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Maurice V.
@mauricev2.bsky.social
Freelance Flutter developer (web/app/mobile) available for hire, also into nonfiction books (Singularity Is Nearer), music (Manilow to ZZ Top), TV (ChiHard, Severance, Stranger Things) and lefty politics (fan of AOC).
Inventive surgeons save woman with"inoperable" spinal and brainstem tumors.

www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/in...
2025 News - In First-of-Its-Kind Surgery, Rare Spinal Tumor Removed Through Patient’s Eye Socket at University of Maryland Medical Center | University of Maryland School of Medicine
www.medschool.umaryland.edu
October 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
potential treatment, even a cure for Huntington's disease
bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Potential therapy for stroke recovery. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/s...
Could a Pill Fix the Brain?
Neurologists are exploring medications that would help the brain recover after a stroke or traumatic injury.
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Five years ago, a very close relative died of a glioblastoma brain tumor at the age of 13. Today would have been his 19th birthday. And now comes news that an mRNA vaccine is being trialed to treat this very (incurable) malady. Fingers crossed.

mbi.ufl.edu/2024/05/01/v...
Vaccine triggers fierce response to fight brain tumor » McKnight Brain Institute » University of Florida
UF-developed mRNA vaccine quickly reprogrammed the immune system to attack glioblastoma.
mbi.ufl.edu
August 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Anyone have thoughts at the idea of Jon Stewart running in 2028? 🤔
August 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Help me understand something. What is to prevent Trump from putting the Epstein files in the shredder? 🤔
July 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
This right here 👇 👇 👇
July 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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They’re not coming for the most dangerous or violent. They are abducting people at their jobs, calling them in for fake check-ins to meet their daily quotas, and kidnapping US citizens.

They’re coming to tear apart our communities. The cruelty is the point.

#MAGAKidnappers
July 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Killer whales want to be friends with us. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
July 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Cool story about how fractions led to the invention of CT scans. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling
A story of bowling pins, patterns and medical miracles.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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June 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The owner of a Detroit car wash who recently died had a helicopter drop thousands of dollars onto pedestrians below as his last wish:
June 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Some good news for biomedical research. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
N.I.H. Memo Pauses Cancellations of Medical Research Grants
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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I find it noteworthy that financial publications like Forbes, Fortune, & Bloomberg tell the brutal truth about #COVID & climate change much more than the mainstream media does. Follow the money as they say. #ClimateSky

www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
U.S. And Europe Face 40% Drop In Food Production, Scientists Warn
Major study finds world's most productive farming regions are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures, and face steep declines in agricultural output this century.
www.forbes.com
June 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Let’s check in on Susan Collins.
June 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM