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Krishna Komanduri

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Physician in Chief @UCSFCancer; Chief Hem/Onc @UCSFHealth; @ASTCT Past-President. Father of four, husband, shutterbug, aspiring pizzaiolo. Views here mine only.

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thrilled today with the experience of being invited to the White House for today’s Forum on Cell and Gene Therapy.

Such a privilege to represent @ucsfcancer.bsky.social and @astct.bsky.social to work with other key leaders to advance development and access of transformational therapies.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Sep 3

About this Florida vaccine story:

When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.

We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.

“Oh, they’d have died.”

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Il Signor Rumore @rrrumore.bsky.social · Aug 27

Italian photographer Ray Giubilo with a one-in-a-million shot of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · Aug 28

Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.

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UCSF Health @ucsfhealth.bsky.social · Jul 29

👏 The rankings are in! We’re proud to be among the nation’s #BestHospitals — and the No. 1 hospital in California and San Francisco, according to @usnews.com! 🎉

UCSF Health Ranks Among Nation's Best for 2025-26

U.S. News & World Report ranked UCSF No. 1 in CA & Top 20 in the nation.

www.ucsfhealth.org

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 27

You forgot unpasteurized milk.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

There’s a deli in south Minneapolis that’s North Stars themed (complete with showing old games) 35 years after the team relocated to Dallas. Pretty badass.

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 25

Make America Salmonella Again.

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · Apr 25

"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."

www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...

USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 25

💯 Beautiful and on target.

Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 16

This work and that of Edward Chang at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social is staggering in its implications of how we understand speech generation and wiil map its output in individuals unable to form words. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

What a world this is and why we need #SCIENCENOW for a better tomorrow.

Inner speech in motor cortex and implications for speech neuroprostheses

Inner speech is robustly represented in the motor cortex and can be decoded in real time to restore communication to people with paralysis. Unintentional decoding of private inner speech can be preven...

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks so much! Going to Africa next month with a Nikon 100-400 Zoom and this helps with planning.

Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 15

Quite surprised to learn that cytomegalovirus was this into football.

Dianna Russini @diannarussini.bsky.social · Aug 14

From former Texas WR Isaiah Bond:

Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 15

Lovely. Camera? Focal length? Aperture and Shutter speed?

Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 15

I hope it wasn’t sentient so they don’t send the ships from the home planet tomorrow.

Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · Aug 15

Look at this fucking tomato we ate for dinner. It's four dimensional. Hypercube ass tomato

Red tomato that is bulging out in seven directions visible from this angle alone. A spherical orange tomato sits next to it being normcore

Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 13

U1.9

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 4

Too funny. 😂

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 4

Innumerate

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 4

Trump: You know, we've cut drug prices by 1200, 1300, 1400, 1,500%. I don't mean 50%. I mean 1400, 1,500%

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 2

Not a surprise to anyone with a basic understanding of economics and trade.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 2

Prices rose in June on items heavily exposed to tariffs, such as home furnishings, toys and appliances, government data show.

After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs

There are growing signs that President Trump’s levies are filtering through to consumer prices, as companies exhaust options for keeping them stable.

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 1

One thing I’ve learned in leadership is regardless of position about where strategy should go, decisions should be based on transparent, reliable data.

This is deeply disturbing. And Orwellian.

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1

Corrupt. Dangerous. Deeply deeply damaging.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1

Interestingly, the Board *does have control. Powell only gets one vote

See also: not understanding how the economy works

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Miguel Perales MD @drmiguelperales.bsky.social · Aug 1

Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again, C.D.C. Data Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/h...

Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again, C.D.C. Data Shows

www.nytimes.com

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"

cpb.org/pressroom/Co...

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Jul 30

What a great, great farewell note

Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Jul 30

News: legendary Washington Post sports columnist @sallyjenx.bsky.social is leaving The Post.

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Jul 12

Someone needs to name a punk band “Roving Patrol.”

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Jul 12

NEW: ICE's "roving patrols" in Los Angeles have led to unconstitutional arrests of people agents suspect — without probable cause — are in the country illegally, a federal judge ruled Friday.

www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Jul 11

😂 #AI

Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · Jul 11

Many years later as his face was opposite the shooting team Colonel Aurelian Buendia remembered the occasion when his father took him for an ice pop www.thebookseller.com/news/bloodho...

Bloodhound Books founders launch AI fiction translation company

The founders of independent publisher Bloodhound Books have launched a new AI fiction translation service, Globescribe.ai, designed to “break down the barriers of language, opening up access to global...

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Krishna Komanduri @drkomanduri.bsky.social · Jul 11

As an MIT I alum I have to agree.

Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · Jul 11

Killing MIT seems dumb to me