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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to share the first major output from our CRUK-funded programme on Early Detection of Mesothelioma:
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63846-9
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A histomorphological atlas of resected mesothelioma discovered by self-supervised learning from 3446 whole-slide images - Nature Communications

Mesothelioma is a highly lethal cancer that remains challenging to diagnose. Here, the authors curate a histomorphological atlas of resected mesothelioma and map it using self-supervised AI endorsed by human pathological assessment, revealing patterns that generate highly interpretable predictions.

www.nature.com

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 21d

2025 IUCN Report has over 47,000 Wildlife species Threatened with Extinction..

#IUCN #wildlife #species #threatened #extinction #nature #endangered #endangeredspecies

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Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell @mrcharwell.bsky.social · Aug 13

"People don't do actual training in how to do animal experiments and there's such a lot that you need to think about that you just wouldn't realise unless somebody tells you."

Apply by 31st August to join our comprehensive Mouse Models for Human Disease Workshop:

www.har.mrc.ac.uk/training/cou...

Mouse Models for Human Disease Workshop

This course brings together a team of experienced mouse geneticists who guide you through the process of designing and implementing a mouse research project plan and the subsequent data analysis.

www.har.mrc.ac.uk

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Cancer Research UK @cancerresearchuk.org · Aug 13

A new study from @lshtm.bsky.social we funded has revealed a 92-percentage point gap in 10-year survival between the most & least deadly cancers. It's vital the National Cancer Plan for England transforms cancer care & boosts survival across all cancer types. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The deadly cancers left behind by 50 years of success

Half of people with cancer survive but lack of progress for some forms of disease is worrying experts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · Aug 9

Noted. We are building maps of cancer mortality rates across Scotland. Wonder what we will find in Helensburgh, Dunoon, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Greenock, Dumbarton....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show

Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog

www.theguardian.com

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 4

Please nominate our amazing International Student Support team for the #WeAreInternational Awards at UKCISA!

They go above and beyond to support our international students. Please vote for the University of Glasgow by 6 Aug 👉 ukcisa.org.uk/our-work/weareinternational-awards

#TeamUofG

Members of the International Student Support team at the University of Glasgow.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Aug 3

Only 29% would back Brexit now

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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · Aug 3

A timely reminder of the continued danger posed by Asbestos
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio Ulster - Assume Nothing, Killer Dust, 1. A Very Strange Event

A hush-hush factory opening. No photographs allowed. Oaths of secrecy. What's going on?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chrystal Paulos @chrystalpaulos.bsky.social · Jul 25

🧵1/ New in @Cancer_Cell: Our lab discovered that Th17 cells must team up with B cells to eliminate tumors, and prevent it from coming back.
🔗 Read: www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
🧬This unexpected immune duo sparks tumor immunity.
🖼️Image: See schematic Th17/B cell antitumor action!

Adoptively transferred Th17 cells cooperate with host B cells to achieve durable tumor immunity

Cole et al. report that adoptively transferred, tumor-specific Th17 cells engage host B cells and drive B cell proliferation and differentiation. These Th17 cells require B cells for sustained immunit...

www.cell.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jul 21

Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research

www.wired.com/story/how-tr...

How Trump Killed Cancer Research

Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research.

www.wired.com

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Simon Cook @drsimoncook.bsky.social · Jul 15

The simplest, safest and easiest way to ensure your child does not die from Measles. I very much hope we are not going down the road of MAGA-land www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

UK worst in G7 for MMR jab rates, as 30m children worldwide not fully immunised

More than 14m children globally have not had single routine jab as figures show less than 90% of those eligible in UK had first MMR last year

www.theguardian.com

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Jun 29

🧵This story on Starmer’s welfare u-turn summarises one of the biggest problems with British politics - whichever party is in power. Ministers simply don’t engage with those affected by their decisions.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Too arrogant to listen’: how welfare bill soured Starmer’s relations with rebel MPs

MPs describe receiving veiled deselection threats as No 10 sought to quash revolt before finally backing down

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · Jun 29

Stop 🛑 defending Brexit fantasy and start telling the truth!!!

The damage began with Brexit — but hasn’t ended there.

Labour doesn’t need to say it’s anti-farming. Its fiscal plans speak for themselves.

Agriculture is being “managed down” — as economists warned.
www.fwi.co.uk/news/opinion...

Opinion: Stop defending Brexit fantasy and start telling the truth - Farmers Weekly

In the years since Brexit, British agriculture has become caught in a peculiar double bind. We’re told to look forward, not back. To embrace change. To

www.fwi.co.uk

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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · Jun 29

We have seen a marked decline in cervical cancer deaths in young women in the past decade.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

HPV vaccines linked to drop in cervical cancer deaths

From 2013-2015 to 2019-2021, mortality decreased 15% per year.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · Jun 29

Wow! Scientists engineered E. coli to convert plastic waste (PET) into pain medicine paracetamol (acetaminophen or Tylenol) in under 24 hours with up to 92% yield.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#medsky #pharmsky 🧪

Everyday painkiller made from plastic — by E. coli

Study highlights potential for sustainable synthesis of paracetamol.

www.nature.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jun 27

Amazing hopeful story - new generations of ash trees are evolving resistance to ash dieback fungus. Evolution at work, at speed
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals

Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed

www.theguardian.com

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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · Jun 28

No, I don't think you're sexy.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jun 27

Heaven help us

www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

Rod Stewart: ‘We’ve got to give Nigel Farage a chance’

The singer talks politics, potholes and having a policewoman wife as he prepares to play a ‘noisy, sexy and energetic’ Glastonbury set on Sunday

www.thetimes.com

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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · Jun 23

Delighted to share our methods collaboration with Sophie Rovers & Evelien Smits on intrapleural injection to model pleural disease in mice:
www.mdpi.com/3332150

www.mdpi.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jun 20

BREAKING: The House of Commons has passed the assisted dying bill.

314 MPs voted in favour, while 291 against - a majority of 23

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Once there were only 22 condors left on Earth: The LA Zoo just hatched 10 chicks

Earlier in June, wildlife enthusiasts were excited over a pair of young bald eagles that flew out of their nest for the first time, hovering high above Big Bear Lake.

phys.org

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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · Jun 20

Unbelievable

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Jun 19

What is this—Make Asbestos Great Again? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

New York Times headline: EPA Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos

djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · May 23

and the UK isn't particularly well placed to benefit....
www.economist.com/science-and-...

America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain

Other countries may benefit. Science will suffer

www.economist.com

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Glasgow For Europe @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social · May 14

Please cast your vote!

European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · May 14

Simon Cowell wants another referendum on EU membership

If you agree vote below 👇 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Simon Cowell wants a second Brexit referendum - do you agree

Simon Cowell believes the UK should hold a second Brexit referendum, saying the public didn't really understand what they were doing in 2016. Do you think a new vote would provide clarity, or just dee...

www.mirror.co.uk

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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · May 13

A fellow scientist cries for help from an American gulag:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.

www.nytimes.com

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · May 12

Had dinner with a French colleague in Lyon last night. He like many of our EU friends wants us back in the EU. He said that the obvious disaster of Brexit at least turned the French rightwing off the idea of Frexit.

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · May 12

Our relationship with the EU has to be about far more than trade. It also has to be about culture, education, science, agriculture, climate change, biodiversity, travel, security, relationships, families, dreams. Why should a parcel or a packet of peas have more freedom of movement than a person?
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