Herranz Lab
@herranzlab.bsky.social
Associate Professor working on Leukemia @rutgerscancer.bsky.social | PharmD @ucm.es | PhD @CNIOStopCancer.bsky.social | Postdoc @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. Posts=my views alone.
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NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
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Is your funding for hematology research "Between a rock and a hard place" #fightforhematology funds from ASH members and fans now provide a new program:
A R C H hematology.org/awards/caree...
NOTE: Are you doing well? .....your donations go 100% to lab support in the ARCH program.
A R C H hematology.org/awards/caree...
NOTE: Are you doing well? .....your donations go 100% to lab support in the ARCH program.
Key Information - Hematology.org
Key Information
hematology.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Is your funding for hematology research "Between a rock and a hard place" #fightforhematology funds from ASH members and fans now provide a new program:
A R C H hematology.org/awards/caree...
NOTE: Are you doing well? .....your donations go 100% to lab support in the ARCH program.
A R C H hematology.org/awards/caree...
NOTE: Are you doing well? .....your donations go 100% to lab support in the ARCH program.
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 PM
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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No more calling them ICE. Time to call them Trump’s Death Squads.
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
No more calling them ICE. Time to call them Trump’s Death Squads.
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I just withdrew my application for the NIGMS Director position....
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I just withdrew my application for the NIGMS Director position....
From A1 percentile 10th to A0 ND…🤯
January 16, 2026 at 1:45 AM
From A1 percentile 10th to A0 ND…🤯
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Here is the curve for new and competitive renewal (Type 1 and Type 2) awards.
This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026.
This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years.
3/6
This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026.
This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years.
3/6
January 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Here is the curve for new and competitive renewal (Type 1 and Type 2) awards.
This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026.
This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years.
3/6
This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026.
This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years.
3/6
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How am I supposed to live in the same country with people who believe or say such things, or with people who choose such representatives?
Fundamentally incompatible. This faction of US politics has to be defeated and has to face justice for its actions.
Fundamentally incompatible. This faction of US politics has to be defeated and has to face justice for its actions.
Rep. Randy Fine: "If you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved."
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
How am I supposed to live in the same country with people who believe or say such things, or with people who choose such representatives?
Fundamentally incompatible. This faction of US politics has to be defeated and has to face justice for its actions.
Fundamentally incompatible. This faction of US politics has to be defeated and has to face justice for its actions.
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new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nutrient requirements of organ-specific metastasis in breast cancer - Nature
How the complex interplay between multiple nutrients within the microenvironment dictates potential sites of metastatic cancer growth is explored.
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
new out in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM
When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
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New @science.org today
Discovery of a genomic variant that protects against blood cancer by reducing risk of CHIP (blood stem cell mutation clones, common with aging)
@bloodgenes.bsky.social
@kharaslab.bsky.social
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Discovery of a genomic variant that protects against blood cancer by reducing risk of CHIP (blood stem cell mutation clones, common with aging)
@bloodgenes.bsky.social
@kharaslab.bsky.social
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Inherited resilience to clonal hematopoiesis by modifying stem cell RNA regulation
Somatic mutations that increase the fitness of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) drive their expansion in clonal hematopoiesis (CH) and predispose individuals to blood cancers. Population variation in t...
science.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
New @science.org today
Discovery of a genomic variant that protects against blood cancer by reducing risk of CHIP (blood stem cell mutation clones, common with aging)
@bloodgenes.bsky.social
@kharaslab.bsky.social
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Discovery of a genomic variant that protects against blood cancer by reducing risk of CHIP (blood stem cell mutation clones, common with aging)
@bloodgenes.bsky.social
@kharaslab.bsky.social
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.
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Which amino acid is most required for T cell leukemia?
Did you guess...histidine?
excited to see this out, congrats to Komal and @herranzlab.bsky.social and coauthors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Did you guess...histidine?
excited to see this out, congrats to Komal and @herranzlab.bsky.social and coauthors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in vivo reveals a critical role for histidine in T-ALL
Dietary interventions show therapeutic potential in cancer, but systematic comparisons are lacking. We performed a dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in an orthotopic model of NOTCH1-driven T-cell ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Which amino acid is most required for T cell leukemia?
Did you guess...histidine?
excited to see this out, congrats to Komal and @herranzlab.bsky.social and coauthors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Did you guess...histidine?
excited to see this out, congrats to Komal and @herranzlab.bsky.social and coauthors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in vivo reveals a critical role for histidine in T-ALL https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.21.694897v1
December 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in vivo reveals a critical role for histidine in T-ALL https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.21.694897v1
🚨 📣 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨📣
Probably, our most exciting discovery yet!!
We performed the first-ever dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in cancer in vivo using T-ALL as a model, and surprisingly found histidine as critically needed for T-ALL progression
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Probably, our most exciting discovery yet!!
We performed the first-ever dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in cancer in vivo using T-ALL as a model, and surprisingly found histidine as critically needed for T-ALL progression
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in vivo reveals a critical role for histidine in T-ALL
Dietary interventions show therapeutic potential in cancer, but systematic comparisons are lacking. We performed a dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in an orthotopic model of NOTCH1-driven T-cell ...
www.biorxiv.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
🚨 📣 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨📣
Probably, our most exciting discovery yet!!
We performed the first-ever dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in cancer in vivo using T-ALL as a model, and surprisingly found histidine as critically needed for T-ALL progression
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Probably, our most exciting discovery yet!!
We performed the first-ever dietary pan-amino acid dropout screen in cancer in vivo using T-ALL as a model, and surprisingly found histidine as critically needed for T-ALL progression
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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This about sums it up, folks.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This about sums it up, folks.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Illegally terminated
AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Illegally terminated
Thrilled to be one of this year's @bepositivefdn.bsky.social grant recipients! Thank you so much for your support!
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Research — B+ | Fighting Childhood Cancer
The B+ Foundation provides childhood cancer funding to some of the top research organizations in the country. Read about our recent grant awardees.
www.bepositive.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thrilled to be one of this year's @bepositivefdn.bsky.social grant recipients! Thank you so much for your support!
www.bepositive.org/research-ove...
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📢Interested in #CancerMetabolism and #leukemia using mouse models in vivo? Come join us!! We're looking for a #postdoc to help us drive one of our multiple currently funded projects! Friends & colleagues, please RT!
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jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/262...
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jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/262...
Postdoctoral Associate
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate within the Cancer Pharmacology Department at the Rutgers Cancer Institute. In this role, the Postdoctoral Associate will...
jobs.rutgers.edu
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📢Interested in #CancerMetabolism and #leukemia using mouse models in vivo? Come join us!! We're looking for a #postdoc to help us drive one of our multiple currently funded projects! Friends & colleagues, please RT!
👇👇👇
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/262...
👇👇👇
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/262...
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Petition for a NY Biomedical Institute. This is a no-brainer to support science in NY, similar to programs in CA/TX.
www.change.org/p/support-a-...
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Sign the Petition
Support a New York State Biomedical Institute for a Healthier, More Affordable Future
www.change.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Petition for a NY Biomedical Institute. This is a no-brainer to support science in NY, similar to programs in CA/TX.
www.change.org/p/support-a-...
www.change.org/p/support-a-...
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A big advance, folks, for off-the-shelf, universal, engineered (base-edited) T cells achieving complete response vs incurable leukemia in several patients
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A big advance, folks, for off-the-shelf, universal, engineered (base-edited) T cells achieving complete response vs incurable leukemia in several patients
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
📣🚨📣 NEW PAPER ALERT!! Did you ever struggle to differentiate very similar populations in #scRNA? Struggle no more with CANTAO! Really enjoyable collaboration between our lab and the Khiabanian lab @rutgerscancer.bsky.social!!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
CANTAO: guiding clustering and annotation in single-cell RNA sequencing using average overlap - Molecular Systems Biology
Single-cell RNA sequencing allows defining cellular identities based on transcriptional similarity using unsupervised clustering. However, a single clustering resolution may not yield groups of cells ...
link.springer.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
📣🚨📣 NEW PAPER ALERT!! Did you ever struggle to differentiate very similar populations in #scRNA? Struggle no more with CANTAO! Really enjoyable collaboration between our lab and the Khiabanian lab @rutgerscancer.bsky.social!!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
He is such a danger to our public health!!
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
He is such a danger to our public health!!
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...