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Laura Vandenberg
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, trained as a developmental biologist and endocrinologist. Research focused on endocrine disruptors, breast health, and risk assessment.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 2d
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.

If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.

#sciencematters

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · Oct 12
If you’re hearing news about a cancer break-through and wonder what’s hype and what’s not, here’s a good explainer of the actual findings in animal studies.

This is some elegant science that pulls together several lines of long-standing inquiry, and yes, it’s a BFD.

www.umass.edu/news/article...
UMass Amherst Researchers Create Nanoparticle Vaccine That Prevents Cancer in Mice | UMass Amherst
The vaccine also proves highly effective at preventing cancer’s deadly spread.
www.umass.edu

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Laura Vandenberg @elleenvy.bsky.social · Jun 15
Outdated???? Miasma theory was all the hype back in... 400 BC.

I mean, "protoplasm" is outdated. Miasma theory is magical thinking.

PLEASE CONSULT REAL SCIENTISTS @npr.org
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jun 14
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
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NPR @npr.org · Jun 14
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr

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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · Feb 8
From Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities: “NIH slashing the reimbursement of research costs will slow and limit medical breakthroughs that cure cancer and address chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.”
www.aplu.org/news-and-med...
APLU Statement on Cuts to Reimbursement of NIH Facilities & Administrative Costs - APLU
Washington, DC – APLU President Mark Becker released the following statement on the National Institutes of Health’s announcement it will cut reimbursement of research facilities and administrative cos...
www.aplu.org

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Laura Vandenberg @elleenvy.bsky.social · Jan 17
Hi, just a gentle reminder.... there is nothing mediocre about doing twenty things at once! Give yourself the grace you would give a student, colleague or friend. These times, they are trying.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 11
I fear there is deep truth here.

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Laura Vandenberg @elleenvy.bsky.social · Dec 9
You don't know me, and I don't know you, but every time you post, this prof is happy to cheer you on.