Anders Husby
@a-husby.bsky.social
MD, PhD from Denmark.
Affilliated with Statens Serum Institut and Rigshospitalet. Diggin’ data.
… and bsky super newbie
Affilliated with Statens Serum Institut and Rigshospitalet. Diggin’ data.
… and bsky super newbie
Pinned
Anders Husby
@a-husby.bsky.social
· Aug 7
scholar.google.com
🧵 New paper out in PLoS Medicine ( doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004657 ):
Are common infections during pregnancy harmful to a child’s long-term cognitive outcomes?
We looked at over 250,000 full-siblings to find out.
Thread with explanation blow 👇
Are common infections during pregnancy harmful to a child’s long-term cognitive outcomes?
We looked at over 250,000 full-siblings to find out.
Thread with explanation blow 👇
Reposted by Anders Husby
“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.”
Genes-> Medicine
nature.com/articles/s41...
Genes-> Medicine
nature.com/articles/s41...
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.”
Genes-> Medicine
nature.com/articles/s41...
Genes-> Medicine
nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Anders Husby
Thankful for breakthroughs!
t.co/Khbj4npOP1
t.co/Khbj4npOP1
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thankful for breakthroughs!
t.co/Khbj4npOP1
t.co/Khbj4npOP1
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So excited about this new work from our CardioVar consortium out this week in Science led by the amazing Daniel Tabet and @fritzroth.bsky.social.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So excited about this new work from our CardioVar consortium out this week in Science led by the amazing Daniel Tabet and @fritzroth.bsky.social.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/
Reposted by Anders Husby
Just in time for #ASHG2025, a new FinnGen public data release is live!
This release features the first clinical laboratory value association results. Analyses cover 383 lab measurements (OMOPIDs) with data from ≥1,000 participants each.
Access the results here: www.finngen.fi/en/access_re...
This release features the first clinical laboratory value association results. Analyses cover 383 lab measurements (OMOPIDs) with data from ≥1,000 participants each.
Access the results here: www.finngen.fi/en/access_re...
October 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just in time for #ASHG2025, a new FinnGen public data release is live!
This release features the first clinical laboratory value association results. Analyses cover 383 lab measurements (OMOPIDs) with data from ≥1,000 participants each.
Access the results here: www.finngen.fi/en/access_re...
This release features the first clinical laboratory value association results. Analyses cover 383 lab measurements (OMOPIDs) with data from ≥1,000 participants each.
Access the results here: www.finngen.fi/en/access_re...
Reposted by Anders Husby
Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.
Reposted by Anders Husby
A new large study of alcohol intake using genetics (Mendelian randomization) finds a dose-response relationship for risk of dementia with no protective effect at low levels of intake
ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
September 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A new large study of alcohol intake using genetics (Mendelian randomization) finds a dose-response relationship for risk of dementia with no protective effect at low levels of intake
ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...
Reposted by Anders Husby
Massive sibling regression study finds that human traits are largely environmentally driven (average heritability = 0.3)
Within-family heritability estimates for behavioural and disease phenotypes from 500,000 sibling pairs of diverse ancestries
Quantification of the direct effect of genetic variation on human behavioural traits is important for understanding between-individual variation in socio-economic and health outcomes but estimates of ...
www.medrxiv.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Massive sibling regression study finds that human traits are largely environmentally driven (average heritability = 0.3)
Reposted by Anders Husby
Partitioning obesity by genomics, proteomics and health outcomes from >450,000 UK Biobank
@naturemedicine.bsky.social
—A protective subtype vs cardiometabolic diseases (GRS BFP) and
—A risk subtype for these diseases (GRS uncoupling)
GRS-genomic risk score
nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturemedicine.bsky.social
—A protective subtype vs cardiometabolic diseases (GRS BFP) and
—A risk subtype for these diseases (GRS uncoupling)
GRS-genomic risk score
nature.com/articles/s41...
September 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Partitioning obesity by genomics, proteomics and health outcomes from >450,000 UK Biobank
@naturemedicine.bsky.social
—A protective subtype vs cardiometabolic diseases (GRS BFP) and
—A risk subtype for these diseases (GRS uncoupling)
GRS-genomic risk score
nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturemedicine.bsky.social
—A protective subtype vs cardiometabolic diseases (GRS BFP) and
—A risk subtype for these diseases (GRS uncoupling)
GRS-genomic risk score
nature.com/articles/s41...
Tor Bieiring-Sørensen. This 👇 is bloody impressive: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
AND
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
AND
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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
August 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tor Bieiring-Sørensen. This 👇 is bloody impressive: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
AND
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
AND
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Anders Husby
Posts about research on Bluesky receive substantially more attention than similar posts on X, formerly called Twitter
go.nature.com/45Ftiw4
go.nature.com/45Ftiw4
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
go.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Posts about research on Bluesky receive substantially more attention than similar posts on X, formerly called Twitter
go.nature.com/45Ftiw4
go.nature.com/45Ftiw4
Reposted by Anders Husby
Yes!!
JAMA Cardiology joins JAMA & other JAMA Network journals on Bluesky!
Just in time for #ESCCongress
@jamacardiology.com
@jama.com
@jamanetworkopen.com
#MedSky
JAMA Cardiology joins JAMA & other JAMA Network journals on Bluesky!
Just in time for #ESCCongress
@jamacardiology.com
@jama.com
@jamanetworkopen.com
#MedSky
August 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yes!!
JAMA Cardiology joins JAMA & other JAMA Network journals on Bluesky!
Just in time for #ESCCongress
@jamacardiology.com
@jama.com
@jamanetworkopen.com
#MedSky
JAMA Cardiology joins JAMA & other JAMA Network journals on Bluesky!
Just in time for #ESCCongress
@jamacardiology.com
@jama.com
@jamanetworkopen.com
#MedSky
Reposted by Anders Husby
Check out @tuomohartonen.bsky.social blog post on our study, out today in Nature Genetics, comparing electronic health record-based risk scores with genetic polygenic scores, and how they work better together!
tuomohartonen.substack.com/p/medical-re...
tuomohartonen.substack.com/p/medical-re...
August 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Check out @tuomohartonen.bsky.social blog post on our study, out today in Nature Genetics, comparing electronic health record-based risk scores with genetic polygenic scores, and how they work better together!
tuomohartonen.substack.com/p/medical-re...
tuomohartonen.substack.com/p/medical-re...
Reposted by Anders Husby
Does A.I. support of physicians lead to their deskilling?
A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
August 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Does A.I. support of physicians lead to their deskilling?
A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new report of gastroenterologists doing colonoscopy for polyp detection, with and without A.I., raises the possibility www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵 New paper out in PLoS Medicine ( doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004657 ):
Are common infections during pregnancy harmful to a child’s long-term cognitive outcomes?
We looked at over 250,000 full-siblings to find out.
Thread with explanation blow 👇
Are common infections during pregnancy harmful to a child’s long-term cognitive outcomes?
We looked at over 250,000 full-siblings to find out.
Thread with explanation blow 👇
scholar.google.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🧵 New paper out in PLoS Medicine ( doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004657 ):
Are common infections during pregnancy harmful to a child’s long-term cognitive outcomes?
We looked at over 250,000 full-siblings to find out.
Thread with explanation blow 👇
Are common infections during pregnancy harmful to a child’s long-term cognitive outcomes?
We looked at over 250,000 full-siblings to find out.
Thread with explanation blow 👇
Reposted by Anders Husby
More details at our group website: feenstralab.github.io/posts/2025-0...
FeenstraLab: PhD project - genetics, fetal growth, pregnancy ultrasound images
PhD fellowship in the genetics of fetal and placental growth measures derived from pregnancy ultrasound images
feenstralab.github.io
June 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
More details at our group website: feenstralab.github.io/posts/2025-0...
Reposted by Anders Husby
📢 We’re hiring a PhD Fellow 📢
Genetics of fetal and placental growth using measures derived from ultrasound imaging in pregnancy.
Co-supervised by Simon Rasmussen (CBMR, @cbmr.science) and me (SSI, @ssi-dk.bsky.social).
Start: Oct 1, 2025
Deadline: July 24, 2025
📎 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Genetics of fetal and placental growth using measures derived from ultrasound imaging in pregnancy.
Co-supervised by Simon Rasmussen (CBMR, @cbmr.science) and me (SSI, @ssi-dk.bsky.social).
Start: Oct 1, 2025
Deadline: July 24, 2025
📎 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
PhD fellowship in the genetics of growth and development in pregnancy in the Rasmussen Group
employment.ku.dk
June 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
📢 We’re hiring a PhD Fellow 📢
Genetics of fetal and placental growth using measures derived from ultrasound imaging in pregnancy.
Co-supervised by Simon Rasmussen (CBMR, @cbmr.science) and me (SSI, @ssi-dk.bsky.social).
Start: Oct 1, 2025
Deadline: July 24, 2025
📎 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Genetics of fetal and placental growth using measures derived from ultrasound imaging in pregnancy.
Co-supervised by Simon Rasmussen (CBMR, @cbmr.science) and me (SSI, @ssi-dk.bsky.social).
Start: Oct 1, 2025
Deadline: July 24, 2025
📎 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...