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🔬 Using primary intestinal #organoids and air-liquid interface cultures of airway epithelia, scientists demonstrated that the 🧬 F508del mutation in ferret #CFTR results in a severe folding and trafficking defect. 📖 @JCI_insight | bit.ly/44sFG07
@doctorveera How common is it for seemingly missense mutations to to instead exert pathogenic effects through altered splicing?
Interesting preprint from Skip Therapeutics on the development of splice altering ASOs for the treatment of an inherited retinal disease caused by a pathogenic variant in NR2E3 that is ~50-fold enriched in Ashkenazi Jewish communities. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… I love…
A highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) infection was identified in a dairy farm worker in Texas. This pathogen has been reported in multiple dairy herds in several states. Read the report by Dr. Timothy M. Uyeki of @CDCgov and others: nej.md/3UrljM9 #IDTwitter
Just tried out llama2.ai, and after a good start it surprised me with its answer to quite a simple question. Think its Markov chains need oiling.
Spreadsheets are the lifeblood of many biology labs, but extracting insights from messy data is a huge challenge. We wanted to see if AI could help us reliably pull data from any arbitrary spreadsheet. 1/n
So Boris Johnson was turned away for lack of ID. He thought his ego would be sufficient. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Getting ready for the Medical Research Academy 'live from the lab' for pupils about to choose their highers
If you are at #SynBioBeta2024 do not miss this great session with @RosserLab @fmenolascina & @Dr_StephenW! @SBSatEd @EdEngBio @ColSciEng @EdinburghUni
If you are at #SynBioBeta2024 do not miss this great session with @RosserLab @fmenolascina & @Dr_StephenW! @SBSatEd @EdEngBio @ColSciEng @EdinburghUni
HLA genes draw a silver lining on the well known association of smoking with lung cancer risk. Heterozygosity of HLA class II alleles reduces the risk of lung cancer in smokers (both current and former) but not in nonsmokers. But that is no reason to smoke. Smoking is still the…
Argh, das ist überhaupt nicht gut! Eigentlich eines Tage zu erwarten, da das Virus in Zecken schon gefunden wurde, aber ein autochthoner Fall im Mensch in Spanien ist keine gute Nachricht.
Argh, das ist überhaupt nicht gut! Eigentlich eines Tage zu erwarten, da das Virus in Zecken schon gefunden wurde, aber ein autochthoner Fall im Mensch in Spanien ist keine gute Nachricht.
I picked up a hitchhiker. He seemed like a nice guy. We started joking around and he said, aren't you worried picking up a stranger like him that he might be a serial killer. I told him I wasn't, the odds of two serial killers in the car were basically zero.
“Adjuvant pembrolizumab improves survival in high-risk clear cell renal cell cancer” – important update from the KEYNOTE-564 trial just published in @NEJM ! Read a lay audience summary on our website 👇: ed.ac.uk/cancer-centre/…
Nothing promises so much, yet delivers so little, as answers.microsoft.com
This brilliant new review of resident tissue macrophages and their outsized role for keeping us healthy is eye-opening science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @SciImmunology @hernandezmsilva @MITBiology @ragoninstitute
Gene therapy restoration of hearing in deaf children: how it works, where it's headed cell.com/med/abstract/S…
"You will only need to authenticate every 90 days" -- IT. Microsoft: "here's your random weekly authentication request to keep you on your toes and make you miss your meeting start. Sorry not sorry".
Approved in Japan, this self-amplifying Covid vaccine that uses much lower doses of mRNA, with less side-effects and potential longer duration of efficacy, is a better template than current mRNA shots cell.com/cell/abstract/…
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@doctorveera How common is it for seemingly missense mutations to to instead exert pathogenic effects through altered splicing?
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A highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) infection was identified in a dairy farm worker in Texas. This pathogen has been reported in multiple dairy herds in several states. Read the report by Dr. Timothy M. Uyeki of @CDCgov and others: nej.md/3UrljM9 #IDTwitter
Spreadsheets are the lifeblood of many biology labs, but extracting insights from messy data is a huge challenge. We wanted to see if AI could help us reliably pull data from any arbitrary spreadsheet. 1/n
Very honored to be included in the @TIME 100 list of the most influential people in health, for my role in "A better booster" #PrimeandSpike👃🏽#mucosalimmunity Grateful to TIME for also mentioning our efforts on #longCOVID #PAIS #MECFS @YaleCII time.com/6967146/akiko-…
Getting ready for the Medical Research Academy 'live from the lab' for pupils about to choose their highers
If you are at #SynBioBeta2024 do not miss this great session with @RosserLab @fmenolascina & @Dr_StephenW! @SBSatEd @EdEngBio @ColSciEng @EdinburghUni
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HLA genes draw a silver lining on the well known association of smoking with lung cancer risk. Heterozygosity of HLA class II alleles reduces the risk of lung cancer in smokers (both current and former) but not in nonsmokers. But that is no reason to smoke. Smoking is still the…
@ATinyGreenCell FYI: Nitroplast. youtu.be/eGkV_k8IcQ0?si…
@iAmeriCaRR All the rage. Just got back from a govt meeting and that was a big topic. People moving fast on that.
Argh, das ist überhaupt nicht gut! Eigentlich eines Tage zu erwarten, da das Virus in Zecken schon gefunden wurde, aber ein autochthoner Fall im Mensch in Spanien ist keine gute Nachricht.
Confirmation of a Case of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Salamanca, Spain. salamanca24horas.com/local/se-confi…
I picked up a hitchhiker. He seemed like a nice guy. We started joking around and he said, aren't you worried picking up a stranger like him that he might be a serial killer. I told him I wasn't, the odds of two serial killers in the car were basically zero.
Sounding a little more like yourself, #Voyager1. For the first time since November, Voyager 1 is returning useable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. Next step: Enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again: go.nasa.gov/49PQ6bh
In my dream last night, Mick Jagger told me that he had been a 'rowd' when he was a lad (i.e. he was rowdy). I expressed surprise at this word, and told him he might have invented it. And indeed he (or rather I) did. Unless he was referring to the Old English word for crucifix.
“Adjuvant pembrolizumab improves survival in high-risk clear cell renal cell cancer” – important update from the KEYNOTE-564 trial just published in @NEJM ! Read a lay audience summary on our website 👇: ed.ac.uk/cancer-centre/…
This brilliant new review of resident tissue macrophages and their outsized role for keeping us healthy is eye-opening science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @SciImmunology @hernandezmsilva @MITBiology @ragoninstitute