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Killian Hurley
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Physician-scientist and lung disease
doc developing new treatments for #IPF.🧪 🫁 European Research Council grant awardee.

Clean air for good health. 🌍

#CureIPF #iPSC #Telomeres
#SciSky #MedSky
#running, #sailing #nature.

LivingLungLab.com
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Science isn't a suggestion—it's how we keep our kids safe. 🩺 The move to ignore the health risks of carbon pollution is a major step back, but we aren't backing down. The legal fight to protect our air begins now! ✊🌬️ #ClimateAction #MomLife #ScienceMatters

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s repeal of landmark Obama-era climate rule: four key takeaways
Environmental groups say ‘cynical and devastating’ reversal of endangerment finding has grave implications
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Proud to say Ireland 🇮🇪 is doing well at position 11 but could do better and make the top 10.

#CleanAir

@irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social
@irishlungcheck.bsky.social
2025 EV Share of New Car Sales, Top 10 Countries

1Norway 97%
2Nepal 73%
3Denmark69%
4Sweden 61%
5Iceland57%
6Finland56%
7Netherlands 56%
8China 53%
9 Singapore 47%
10 Belgium 43%

EVs are now mainstream across much of the world

www.visualcapitalist.com/ev-share-new...
February 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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I feel that is still more wishful thinking than a reality, Bluesky is not even close to Science Twitter in the heydays of 2015-2021 & there’s still way more science action on evil Twitter than on benevolent Sky. But I’m willing to keep trying.
And it keeps improving (drafts are a great addition)
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Excellent initiative in England.
Let’s see this happen in the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 too.

#CleanAir

@roinnslainte.bsky.social
@rcsi.bsky.social
@jennydickens41.bsky.social
@fjobrien.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Vaping in cars carrying children to be banned in England

Rising evidence that secondhand vapour from e-cigarettes poses health risks, government says
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Vaping in cars carrying children to be banned in England
Rising evidence that secondhand vapour from e-cigarettes poses health risks, government says
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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“You can rescind a finding, but you can’t rescind the truth.” And like that, civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin Chavis gets to the heart of why the Endangerment Finding won’t stand.

@risestjames.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 AM
What can be done about this?

Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations.

Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement.

@whittledaway.bsky.social
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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This is a problem. Internet searches have been a cause for concern (and occasionally help) for a while now. A lot of background knowledge is needed to make sense of the suggestions thrown up by searches, but the AI summaries simply aren’t reliable.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk
Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Interesting article about how car design and diesel affects how much air pollution we breathe.

It’s time to improve air quality on our streets for our own health and our children’s future health.

#cleanair

@rcsi.bsky.social
@irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exhaust pipe position affects how much air pollution we breathe, research finds
Cars that emit fumes closer to pavement result in pedestrians experiencing 40% more pollution
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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New: Phosphodiesterase 4B inhibitor Nerandomilast first of its kind to be approved for progressive pulmonary fibrosis

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
FDA Approves Nerandomilast for PPF
New indication follows recent approval for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
www.medscape.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Last summer I announced that, after 13 years, I will step down as Chief of #YalePCCSM in June 2026. And now the search for the #NextChief is on!!!
Read more about our section at medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
Kaminski to Step Down as Yale-PCCSM Section Chief in June 2026
When Naftali Kaminski, MD, was recruited to Yale in 2013 as section chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (Yale-PCCSM) he planned to lead it for
medicine.yale.edu
December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
People with #rheumatoid arthiris and #scleroderma who have lung fibrosis can safely and effectively monitor their breathing and oxygen levels at home.

Read our paper in @bmc.springernature.com describing how patients face and overcome challenges.

@irishthoracicsoc.bsky.social

rdcu.be/eQV9e
Remote monitoring of spirometry and oximetry in patients with connective tissue disease related interstitial lung disease: a prospective observational cohort study
rdcu.be
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.

All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.

Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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EMBL scientists have created a more sensitive single-cell sequencing tool for genomic variants and RNA in the same single cell.

Known as SDR-seq, the tool has unprecedented scale, precision, and speed to characterise variants and link them to functions and disease.

www.embl.org/news/science...
New tool offers single-cell study of specific genetic variants | EMBL
Scientists developed a more sensitive single-cell sequencing tool linking genomic variants & RNA in the same cell uncover links to disease.
www.embl.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Delighted that Ziqi Dong's PhD paper is out for all to read! Hypoxia is fundamental to normal development, and fascinating! Thanks to all of our co-authors including @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social @jellevda.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Fascinating work on the regulation of telomere length - molecular clocks we all have in our cells controlling aging and disease.

Emerging evidence of their role pulmonary fibrosis.

#CureIPF
#Telomeres

@elife.bsky.social
@rcsi.bsky.social
@kaminskimed.bsky.social
Your chromosomes have protective ends called telomeres. As they shorten, your cells age. This study reveals how a protein, TRF2, directly regulates telomerase activity to keep telomeres in check.
Keeping telomeres at the right length
The key telomere protein TRF2 helps regulate telomere length by interacting with the telomerase gene TERT in a length-dependent manner.
buff.ly
October 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Great work by Dr Aoife Carolan from our group at @rcsi.bsky.social
RCSI showing data from our familial pulmonary fibrosis clinic.

- 1 in 5 patients have a family memeber with lung fibrosis.

- 1 in 5 of these patients have a single suspected gene.

#CureIPF

@europeanrespsoc.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Gene variants such as MUC5B can increase the risk for lung fibrosis/IPF.

We found a strong correlation with high frequency of the variant per county and hospital admissions for lung fibrosis/IPF.

This method could be used for future geographical healthcare planning.

doi.org/10.1183/2312...
Fine-scale regional frequency of the MUC5B promoter variant correlates with healthcare burden of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
ExtractThe gain-of-function MUC5B promoter variant n.661G>T (rs35705950) is a well-established common genetic risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) [1] and is present in over 50% of European-like ancestry patients with IPF. It also confers risk for other types of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) with usual interstitial pneumonia pattern, including chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis [2], asbestosis [3] and rheumatoid arthritis-associated ILD [4].
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I totally agree.
Summaries may be fine for some forms of science communications but scientists need the detail to make up their minds on the veracity of claims in papers.
Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...
Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers
LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.
arstechnica.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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It is grossly irresponsible of Reform to platform such dangerous pseudoscience in the name of ‘free speech’.

Reform criticised over doctor's Covid jab claims at conference www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform distances itself from doctor who made Covid claims at conference
A speaker at the Reform UK conference claimed it was "highly likely" that the jab was linked to the King and Princess of Wales' cancers.
www.bbc.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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September 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Really cool: "Sex-biased Gene Expression Underlies Immune Dysfunction in Asthma "
Kudos Drs Kay and Gomez and team!!!
#DemistifyAsthma
www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1165/...
@ajrcmb.bsky.social @yalepccsm.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM