, it’s an engaging tale of TB’s sometimes frankly weird history, interspersed with the touching true story of an African boy suffering chronic illness
January 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
January brings a new #WokeratiBookClub
‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Am about a third of the way through. So far, it’s an engaging tale of TB’s sometimes frankly weird history, interspersed with the touching true story of an African boy suffering chronic illness
‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Am about a third of the way through. So far, it’s an engaging tale of TB’s sometimes frankly weird history, interspersed with the touching true story of an African boy suffering chronic illness