Hugo Peluffo
@hugopeluffo.bsky.social
Scientist and University teacher at Universitat de Barcelona. Microglia, macrophages, immunometabolism, phagocytosis, neuroscience, neuroimmune interactions, immune receptors, aging, Alzheimer's...
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An excellent piece by Joachim Frank, 2017 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, about how we must resist the Trump Administration's crackdown on universities.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
An excellent piece by Joachim Frank, 2017 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, about how we must resist the Trump Administration's crackdown on universities.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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What happens in England is unlikely to stay in England
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What happens in England is unlikely to stay in England
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CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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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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#Throwback 🧪
REVIEW | GLP-1 physiology in obesity and development of incretin-based drugs for chronic weight management
Jens J Holst
REVIEW | GLP-1 physiology in obesity and development of incretin-based drugs for chronic weight management
Jens J Holst
GLP-1 physiology in obesity and development of incretin-based drugs for chronic weight management - Nature Metabolism
Holst reflects on the development of GLP-1-based drugs for the therapy of obesity, from early observations to remarkable results in more recent clinical trials, discussing physiological, pharmacological and clinical considerations related to their use.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#Throwback 🧪
REVIEW | GLP-1 physiology in obesity and development of incretin-based drugs for chronic weight management
Jens J Holst
REVIEW | GLP-1 physiology in obesity and development of incretin-based drugs for chronic weight management
Jens J Holst
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A new Nature Medicine study analyzing health records from >100 million people in the US offers compelling evidence that reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ,the same virus that causes chickenpox and shingles may contribute to dementia risk.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia - Nature Medicine
Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A new Nature Medicine study analyzing health records from >100 million people in the US offers compelling evidence that reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ,the same virus that causes chickenpox and shingles may contribute to dementia risk.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.
In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.
In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
Our manuscript showing that the microglia/macrophage CD300f immune receptor is important for in vivo sensing of DAMPs/tissue damage is out doi.org/10.1016/j.bb.... CD300f participates in efferocytosis and apoptotic cell metabolization. We also show that its absence potentiates brain damage after TBI
September 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Our manuscript showing that the microglia/macrophage CD300f immune receptor is important for in vivo sensing of DAMPs/tissue damage is out doi.org/10.1016/j.bb.... CD300f participates in efferocytosis and apoptotic cell metabolization. We also show that its absence potentiates brain damage after TBI
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A sad reality… gaslighting and performative actions are still the norm.
Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending
Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A sad reality… gaslighting and performative actions are still the norm.
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Education is the enemy of fascism.
September 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Education is the enemy of fascism.
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An independent United Nations commission said that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
The commission found indications of intentions to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group — which it said amount to genocide.
The commission found indications of intentions to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group — which it said amount to genocide.
U.N. commission finds that Israel committed genocide in Gaza
Israel rejected the conclusions, which echo those of a growing group of governments and human rights organizations.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
An independent United Nations commission said that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
The commission found indications of intentions to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group — which it said amount to genocide.
The commission found indications of intentions to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group — which it said amount to genocide.
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I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.
www.texastribune.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am just going to keep posting that the TX governor recently pardoned a political murderer.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
The dude texted "I'm going to shoot protestors", then went and shot a Black Lives Matter protester. He was convicted in a jury trial.
Hard to find a more blatant example of celebrating political violence.
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This is exactly what us, scientists, should do with scientific organizations implicated in the genocide. Here is a list of them: bdsmovement.net/academic-boy...
September 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is exactly what us, scientists, should do with scientific organizations implicated in the genocide. Here is a list of them: bdsmovement.net/academic-boy...
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They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
September 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4nGGdnJ
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'On the afternoon of Feb. 1, 1960, Mr. McNeil and three classmates from what is now North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro approached the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth’s, sat on the turquoise- and salmon-colored vinyl seats and nervously ordered coffee.'
Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83
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September 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
'On the afternoon of Feb. 1, 1960, Mr. McNeil and three classmates from what is now North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro approached the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth’s, sat on the turquoise- and salmon-colored vinyl seats and nervously ordered coffee.'
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How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny
September 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny
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KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that?
RFK JR: “I never said that.”
KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”
RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)
ht: @cwebbonline.com
RFK JR: “I never said that.”
KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”
RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)
ht: @cwebbonline.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that?
RFK JR: “I never said that.”
KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”
RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)
ht: @cwebbonline.com
RFK JR: “I never said that.”
KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”
RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)
ht: @cwebbonline.com
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Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
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September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
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@dereklowe.bsky.social continues to write some of the most important views on what is happening to US science and public health: www.science.org/content/blog...
RFK Jr. Must Go. And He's Not the Only One.
www.science.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
@dereklowe.bsky.social continues to write some of the most important views on what is happening to US science and public health: www.science.org/content/blog...
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"This is not the future the American public desires or deserves."—Seth Berkley @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unraveling the arc of vaccine progress
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described life in 1651 as “nasty, brutish, and short.” He was undeniably correct, with estimates of average life expectancy in the UK at the time ranging from 37...
www.science.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"This is not the future the American public desires or deserves."—Seth Berkley @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Department of Hummingbird War. 🪶
August 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Department of Hummingbird War. 🪶