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Jason Needham
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Virologist
Reposted by Jason Needham
There’s a popular talking point that says boycotting animal products is an “individual action” that distracts from the responsibility of powerful corporations.

The meat industry spent decades promoting this narrative.

new paper:
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Single-cell analysis reveals host S phase drives large T antigen expression during BK polyomavirus infection

journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Single-cell analysis reveals host S phase drives large T antigen expression during BK polyomavirus infection
Author summary BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) is the leading cause of graft loss in kidney transplant patients due to the lack of effective antivirals. Previous studies have implied that early expression of ...
journals.plos.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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There is no brain microbiome.

An example of where the actual, broadly defined * peer review has * worked *.

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Letter sent in to the Editor of the Guardian on brain microbiome nonsense.
December 3, 2024 at 10:51 AM
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The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 3:19 PM