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Tim Dreier
@haematim.bsky.social
MD. PhD-candidate.
Hobby athlete and FOSS connoisseur.
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Your future holiday photos will thank you. 🤩 📸
Our GitHub ugly sweater, hat, and socks are officially on sale, just in time to level up your festive season. https://thegithubshop.com/collections/sale?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=holiday
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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P selectin enhances SARS-CoV-2's ability to bind platelets and endothelium, suggesting potential targets for interrupting viral infections.

by Moreno CL, Castanheira FV (...) Neely GG et 22 al. in J Clin Invest #MedSky

👉 get more here

📖 read the article: https://www.jci.org/articles/view/184514
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Now that ggplot2 4.0.0 supports absolute plot dimensions, we need better support in

1. Positron & RStudio viewer pane
2. ggsave()
3. quarto
4. shiny
5. patchwork

😜

#rstats #dataviz #phd
September 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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#Linux 's exFAT File-System Driver Optimization Leads To 16.5x Speedup For Loading Time
Linux's exFAT File-System Driver Optimization Leads To 16.5x Speedup For Loading Time
A patch queued up into the Linux exFAT driver's development tree optimizes the allocation bitmap loading time
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September 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Intra-arterial tenecteplase boosts chances of excellent recovery after thrombectomy for acute strokes, with no additional risks noted.

by Miao Z, Luo G (...) Huo X et 53 al. in JAMA #MedSky

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📖 read the article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2836264
August 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Personalized health coaching via wearable data gets a boost: PH-LLM outperforms human experts in sleep and fitness assessments.

by Khasentino J, Belyaeva A (...) McLean CY et 31 al. in Nat Med #MedSky

👉 get more here

📖 read the article:
A personal health large language model for sleep and fitness coaching - Nature Medicine
A large language model designed for health monitoring provides personalized sleep and fitness predictions, insights and advice.
www.nature.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Early intervention with plasma exchange, steroids, and rituximab boosts iTTP survival to 93%, but caplacizumab raises bleeding risk.

by Pishko AM, Li A and Cuker A in JAMA #MedSky

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📖 read the article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2834159
August 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Huge if true: New JWST observations may have detected primordial black holes in the extremely early universe.

Before galaxies, before stars ... black holes may have generated the first light after the Big Bang. 🧪🔭

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
August 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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🚨 A new study published in Blood Advances shows immunoglobulin replacement therapy does not reduce serious infections in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) despite its increasing use

Read the press release for more: https://bit.ly/40GfU7Z

@bloodjournals.hematology.org
July 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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New paper in BMJ (Research Methods & Reporting):

“Dealing with continuous variables and modelling non-linear associations in healthcare data: practical guide”

led by Pedro Lopez-Ayala & Tobias Zimmermann with & myself

www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Dealing with continuous variables and modelling non-linear associations in healthcare data: practical guide
Proper handling of continuous variables is crucial in healthcare research, for example, within regression modelling for descriptive, explanatory, or predictive purposes. However, inadequate methods ar...
www.bmj.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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A novel CAR T-cell therapy for large B-cell lymphoma achieved an impressive 82% response rate with minimized toxicity at low doses.

by Park JH, Palomba ML (...) Sadelain M et 31 al. in J Clin Oncol #MedSky

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📖 read the article: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO-24-02424
July 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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New study from Steven Humphreys reveals that arterial and venous endothelial cells elongate and remodel differentially in response to flow rate.

Arterial endothelial cells are more responsive to inflammation and significantly delay clot breakdown.

More here: www.rpthjournal.org/article/S247...
July 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Acetaldehyde is a pollutant found in tobacco and eCig smoke, cosmetic products, and the product of alcohol metabolism. And did you know it can affect fibrin structure?

Read more about the effect of this common toxicant on the fibrinolytic system!
www.rpthjournal.org/article/S247...
July 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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#HotFromThePress !!

What if instead of analyzing 4-6 pathology markers you could check >100 in the *same* sample?

@maltekuehl.com & co @puellesv.bsky.social lab introduce #PathoPlex, method that could even predict disease

Full www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@focalplane.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪🔬
July 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Register for the 2025 ASH Foundation Run/Walk at #ASH25!

Join #ASHRunWalk around the convention center area near the NEW Universal Epic Universe theme park or virtually.

Your registration will help fund more ASH Awards, including #Fight4Hematology: https://bit.ly/46a1CA5

#HemeSky #Medsky
July 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🙋 Does shear stress influence gene expression profiles in vascular endothelial cells?

Yes! Shear stress and vascular cell type can influence the hemostatic and thrombotic gene expression profiles.

Find out more here: www.rpthjournal.org/article/S247...
July 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🚨 The ISTH SSC on DIC has released a major update to the definition & diagnostic criteria for DIC — the first since 2001.

Why it matters? Earlier detection. Better stratification. A path toward treatability.
#DIC #HemeSky #MedSky

🔗https://www.jthjournal.org/article/S1538-7836(25)00220-X/fulltext
May 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Vitamin K Deficiency is common in children with cholestatic liver disease. This excellent meta-analysis and review provides updates on the best way to supplement with Vitamin K.

www.rpthjournal.org/article/S247...

#bleeding #hemostasis
May 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The future of mobile healthcare!

#BlueSky #Medsky #BlueSky
May 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Desmopressin is a great therapeutic option for VWD and Hemophilia A, 🩸 but how do we know it will work?

This proteomic study found that patient levels of VWF predict who responds to desmopressin.

Read about it here: www.rpthjournal.org/article/S247...
May 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Some mucus-stained tubule cross sections glowing like smoldering embers for this weirdly chilly #FluorescenceFriday
April 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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We have worked for 2 years with @dianvanderwaldr.bsky.social to propose a protocol for platelet desialylation, and we are excited to now share it. Communication from the ISTH SSC Platelet Physiology. - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis www.jthjournal.org/article/S153... #hemsky #hemesky
Consensus protocol for platelet desialylation (β-galactose exposure) quantification using lectins by flow cytometry: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Platelet Physiology.
Platelets contain many heterogeneous carbohydrates (glycans): often capped by sialic acid. The removal of sialic acid (desialylation) is important for platelet function and clearance, leading to novel...
www.jthjournal.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Application of high-dose tranexamic acid in the perioperative period: a narrative review

CCR Journal Watch - tracking the critical care literature daily
https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/journal-watch
April 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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This video gives information about the magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar.

Seismic waves from earthquakes of this size can be detected around the world. At the end of the video you can watch the earthquake waves cross North America.

Full video ➡️ youtube.com/shorts/Q6Jks...
March 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM