Angela Hopp
@angelahopp.bsky.social
Writer, editor and builder of creative teams. Marcomm chief at Association for Molecular Pathology. Formerly ASBMB, University of Houston, and Houston Chronicle.
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This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
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We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
defector.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...
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i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
Fear and loathing on study section: Reviewing grant proposals while the system is burning
As grants are canceled, delayed and subject to general uncertainty, participating in study sections can feel futile. But it’s more important than ever.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
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Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In the US alone.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Celgene kept the drug’s price low when it was initially intended for AIDS patients.
But once the drug could be used more widely for cancer patients, the CEO told investors there was now “plenty of room for very substantial increases” in price.
➡️ Read more: propub.li/43jfFQF
But once the drug could be used more widely for cancer patients, the CEO told investors there was now “plenty of room for very substantial increases” in price.
➡️ Read more: propub.li/43jfFQF
May 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Celgene kept the drug’s price low when it was initially intended for AIDS patients.
But once the drug could be used more widely for cancer patients, the CEO told investors there was now “plenty of room for very substantial increases” in price.
➡️ Read more: propub.li/43jfFQF
But once the drug could be used more widely for cancer patients, the CEO told investors there was now “plenty of room for very substantial increases” in price.
➡️ Read more: propub.li/43jfFQF
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May 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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“Science and medicine in the USA are being violently dismembered while the world watches.” The Lancet calls for Kennedy’s resignation. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Supporting medical science in the USA
The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government
demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr,
the Trump-appointed interim ...
www.thelancet.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“Science and medicine in the USA are being violently dismembered while the world watches.” The Lancet calls for Kennedy’s resignation. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Excellent read…
'So, ask yourself: where is that kinase inhibitor we started off with actually made? It will have been through two, three, or even four countries by the time it is loaded up and shipped to wholesale distributors in neat packages'
Pharmaceutical Tariffs: The What and the How
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Excellent read…
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I know there’s a lot going on here in the States, and most of it is overwhelming and awful. But this is important reporting:
wapo.st/4cowWMq
wapo.st/4cowWMq
How Palestinian first responders ended up in a mass grave in Gaza
Israel says they were fired on for moving “suspiciously.” Dispatcher records, witness testimony, and video and audio evidence offer a more disturbing narrative.
wapo.st
April 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I know there’s a lot going on here in the States, and most of it is overwhelming and awful. But this is important reporting:
wapo.st/4cowWMq
wapo.st/4cowWMq
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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
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Excellent & disturbing Jill Lepore piece about the family origins of Musk’s ideas: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Excellent & disturbing Jill Lepore piece about the family origins of Musk’s ideas: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
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Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
Read my first post on Substack where I express my opinion on the Trump administration's cuts to biomedical research.
open.substack.com/pub/madamesc...
Read my first post on Substack where I express my opinion on the Trump administration's cuts to biomedical research.
open.substack.com/pub/madamesc...
Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
I am a scientist and educator.
open.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
Read my first post on Substack where I express my opinion on the Trump administration's cuts to biomedical research.
open.substack.com/pub/madamesc...
Read my first post on Substack where I express my opinion on the Trump administration's cuts to biomedical research.
open.substack.com/pub/madamesc...
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Genuinely important for faculty at every university to read things like this in some depth, not just out of admiration but as an exercise in learning how to write the same sort of memo in whatever (even limited!) position of power you hold within your own university, when the moment comes
Yes!!!
Finally a university leader standing up publicly for what is right.
No to anticipatory compliance.
Thank you UMich Dean Carlos F. Jackson: may you be an inspirational for many others.
mailchi.mp/04bd06b0c03c...
Finally a university leader standing up publicly for what is right.
No to anticipatory compliance.
Thank you UMich Dean Carlos F. Jackson: may you be an inspirational for many others.
mailchi.mp/04bd06b0c03c...
DEI will Continue at the Stamps School
mailchi.mp
March 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Genuinely important for faculty at every university to read things like this in some depth, not just out of admiration but as an exercise in learning how to write the same sort of memo in whatever (even limited!) position of power you hold within your own university, when the moment comes
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I wrote a piece for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... With the fate of NIH-funded research uncertain, it is extra important that the work we do now is most likely to benefit everyone. Adhering to SABV in the lab and in grant & paper review is the right thing to do.
Amid NIH upheaval, how to keep sex as a biological variable
Even in the absence of formal instruction to do so, we should continue to hold our colleagues accountable for SABV practices.
www.thetransmitter.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I wrote a piece for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... With the fate of NIH-funded research uncertain, it is extra important that the work we do now is most likely to benefit everyone. Adhering to SABV in the lab and in grant & paper review is the right thing to do.
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As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
For Some Measles Patients, Vitamin A Remedy Supported by RFK Jr. Leaves Them More Ill (Gift Article)
After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...
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Reposted by Angela Hopp
Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.
What Is Hantavirus, the Rare Disease That Killed Betsy Arakawa?
Ms. Arakawa, the wife of the actor Gene Hackman, died from the effects of a disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, died from the effects of hantavirus, a rare disease often caused by contact with droppings from infected rodents.
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“Essentially, when you're infected with measles, your immune system abruptly forgets every pathogen it's ever encountered before – every cold, every bout of flu, every exposure to bacteria or viruses in the environment, every vaccination. The loss is near-total and permanent.“ 😳
#MedSky
#MedSky
Interesting to see so much news about measles outbreaks and hospitalization that doesn't even mention its effect on the immune system.
It's not good guys
#MedSky #PharmSky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
It's not good guys
#MedSky #PharmSky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Measles: The race to understand 'immune amnesia'
Scientists have known for years that measles can alter the immune system – but the latest evidence suggests it's less of a mild tweaking, and more of a total reset.
www.bbc.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Essentially, when you're infected with measles, your immune system abruptly forgets every pathogen it's ever encountered before – every cold, every bout of flu, every exposure to bacteria or viruses in the environment, every vaccination. The loss is near-total and permanent.“ 😳
#MedSky
#MedSky
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I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
February 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
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NIH + NSF scientists affected by today's layoffs: C&EN is working on understanding what expertise the government lost today. Give me a ring? (Signal: Laurel_Oldach.07)
February 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NIH + NSF scientists affected by today's layoffs: C&EN is working on understanding what expertise the government lost today. Give me a ring? (Signal: Laurel_Oldach.07)
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EXCLUSIVE: Rice University’s famed horn professor William VerMeulen abruptly retired last spring amid a swirl of sexual misconduct allegations. But dozens of students and industry insiders say “the administration has known for 30 years” — and failed to act.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/02/05/h...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/02/05/h...
Houston’s Top Horn Musician Allegedly Harassed Rice Students for Decades. And the School Knew. - The Barbed Wire
EXCLUSIVE This story has been published in collaboration with the editorially independent student newspaper The Rice Thresher, where the author Riya Misra is editor in chief. This story contains desc...
thebarbedwire.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Rice University’s famed horn professor William VerMeulen abruptly retired last spring amid a swirl of sexual misconduct allegations. But dozens of students and industry insiders say “the administration has known for 30 years” — and failed to act.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/02/05/h...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/02/05/h...
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The February issue of JMD is now live!
Full issue: www.jmdjournal.org/issue/S1525-...
#JMDSilver #NSCLC #Leukemia #colorectalcancer
Full issue: www.jmdjournal.org/issue/S1525-...
#JMDSilver #NSCLC #Leukemia #colorectalcancer
January 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The February issue of JMD is now live!
Full issue: www.jmdjournal.org/issue/S1525-...
#JMDSilver #NSCLC #Leukemia #colorectalcancer
Full issue: www.jmdjournal.org/issue/S1525-...
#JMDSilver #NSCLC #Leukemia #colorectalcancer
Yes. Also, I recommend signing up for the newsletter by the Center for Institutional Courage:
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How are you coping with institutional betrayal?
When our organizations fail to take preventative action - or worse, refuse to fight for us when we are or have been harmed - it intensifies the traumatic impact of harm. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38258307
It's not you. You're not overreacting.
When our organizations fail to take preventative action - or worse, refuse to fight for us when we are or have been harmed - it intensifies the traumatic impact of harm. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38258307
It's not you. You're not overreacting.
When Institutions Harm Those Who Depend on Them: A Scoping Review of Institutional Betrayal - PubMed
The term institutional betrayal (Smith and Freyd, 2014) builds on the conceptual framework of betrayal trauma theory (see Freyd, 1996) to describe the ways that institutions (e.g., universities, workp...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Yes. Also, I recommend signing up for the newsletter by the Center for Institutional Courage:
www.institutionalcourage.org/the-courage-...
www.institutionalcourage.org/the-courage-...