Pietro Ghezzi
@pietroghezzi.bsky.social
Immunologist/cytokines. Ex-prof Uniurb, Emeritus prof Brighton & Sussex Medical School. Views my own. Do del lei e non uso parolacce.
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Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible. Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible
Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible. Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to de-Americanize global science. The US science crisis presents an opportunity to reinvent funding and management of the global research enterprise. www.nature.com/articles/d41... How to de-Americanize global science
How to de-Americanize global science
The US science crisis presents an opportunity to reinvent funding and management of the global research enterprise.
www.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
How to de-Americanize global science. The US science crisis presents an opportunity to reinvent funding and management of the global research enterprise. www.nature.com/articles/d41... How to de-Americanize global science
Medical AI can transform medicine — but only if we carefully track the data it touches
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Medical AI can transform medicine — but only if we carefully track the data it touches
The uncontrolled deployment of machine learning in medicine can distort patient information and sacrifice long-term data reliability for short-term benefits.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Medical AI can transform medicine — but only if we carefully track the data it touches
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes. The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.
How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes. The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.
How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes
The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes. The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.
How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes. The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.
www.bbc.com/news/article... Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
Paloma Shemirani’s brothers say she refused chemotherapy because of their mother’s beliefs.
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June 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
www.bbc.com/news/article... Our sister died because of our mum's cancer conspiracy theories, say brothers
Could a novelty indicator improve science? A competition to develop computational approaches to detect ‘novelty’ in published papers will help metascientists to study how out-of-the-box research changes the scientific landscape.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Could a novelty indicator improve science?
A competition to develop computational approaches to detect ‘novelty’ in published papers will help metascientists to study how out-of-the-box research changes the scientific landscape.
www.nature.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Could a novelty indicator improve science? A competition to develop computational approaches to detect ‘novelty’ in published papers will help metascientists to study how out-of-the-box research changes the scientific landscape.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
today 36C in Milano. Tomorrow I will go buy another fan
June 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
today 36C in Milano. Tomorrow I will go buy another fan
Two men jailed over theft of £4.75m gold toilet from Blenheim Palace
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Two men jailed over theft of £4.75m gold toilet from Blenheim Palace
James Sheen given four-year term and Michael Jones 27 months after ‘bold and brazen’ theft of toilet in Oxfordshire
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June 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Two men jailed over theft of £4.75m gold toilet from Blenheim Palace
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Who is on RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel — and what will they do? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Who is on RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel — and what will they do?
Critics fear that anti-vaccine leader’s picks for crucial committee will be a ‘disaster for public health’.
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June 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Who is on RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel — and what will they do? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Look beyond the longevity drips and supplements. There is a path to living longer and healthier that doesn’t require reversing the aging process
Look beyond the longevity drips and supplements
There is a path to living longer and healthier that doesn’t require reversing the aging process
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June 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Look beyond the longevity drips and supplements. There is a path to living longer and healthier that doesn’t require reversing the aging process
nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl... Mental health consequences of dietary restriction: increased depressive symptoms in biological men and populations with elevated BMI | BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
Mental health consequences of dietary restriction: increased depressive symptoms in biological men and populations with elevated BMI
Introduction The literature primarily examines the mental health effects of dietary patterns, with ‘healthy’ diets linked to fewer depressive symptoms, although no standardised definition of a ‘health...
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June 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl... Mental health consequences of dietary restriction: increased depressive symptoms in biological men and populations with elevated BMI | BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
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Yeats latest. (From the New Yorker)
May 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Yeats latest. (From the New Yorker)
Reposted by Pietro Ghezzi
Alexios Mantzarlis, director of the SETS Initiative at #CornellTech, spoke with @afp.com about AI deepfakes on TikTok.
"Impersonation videos are particularly pernicious as they further degrade our ability to discern authentic accounts," he said.
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"Impersonation videos are particularly pernicious as they further degrade our ability to discern authentic accounts," he said.
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'Tool for grifters': AI deepfakes push bogus sexual cures
Holding an oversized carrot, a brawny, shirtless man promotes a supplement he claims can enlarge male genitalia -- one of countless AI-generated videos on TikTok peddling unproven sexual treatments.
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May 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Alexios Mantzarlis, director of the SETS Initiative at #CornellTech, spoke with @afp.com about AI deepfakes on TikTok.
"Impersonation videos are particularly pernicious as they further degrade our ability to discern authentic accounts," he said.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
@mantzarlis.com
"Impersonation videos are particularly pernicious as they further degrade our ability to discern authentic accounts," he said.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
@mantzarlis.com
Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears. Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
www.nature.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears. Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Italy changes law on right to claim citizenship through great-grandparents. Italian citizenship by descent law change leaves many out of luck and out of pocket | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/t...
Italy changes law on right to claim citizenship through great-grandparents | CNN
Italy’s government has made it impossible for anyone to get Italian citizenship through their great-grandparents, dashing the hopes of those who have already paid money to start the process.
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May 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Italy changes law on right to claim citizenship through great-grandparents. Italian citizenship by descent law change leaves many out of luck and out of pocket | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/t...
World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England www.theguardian.com/society/2025... ‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England | Gonorrhoea | The Guardian
‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England
Jab hailed as ‘landmark moment for sexual health’ and comes amid record cases of infection
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May 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England www.theguardian.com/society/2025... ‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England | Gonorrhoea | The Guardian
Individuals with substance use disorders experience an increased urge to move to complex music | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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May 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Individuals with substance use disorders experience an increased urge to move to complex music | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
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UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
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May 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
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Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split www.nature.com/articles/d41... Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split
Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split
Poll of 5,000 researchers finds contrasting views on when it’s acceptable to involve AI and what needs to be disclosed.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split www.nature.com/articles/d41... Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split
US researchers must stand up to protect freedoms, not just funding www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US researchers must stand up to protect freedoms, not just funding
Curtailment of freedoms and disregard for the rule of law in the United States is destroying the ability of science to serve the nation’s, and the world’s, interests. Researchers can take action.
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May 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
US researchers must stand up to protect freedoms, not just funding www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘AI models are capable of novel research’: OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect www.nature.com/articles/d41... ‘AI models are capable of novel research’: OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect
‘AI models are capable of novel research’: OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect
Jakub Pachocki, who leads the firm’s development of advanced models, is excited to release an open version to researchers.
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May 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
‘AI models are capable of novel research’: OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect www.nature.com/articles/d41... ‘AI models are capable of novel research’: OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect
PHEW! Chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef not crucial to UK trade deal, US suggests www.theguardian.com/politics/202... | The Guardian
Chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef not crucial to UK trade deal, US suggests
US agriculture secretary says country is moving away from both methods of production, illegal in UK and EU
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May 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
PHEW! Chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef not crucial to UK trade deal, US suggests www.theguardian.com/politics/202... | The Guardian
US environmental agency halts funding for its main science division. E-mails reveal the stoppage at the US Environmental Protection Agency, which is encouraging workers to resign ahead of a reorganization. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US environmental agency halts funding for its main science division
E-mails reveal the stoppage at the US Environmental Protection Agency, which is encouraging workers to resign ahead of a reorganization.
www.nature.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
US environmental agency halts funding for its main science division. E-mails reveal the stoppage at the US Environmental Protection Agency, which is encouraging workers to resign ahead of a reorganization. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How political attacks could crush the mRNA vaccine revolution
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How political attacks could crush the mRNA vaccine revolution
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology.
www.nature.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
How political attacks could crush the mRNA vaccine revolution
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology. www.nature.com/articles/d41...