Akshay Sharma
@akshaysharma.bsky.social
Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplanter at St Jude. #GeneTherapy #GenomeEditing #SickleCell Posts and opinions are my own ≠ medical advice. COI: http://bit.ly/3uZhzmg
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We’ve got a new publication on the role of #palliativecare in patients with #sicklecell considering (or undergoing) BMT / gene therapy. It’s open access so anyone in the world can use it when treating patients! www.frontiersin.org/journals/onc...
#curesicklecell #stjudebioethicsprogram
#curesicklecell #stjudebioethicsprogram
Frontiers | Beyond the traditional oncology patient: the role of palliative care in patients with sickle cell disease receiving stem cell transplantation or gene therapy
www.frontiersin.org
February 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We’ve got a new publication on the role of #palliativecare in patients with #sicklecell considering (or undergoing) BMT / gene therapy. It’s open access so anyone in the world can use it when treating patients! www.frontiersin.org/journals/onc...
#curesicklecell #stjudebioethicsprogram
#curesicklecell #stjudebioethicsprogram
🚨PublicationAlert🚨 How I Treat Sickle Cell Disease with Gene Therapy, published online (authors.elsevier.com/a/1kKhU1UYwn...) and in print in @bloodjournal.bsky.social Very grateful to several mentors, colleagues and friends for their teaching, discussions and inputs.
December 26, 2024 at 8:59 PM
🚨PublicationAlert🚨 How I Treat Sickle Cell Disease with Gene Therapy, published online (authors.elsevier.com/a/1kKhU1UYwn...) and in print in @bloodjournal.bsky.social Very grateful to several mentors, colleagues and friends for their teaching, discussions and inputs.
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Wondering hom many followers it will take for @astct.bsky.social team to start posting. Follow and prove them there is engagement on @bsky.app #bmtsm #CARTcells #genetherapy bsky.app/profile/astc...
December 14, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Wondering hom many followers it will take for @astct.bsky.social team to start posting. Follow and prove them there is engagement on @bsky.app #bmtsm #CARTcells #genetherapy bsky.app/profile/astc...
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Infants rely on herd immunity so they don’t *die* of pertussis. Vaccination will protect them when they’re old enough to be vaccinated but the youngest babies need *everyone* around them to be vaccinated. So get those tetanus boosters everyone, b/c pertussis vaccine is included 👏🏼 #BOGO
#herdimmunity
#herdimmunity
Pertussis in infants is not simply a cough. It causes a complete absence of respiratory effort. Babies just don’t breathe. No warning - no coughing, no choking, nothing. They just stop breathing. #vaccinate
Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are at their highest level in at least 20 years, as vaccinations decline. The disease can be deadly to infants. Alarmed by the increase, doctors are pleading for families to vaccinate their children.
December 15, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Infants rely on herd immunity so they don’t *die* of pertussis. Vaccination will protect them when they’re old enough to be vaccinated but the youngest babies need *everyone* around them to be vaccinated. So get those tetanus boosters everyone, b/c pertussis vaccine is included 👏🏼 #BOGO
#herdimmunity
#herdimmunity
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There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
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Special Report: In our latest series examining the role of the AR-15 in American life, The Post published visuals from some of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings.
Learn more about why The Post pursued this line of work by reading a letter from our top editor:
Learn more about why The Post pursued this line of work by reading a letter from our top editor:
Why we are publishing disturbing content from AR-15 mass shootings
Executive Editor Sally Buzbee’s letter explains why The Post took the unusual step of publishing graphic content to illuminate the reality of AR-15 shootings.
wapo.st
November 18, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Special Report: In our latest series examining the role of the AR-15 in American life, The Post published visuals from some of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings.
Learn more about why The Post pursued this line of work by reading a letter from our top editor:
Learn more about why The Post pursued this line of work by reading a letter from our top editor:
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Nice work, @propublica.bsky.social: a tool to help people access insurance company info on claim denials.
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file...
projects.propublica.org
November 18, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Nice work, @propublica.bsky.social: a tool to help people access insurance company info on claim denials.
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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When there is actionable, lifesaving genetic information (and it's not being reported). A contextual analysis of the Icelandic NEJM report is the subject of the new Ground Truths
erictopol.substack.com/p/when-there...
November 18, 2023 at 8:41 PM
When there is actionable, lifesaving genetic information (and it's not being reported). A contextual analysis of the Icelandic NEJM report is the subject of the new Ground Truths
erictopol.substack.com/p/when-there...
UK MHRA authorizes Exagamglogene autotemcel (Casgevy), the first #CRISPR therapy in the world. Now the real work begins to make this therapy truly accessible to patients who need it the most #SickleCellDisease #Equity
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 16, 2023 at 2:31 PM
UK MHRA authorizes Exagamglogene autotemcel (Casgevy), the first #CRISPR therapy in the world. Now the real work begins to make this therapy truly accessible to patients who need it the most #SickleCellDisease #Equity
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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We thank the reviewers for their many constructive comments, which have improved the manuscript significantly.
October 27, 2023 at 2:47 PM
We thank the reviewers for their many constructive comments, which have improved the manuscript significantly.
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Over 2 billion people fly per year but what happens when they get sick? NEW ICU OnePager about in-flight medical emergencies.
✈️covers aerospace physiology
🩹medical supplies & equipment
🛬logistics & diversion
🤒what to do for common in flight medical emergencies
- onepagericu.com/in-flight-medi…
✈️covers aerospace physiology
🩹medical supplies & equipment
🛬logistics & diversion
🤒what to do for common in flight medical emergencies
- onepagericu.com/in-flight-medi…
October 23, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Over 2 billion people fly per year but what happens when they get sick? NEW ICU OnePager about in-flight medical emergencies.
✈️covers aerospace physiology
🩹medical supplies & equipment
🛬logistics & diversion
🤒what to do for common in flight medical emergencies
- onepagericu.com/in-flight-medi…
✈️covers aerospace physiology
🩹medical supplies & equipment
🛬logistics & diversion
🤒what to do for common in flight medical emergencies
- onepagericu.com/in-flight-medi…
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🧪 Stanford researchers found that large language models (LLMs) matched human peer-review points by 31%-39%. For weaker papers, this rose to 44%. Authors found LLM feedback useful in over half of the cases. However, LLMs can't replace humans due to their lack of detailed critiques. #AcademicSky #ml
Large language models prove helpful in peer-review process
In an era plagued by malevolent sources flooding the internet with misrepresentations, distortions, manipulated imagery and flat-out lies, it should come as some comfort that in at least one arena the...
phys.org
October 22, 2023 at 3:38 PM
🧪 Stanford researchers found that large language models (LLMs) matched human peer-review points by 31%-39%. For weaker papers, this rose to 44%. Authors found LLM feedback useful in over half of the cases. However, LLMs can't replace humans due to their lack of detailed critiques. #AcademicSky #ml
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Reminder that the Speaker does not actually have to be a Member of the House of Representatives
October 6, 2023 at 7:27 PM
Reminder that the Speaker does not actually have to be a Member of the House of Representatives
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In other news my partner left it outside and the squirrels carved our pumpkin for us
October 12, 2023 at 9:21 PM
In other news my partner left it outside and the squirrels carved our pumpkin for us
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why are they called intestinal crypts when they have stem cells, not dead cells
should be INTESTINAL CRADLES
should be INTESTINAL CRADLES
October 12, 2023 at 12:04 AM
why are they called intestinal crypts when they have stem cells, not dead cells
should be INTESTINAL CRADLES
should be INTESTINAL CRADLES
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A hacker offered to sell information on 23andme’s millions of users, calling out Jewish people specifically. Here’s how to ask the company to delete your data.
Worried about the 23andMe hack? Here’s what you can do.
A hacker offered to sell information on 23andme’s millions of users, calling out Jewish people specifically. Here’s how to ask the company to delete your data.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 12, 2023 at 5:26 PM
A hacker offered to sell information on 23andme’s millions of users, calling out Jewish people specifically. Here’s how to ask the company to delete your data.
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Antarctic scientists showed tiny, early signs of a new accent after spending all winter in isolated groups talking to each other. Cool to see exactly how the process of language divergence starts #langsky
Linguists Hear an Accent Begin
Residents of an overwintering station in Antarctica provided linguists with evidence of the first small changes in speech that may signal the development of a new accent.
www.scientificamerican.com
September 29, 2023 at 1:56 AM
Antarctic scientists showed tiny, early signs of a new accent after spending all winter in isolated groups talking to each other. Cool to see exactly how the process of language divergence starts #langsky
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My advice to residents: see the attending as your GPS, not your seatbelt. You will be on your own soon. Develop autonomy.
September 30, 2023 at 5:09 PM
My advice to residents: see the attending as your GPS, not your seatbelt. You will be on your own soon. Develop autonomy.
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Now that’s a meeting I would love to go to 🤓
September 9, 2023 at 4:32 AM
Now that’s a meeting I would love to go to 🤓
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Many people assume being sliced in half by an elevator is the same no matter the orientation, but it actually makes a big difference if the plane of dissection is transverse, sagittal, or coronal. This is why you should consult with experts prior to pursuing an elevator-assisted dissection.
September 7, 2023 at 12:27 AM
Many people assume being sliced in half by an elevator is the same no matter the orientation, but it actually makes a big difference if the plane of dissection is transverse, sagittal, or coronal. This is why you should consult with experts prior to pursuing an elevator-assisted dissection.
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Mark your rhythm strips with a love heart so they know you care
September 4, 2023 at 1:24 AM
Mark your rhythm strips with a love heart so they know you care
Living life on the edge 👇🏽
September 4, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Living life on the edge 👇🏽
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"Research show[s] that U.S. police spend much of their time conducting racially biased stops & searches of minority drivers, often w/o reasonable suspicion, rather than “fighting crime.”..The NYT reviewed national dispatch data & found that just 4% of officers’ time is devoted to violent crime."
Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data | Reuters
A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in co...
www.reuters.com
September 3, 2023 at 9:31 PM
"Research show[s] that U.S. police spend much of their time conducting racially biased stops & searches of minority drivers, often w/o reasonable suspicion, rather than “fighting crime.”..The NYT reviewed national dispatch data & found that just 4% of officers’ time is devoted to violent crime."