Joseph (Joe) Deasy
@joseph-o-deasy-phd.bsky.social
Attending Physicist and Chair, Department of Medical Physics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. I work in medical physics, cancer biology, AI, and mathematical oncology. Opinions my own.
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Did you know octopuses don’t have tentacles? They have arms with suckers that can “taste” harmful microbes on the surfaces they touch.
Octopuses Use Suckers To ‘Taste’ Harmful Microbes
Researchers found that octopuses can use their arms to detect harmful microbes on the surface of objects like crab shells or their own eggs.
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September 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Did you know octopuses don’t have tentacles? They have arms with suckers that can “taste” harmful microbes on the surfaces they touch.
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"We will never know what diseases might have been cured or what advances in technology might have been invented had the lights not gone out in the labs."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
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September 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"We will never know what diseases might have been cured or what advances in technology might have been invented had the lights not gone out in the labs."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
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We know GLP-1 drugs reduce brain inflammation. But I didn't anticipate bipolar disorder as a possible indication in the future
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Glucagon-like Peptide-1 receptor agonists as emerging therapeutics in bipolar disorder: a narrative review of preclinical and clinical evidence - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Glucagon-like Peptide-1 receptor agonists as emerging therapeutics in bipolar disorder: a narrative review of preclinical and clinical evidence
www.nature.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We know GLP-1 drugs reduce brain inflammation. But I didn't anticipate bipolar disorder as a possible indication in the future
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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People really refuse to understand how short the distance is between these firings and the harm being done to communities
August 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
People really refuse to understand how short the distance is between these firings and the harm being done to communities
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New report that CHIP (clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, blood stem cell clones that increase with age) is an independent risk factor for myocarditis and pericarditis, promoting inflammation #ESC2025
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August 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New report that CHIP (clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, blood stem cell clones that increase with age) is an independent risk factor for myocarditis and pericarditis, promoting inflammation #ESC2025
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Did you know the Cedars-Sinai’s New PhD in Health AI Program earned accreditation earlier this year? www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/ced... #artificialintelligence #healthAI #healthIT #bioinformatics #phd #gradschool #compsci
Cedars-Sinai’s PhD in Health AI Program Earns Accreditation
The newly established PhD in Health Artificial Intelligence (AI) program in Cedars-Sinai’s Health Sciences University has earned accreditation from the Senior College and University Commission of the ...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Did you know the Cedars-Sinai’s New PhD in Health AI Program earned accreditation earlier this year? www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/ced... #artificialintelligence #healthAI #healthIT #bioinformatics #phd #gradschool #compsci