PhD biochemist. Science communications expert. Screenwriter. Rink rat 🏒🥅. Eternal optimist. 🌈🇺🇦
Los Angeles, California USA
Joined April 2009
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Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s longtime nationalist strongman, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led protests. nyti.ms/4jGxrHn
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Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism"
—the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing
—outgrowth of decades of NIH funded research
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE… @NEJM
nytimes.com/2025/05/15/healt…
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A reporter gets cancer -- and learns the story of how Revlimid, one of the most expensive cancer drugs, became so expensive.
By @DavidArmstrongX.
Everyone I know in the biotech industry has heard the basic outlines of this story, but seeing David tell it in such personal detail brings it into sharp relief.
propublica.org/article/revli…
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Layoffs set for NIH are ‘devastating,’ former director Monica Bertagnolli says statnews.com/2025/02/16/nih-…
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BREAKING: U.S. regulators ban the dye called Red 3 from the food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. apnews.com/article/fda-red-d…
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GLP-1 pills are making their way through clinical trials. A look at how they might change an already revolutionized field of weight-loss drugs: cnn.com/2024/09/17/health/gl…
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Scientists fear Covid may be responsible for a coming wave of dementia. Here's how having Covid may have harmed your brain. trib.al/x00LkT3
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So proud to announce that today @voxdotcom Future Perfect is launching a three-day package on factory farming — and how we can end it. It's led by @mbolotnikova, one of the best reporters and writers on the subject out there (1/x) vox.com/future-perfect/36428….
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Evidence that HPV vaccination can prevent several kinds of cancer--in girls AND boys--just keeps growing. What'll it take to convince more parents to get on board, and at an age when it can help the most? Some thoughts:
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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A systematic review of airplane flights and Covid infections: duration of flight correlated with infection risk, long flights> 6 hours markedly increased risk (25X) and mask use blocked them
mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6/654
h/t @linseymarr
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Plant-based diets and the reduction of cardiovascular and cancer risk, a review of 49 studies
journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… @PLOSONE
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A new analysis of the Wegovy cardiovascular outcomes trial suggests “you don’t even need to lose weight to have a reduction in heart attack, strokes and death,” @DanielJDrucker tells us. He suggests GLP-1s may be protective by tamping down inflammation. cnn.com/2024/05/13/health/we…
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As you watch the Aurora this evening, it’s worth reflecting that you’re getting a rare direct glimpse of the power of Nature. Those charged particles causing the atmosphere to glow came from a sunspot complex 17 times the diameter of Earth and traveled across 90 million miles at a million miles an hour. Without our magnetic field to protect us, our atmosphere would have been lost to space long ago. Those colours in the sky are Nature reminding us that we’re very lucky to be here amidst the violence. And perhaps therefore also reminding us not to shite it all up :-)
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Some of my younger colleagues are watching this thing called the Met Gala tonight. Apparently, it's a fancy event that asks celebrities to wear clothes that esemble the logo of pharma companies.
Here are some shots from the runway....
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NEW: A key female chemist has been edged out of the Ozempic origin story.
Svetlana Mojsov's experiences expose a disciplinary bias against chemists in favor of MDs and show how narratives of scientific discovery get passed down. From me and @MeganMolteni
statnews.com/2023/09/27/weig…
