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Rachel Fieldhouse
@rfieldmouse.bsky.social
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Reporter at Nature News Asia Pacific. Posts and views are entirely my own. Interested in regional stories and physical and biological science. Find me on Signal at rjfield.01
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 16d
My colleagues @heidiledford.bsky.social & @helenpearson.bsky.social looked into the link between autism and Tylenol — here's what they found

“When you see any associations, they are very, very small,” says @jamcusack.bsky.social. People are "trying to look for simple answers to complex problems."
Trump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it?
The US president calls the widely used painkiller, also known as paracetamol, ‘a very big factor’ in autism, but scientists say that strong evidence is lacking.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Aug 27
In a world first, a genetically modified pig lung has been transplanted into a man who was brain dead, surviving for 9 days! Thanks to Muhammad Mohiuddin at @medschool.umaryland.edu‬ and Wayne Hawthorne at @westmeadinst.bsky.social for chatting with me for this story!
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Pig lung transplanted into a person in world first
Lungs are complex organs to transplant, but the surgery is a step towards clinical trials.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Aug 22
Reviewers are more likely to approve manuscripts if authors agree to cite their work than those who don't get cited.
Thanks to @aidybarnett.bsky.social, @balazsaczel.bsky.social and @econfeld.bsky.social for chatting with me for this story!

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Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work
Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Jul 29
My latest for Nature: AI model Aeneas predicts where ancient Latin texts come from, estimates how old they are and can restore missing parts.

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Meet Aeneas: the AI that can fill in the gaps of damaged Latin texts
The best results come when a human and the model work together.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Jul 23
Families with three or more girls are more likely to have another girl than a boy, and vice versa, according to a new study in Science Advances.

My latest for Nature 🧪👶
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Sex at birth is not always random — mum’s age and genetics can play a part
Families with three or more boys, for example, are more likely to have another boy than a girl as the next child.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Jul 22
Omg 😮🧪
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · Jul 22
New fear unlocked. 😬🧪🩻
Weird swelling of man's fingers and toes revealed cancer had 'completely replaced' the bones with lesions
Marked swelling in a man's finger and big toe was a symptom of late-stage cancer.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Jul 10
New GLP-1 drugs like ecnoglutide are showing promise for treating obesity, fatty liver disease, diabetes and other conditions. And it's one of dozens of these next-gen treatments emerging from China.

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Obesity drugs made in China could power next wave of treatments
Drugs currently being tested target complications associated with obesity such as heart disease, fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Jun 18
Scientists are grappling with the impacts of the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.

The latest from me and my colleagues at Nature:
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Escalating Israel–Iran conflict damages science labs
Researchers in both countries are feeling the effects of a string of missile attacks exchanged between them.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Jun 7
The ispace team lost communication with the Resilience lander and are investigating why that happened. 🧪🚀
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Nature @nature.com · Jun 6
A Japanese spacecraft has probably crashed on the Moon, the second failed landing attempt for Tokyo-based private firm ispace

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Second ispace craft has probably crash-landed on Moon
Early investigations by the Japanese company identified issues with speed and a sensor measuring the craft's altitude.
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Jun 5
Are you a researcher in the US and/or from one of the countries banned under Trump's new policy? If you would like to share your experience, contact me securely through Signal: rjfield.11 🧪
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Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the
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Rachel Fieldhouse @rfieldmouse.bsky.social · Jun 2
Across three pandemics, a small genetic tweak has emerged in strains of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that caused the Black Death. Now, researchers have uncovered how this tweak affected disease severity.
Black Death bacterium has become less lethal after genetic tweak
Reducing the number of copies of one gene in the pathogen could also make it more transmissible.
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