Fred Taylor
@fgt-flaneur.bsky.social
Flaneur traveling at the speed of time.
Military, computers, STEM retired
Military, computers, STEM retired
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WashU's HIGH IRI is accepting applications to join the 2025 cohort!
This two year program offers mentored training in dissemination and #impsci research focused on #HIV, infectious diseases and #globalhealth. Apply by March 31! #idsky #medsky sites.wustl.edu/highiri/
This two year program offers mentored training in dissemination and #impsci research focused on #HIV, infectious diseases and #globalhealth. Apply by March 31! #idsky #medsky sites.wustl.edu/highiri/
HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH IRI)
A website by WashU Sites
sites.wustl.edu
March 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
WashU's HIGH IRI is accepting applications to join the 2025 cohort!
This two year program offers mentored training in dissemination and #impsci research focused on #HIV, infectious diseases and #globalhealth. Apply by March 31! #idsky #medsky sites.wustl.edu/highiri/
This two year program offers mentored training in dissemination and #impsci research focused on #HIV, infectious diseases and #globalhealth. Apply by March 31! #idsky #medsky sites.wustl.edu/highiri/
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For better or for worse (worse), MEASLES are back, so here's a #skytorial on recognizing this once thought eradicated disease.
MEASLES: a tutorial!
#dermsky #medsky #MedEd
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MEASLES: a tutorial!
#dermsky #medsky #MedEd
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March 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For better or for worse (worse), MEASLES are back, so here's a #skytorial on recognizing this once thought eradicated disease.
MEASLES: a tutorial!
#dermsky #medsky #MedEd
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MEASLES: a tutorial!
#dermsky #medsky #MedEd
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USAID cuts could prompt over 500,000 HIV deaths www.dw.com/en/south-afr...
S. Africa: USAID cuts could prompt over 500,000 HIV deaths – DW – 02/27/2025
The head of a HIV foundation in South Africa has warned that US funding cuts could lead to half a million deaths and as many new HIV infections over 10 years.
www.dw.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
USAID cuts could prompt over 500,000 HIV deaths www.dw.com/en/south-afr...
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Urgent PSA!!
Trump is shutting down at midnight tonight the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per household)
Last call.
Covid isn’t over!
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covidtests.gov
Please share 👍🏾
#medsky
#pedsky
Trump is shutting down at midnight tonight the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per household)
Last call.
Covid isn’t over!
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covidtests.gov
Please share 👍🏾
#medsky
#pedsky
ASPR COVID-19 Testing
NAVIGATION
covidtests.gov
February 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Urgent PSA!!
Trump is shutting down at midnight tonight the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per household)
Last call.
Covid isn’t over!
------------------
covidtests.gov
Please share 👍🏾
#medsky
#pedsky
Trump is shutting down at midnight tonight the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per household)
Last call.
Covid isn’t over!
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covidtests.gov
Please share 👍🏾
#medsky
#pedsky
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if you can make one of these actions, please join! 🧪
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if you can make one of these actions, please join! 🧪
Across the country on Feb 19, workers impacted by cuts to federal funding are coming together to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Join us in one of more than a dozen cities (& if there's not an action near you yet, sign up to be the first to know when there is): labor4highered.org
February 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There are actions in:
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
St. Paul, MN
Newark, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ
New Haven, CT
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
State College, PA
St. Louis, MO
and Washington, DC
if you can make one of these actions, please join! 🧪
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
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St. Paul, MN
Newark, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ
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Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
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and Washington, DC
if you can make one of these actions, please join! 🧪
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🧪 Posting to science feed
The cost-saving claims don’t hold up. Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity, research shows—a total of $93 billion in 2023 alone.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
“It’s incredible to me that we would give up this thing that has such obvious societal benefits,” says biologist Mark Peifer.
America will pay dearly for the NIH’s mindless war on wokeness and DEI
Colleges, businesses, patients, students, workers, and US excellence will all suffer—and for what?
www.motherjones.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🧪 Posting to science feed
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The CDC is unable to do its job, but the American Medical Association and CIDRAP both release daily news updates. CIDRAP has great infectious disease info and the AMA is doing daily YouTube videos.
@cidrap.bsky.social
#birdflu #trump #project2025 #cdc #nih #medicine #medtwitter
@cidrap.bsky.social
#birdflu #trump #project2025 #cdc #nih #medicine #medtwitter
February 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The CDC is unable to do its job, but the American Medical Association and CIDRAP both release daily news updates. CIDRAP has great infectious disease info and the AMA is doing daily YouTube videos.
@cidrap.bsky.social
#birdflu #trump #project2025 #cdc #nih #medicine #medtwitter
@cidrap.bsky.social
#birdflu #trump #project2025 #cdc #nih #medicine #medtwitter
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I can’t believe this needs to be said, but cutting funding for cancer research is not how you make America great.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
NIH cuts billions from research overhead funding
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday made a significant reduction in grants reserved for research institutions, a decision that may significantly impact American higher education. The …
thehill.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I can’t believe this needs to be said, but cutting funding for cancer research is not how you make America great.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
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It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.
February 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Agree with @scaltritilab.bsky.social on the importance of reverse translation medicine. We need to learn from what is happening in patients in order to better accelerate new cancer discoveries and therapies #HemeSky #MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Breaking frontiers with multidisciplinary cancer research - Nature Cancer
Five experts share their thoughts on key areas of focus in multidisciplinary cancer research for the upcoming years. They discuss the research approaches, tools, technologies, collaborations and way o...
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Agree with @scaltritilab.bsky.social on the importance of reverse translation medicine. We need to learn from what is happening in patients in order to better accelerate new cancer discoveries and therapies #HemeSky #MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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This week, 2 MMWR reports on H5N1 avian flu virus were not released:
1) study if vets treating sick cattle have been unknowingly infected
2) risk of people transmitting H5N1 to their pet cats.
Concerns that public health communications being politically censored buff.ly/4hzOJBz
#medsky #idsky 🛟🧪
1) study if vets treating sick cattle have been unknowingly infected
2) risk of people transmitting H5N1 to their pet cats.
Concerns that public health communications being politically censored buff.ly/4hzOJBz
#medsky #idsky 🛟🧪
Trump Administration’s Halt of CDC’s Weekly Scientific Report Stalls Bird Flu Studies - KFF Health News
An unprecedented freeze on the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report sparks new concerns about political meddling in science.
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This week, 2 MMWR reports on H5N1 avian flu virus were not released:
1) study if vets treating sick cattle have been unknowingly infected
2) risk of people transmitting H5N1 to their pet cats.
Concerns that public health communications being politically censored buff.ly/4hzOJBz
#medsky #idsky 🛟🧪
1) study if vets treating sick cattle have been unknowingly infected
2) risk of people transmitting H5N1 to their pet cats.
Concerns that public health communications being politically censored buff.ly/4hzOJBz
#medsky #idsky 🛟🧪
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The science is clear: vaccines do not cause autism.
What they DO cause is immunity to deadly diseases.
RFK Jr. refuses to believe in this evidence.
What they DO cause is immunity to deadly diseases.
RFK Jr. refuses to believe in this evidence.
January 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The science is clear: vaccines do not cause autism.
What they DO cause is immunity to deadly diseases.
RFK Jr. refuses to believe in this evidence.
What they DO cause is immunity to deadly diseases.
RFK Jr. refuses to believe in this evidence.
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#MedSky🧪 #oncosky #pharmasky A drug that limits the clustering of malignant #breastcancer cells that are moving through the bloodstream to distant organs might open avenues to block the lethal spread of a tumour . Malignant tumours such as breast, lung or prostate cancer
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#MedSky🧪 #oncosky #pharmasky A drug that limits the clustering of malignant #breastcancer cells that are moving through the bloodstream to distant organs might open avenues to block the lethal spread of a tumour . Malignant tumours such as breast, lung or prostate cancer
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Really interesting paper 🧪 🤩
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮
Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮
Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
Cancer cells ‘poison’ the immune system with tainted mitochondria
Immune cells lose their cancer-fighting prowess after taking tumours’ organelles on board.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Really interesting paper 🧪 🤩
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮
Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
Immune evasion through mitochondrial transfer 😮
Ikeda et al find that #mitochondria from cancer cells can #transfer over to T cells - altering their #metabolism & reducing antitumour immunity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com
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#Georgia has been certified malaria-free by WHO, following a nearly century-long effort.
Georgia remained malaria-free for 25 years, but by 2002, malaria had reemerged in the country with 474 cases reported.
Now, Georgia joins the ranks of 45 countries & 1 territory that have achieved this milestone
Georgia remained malaria-free for 25 years, but by 2002, malaria had reemerged in the country with 474 cases reported.
Now, Georgia joins the ranks of 45 countries & 1 territory that have achieved this milestone
January 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#Georgia has been certified malaria-free by WHO, following a nearly century-long effort.
Georgia remained malaria-free for 25 years, but by 2002, malaria had reemerged in the country with 474 cases reported.
Now, Georgia joins the ranks of 45 countries & 1 territory that have achieved this milestone
Georgia remained malaria-free for 25 years, but by 2002, malaria had reemerged in the country with 474 cases reported.
Now, Georgia joins the ranks of 45 countries & 1 territory that have achieved this milestone
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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Recent research shows that current #COVID-19 vaccines do not elicit enough of a mucosal immune response to completely prevent infection.
This JAMA Medical News article discusses why.
#MedSky
This JAMA Medical News article discusses why.
#MedSky
Why COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Stop Transmission
This Medial News article discusses recent research showing that current COVID-19 vaccines fail to elicit enough of a mucosal immune response to prevent infection.
jamanetwork.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Lab-grown viruses fight cancer
Scientists have engineered viruses to make cancer cells mimic pig tissue, tricking the immune system into attacking them.
This approach has halted tumour growth and even eliminated tumours in early trials.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#SciComm 🧪
Scientists have engineered viruses to make cancer cells mimic pig tissue, tricking the immune system into attacking them.
This approach has halted tumour growth and even eliminated tumours in early trials.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#SciComm 🧪
Hyperacute rejection-engineered oncolytic virus for interventional clinical trial in refractory cancer patients
A Newcastle disease virus engineered to enhance anti-tumor immune responses provided
a 90% rate of disease control in a clinical trial of 20 patients with diverse refractory
cancer types and with dist...
www.cell.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Lab-grown viruses fight cancer
Scientists have engineered viruses to make cancer cells mimic pig tissue, tricking the immune system into attacking them.
This approach has halted tumour growth and even eliminated tumours in early trials.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#SciComm 🧪
Scientists have engineered viruses to make cancer cells mimic pig tissue, tricking the immune system into attacking them.
This approach has halted tumour growth and even eliminated tumours in early trials.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#SciComm 🧪
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The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has recorded the biggest annual jump in atmospheric CO2 levels since measurements started there in 1958. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2 levels ever recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii
www.newscientist.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has recorded the biggest annual jump in atmospheric CO2 levels since measurements started there in 1958. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
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Project 2025 aims to reshape the federal government under President-elect Donald Trump.
Here's how the plan poses a real threat to democracy.
Here's how the plan poses a real threat to democracy.
Unmasking the Anti-Democracy Agenda of Project 2025
Democracy Docket spoke with voting rights experts, pro-democracy advocates, and right-wing extremist researchers about how Project 2025 could upend democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Project 2025 aims to reshape the federal government under President-elect Donald Trump.
Here's how the plan poses a real threat to democracy.
Here's how the plan poses a real threat to democracy.
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I have had the following conversation several times:
"Sure, I got the first #COVID19 shots but then I got COVID and it wasn't even bad. So then I never got any more boosters."
...so we have a conversation about how it wasn't bad *because* they got vaccinated. That the #vaccine did its job.
#medsky
"Sure, I got the first #COVID19 shots but then I got COVID and it wasn't even bad. So then I never got any more boosters."
...so we have a conversation about how it wasn't bad *because* they got vaccinated. That the #vaccine did its job.
#medsky
January 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM