Jack O’Meara
jackomeara.bsky.social
Jack O’Meara
@jackomeara.bsky.social
Biotech entrepreneur. Starting NewCo in neuro.
Annual Christmas charity dip in Ireland - fuggin freezin 🥶 happy holidays!
December 26, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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This is pretty damn cool, new research from stanford reports building an #agingclock of the #brain using #spatialtranscriptomics. Has interesting insights on how things like exercise and disease impact brain cell aging. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spatial transcriptomic clocks reveal cell proximity effects in brain ageing - Nature
A spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomics map of the mouse brain at different ages reveals signatures of ageing, rejuvenation and disease, including ageing effects associated with T cells and r...
www.nature.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:09 AM
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Not only a U.S. issue, but the systemic effort to sow distrust in life-saving vaccines has real implications for people around the world.
December 13, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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New York Times

‘Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines

Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.’
Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines
Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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GSK on fire with deals, especially focused on novel target ID.

Also spurs an interesting question around how much is a novel target opportunity really worth?

www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/gsk-...
GSK inks 2nd neuro pact in weeks, this time with Danish biotech Muna in Alzheimer's
GSK has penned another neuroscience pact, this time with Danish biotech Muna Therapeutics. | GSK has penned another neuroscience pact, this time with Danish biotech Muna Therapeutics. The two companie...
www.fiercebiotech.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Touching piece on caregiving for AD: “In this world, I find myself saying things I never would have known how to share before. Each time, Dad responds completely from the heart. This is probably my favorite thing about Alzheimer’s”

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/o...
Opinion | Alzheimer’s Can Be a World of Endless Second Chances (Gift Article)
When Dad first started forgetting things, I thought I’d lost him. I didn’t imagine I’d have more of him than I did before.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:31 PM