Ashani Weeraratna
@ashi-w.bsky.social
Professor and Chair, cancer biologist. I care about science, equity and cooking. Opinions (lots of them) my own.
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Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
@michaelhoffman.bsky.social Small world!!
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
@michaelhoffman.bsky.social Small world!!
The strides my GI colleagues at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are making in the fight against pancreatic cancer are amazing!
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The strides my GI colleagues at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are making in the fight against pancreatic cancer are amazing!
This!!!
I'm sorting through photos and laundry and passports and all, and wow have I been privileged to get to travel so many places and meet so many awesome people, and wow am I glad I don't have to do it again for a little while.
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This!!!
I have no words.
If you read and watch one thing today it should be this pice accompanying @agawande.bsky.social documentary.
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I have no words.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma
Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma
Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma - Nature
Targeting FSP1 in lymph nodes has considerable potential for blocking melanoma progression.
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma
Lymph node environment drives FSP1 targetability in metastasizing melanoma
Races in this election cycle were called mostly in under an hour representing a resounding mandate and indication that indeed what we all want is the best for everyone- for the people, by the people. Hope.
“ Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair.” NYC mayor elect Zohran Mamdani 👏👏👏👏👏
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Races in this election cycle were called mostly in under an hour representing a resounding mandate and indication that indeed what we all want is the best for everyone- for the people, by the people. Hope.
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I do biomedical research to help people. When people come in this space making things up, it makes it harder for people not in the field to trust the extensive studies that we do and distinguish fact from fiction. Baseless claims reduce future cures. Willful ignorance drives us backwards.
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I do biomedical research to help people. When people come in this space making things up, it makes it harder for people not in the field to trust the extensive studies that we do and distinguish fact from fiction. Baseless claims reduce future cures. Willful ignorance drives us backwards.
Lol sob
It’s October. Last chance to submit those papers if you hope to have them published in 2026!
October 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Lol sob
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As Vought tweets out 'The RIFs have begun', it will be crucial to speak up in support of the mission-driven folks all across this country who are being targeted precisely because they dedicated their professional careers to serving the public.
apnews.com/article/gove...
apnews.com/article/gove...
Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.
apnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As Vought tweets out 'The RIFs have begun', it will be crucial to speak up in support of the mission-driven folks all across this country who are being targeted precisely because they dedicated their professional careers to serving the public.
apnews.com/article/gove...
apnews.com/article/gove...
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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Democracy won today. A huge congratulations to Maria Corina Machado!
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Democracy won today. A huge congratulations to Maria Corina Machado!
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I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Age‐Associated Inflammatory Monocytes Are Increased in Menopausal Females and Reversed by Hormone Replacement Therapy
Post-menopausal females (> 64 years) have an increase in frequency of inflammatory monocyte populations with defective phagocytosis as compared to pre-menopausal (< 40 years) females. Hormone Replace....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I am so proud to say that our paper is now available at Aging Cell. There is a paucity of data as to how the menopause impacts your immune system, and the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the menopause on monocyte phenotype and function.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years?
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years?
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
October 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
Amazing talk by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social at Hopkins yesterday. What an amazing person!
October 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Amazing talk by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social at Hopkins yesterday. What an amazing person!
Maybe it’s the stress of the times. Maybe it’s needing to control one small thing in my crazy life, when I see this house once every few weeks. But today my linen closet got the brunt of my angst 😂
September 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Maybe it’s the stress of the times. Maybe it’s needing to control one small thing in my crazy life, when I see this house once every few weeks. But today my linen closet got the brunt of my angst 😂
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These are the stars with which I grew up. It was one of the things I missed most, among the many I missed (!!) when I moved to America.
From the photographer:
The moon rise was about an hour later after this male arrived. If he had come later the moon would have added too much light to show off the stars
Photo taken at the Tamboti Overnight Hide at the Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa
📷: Sean Weekly
The moon rise was about an hour later after this male arrived. If he had come later the moon would have added too much light to show off the stars
Photo taken at the Tamboti Overnight Hide at the Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa
📷: Sean Weekly
September 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the stars with which I grew up. It was one of the things I missed most, among the many I missed (!!) when I moved to America.
Danger, Will Robinson.
A new Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds. WHO says 57 cases and 35 deaths have been reported since outbreak was announced this month.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/e...
www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/e...
A new Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds
As a deadly new Ebola outbreak kills dozens in southern Congo, health officials are warning that they lack the funds and resources to mount an effective response.
www.statnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Danger, Will Robinson.
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Check this out: This is what the human fallopian tube looks like as one travels through its different sections.
We have developed a new 3D single-cell tissue mapping workflow to automatically/accurately detect ovarian cancer precancerous lesions (STICs).
More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have developed a new 3D single-cell tissue mapping workflow to automatically/accurately detect ovarian cancer precancerous lesions (STICs).
More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Check this out: This is what the human fallopian tube looks like as one travels through its different sections.
We have developed a new 3D single-cell tissue mapping workflow to automatically/accurately detect ovarian cancer precancerous lesions (STICs).
More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have developed a new 3D single-cell tissue mapping workflow to automatically/accurately detect ovarian cancer precancerous lesions (STICs).
More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Reposted by Ashani Weeraratna
Review 🚨
Easwaran&Weeraratna outline how #ageing leads to epigenetic alterations in the #TME, enhancing clonal expansion of mutations and ultimately increasing cancer risk.
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Easwaran&Weeraratna outline how #ageing leads to epigenetic alterations in the #TME, enhancing clonal expansion of mutations and ultimately increasing cancer risk.
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Unravelling the genetics and epigenetics of the ageing tumour microenvironment in cancer - Nature Reviews Cancer
In this Review, Easwaran and Weeraratna outline how ageing leads to epigenetic alterations in the tissue microenvironment, enhancing clonal expansion of mutations and ultimately increasing cancer risk.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM