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Stephen Burgess @stevesphd.bsky.social · 2d

New pre-print: "PCSK9 and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian Randomization study" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... led by Janne Pott. Brief thread:

PCSK9 and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian Randomization study

Background: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is well known for its causal effects on the lipid metabolism. A recent study identified an association between rs562556 within PCSK9 a...

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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh!

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 6d

Henry’s thesis is on: “Developing a Naturalistic Metaphysics for Biological Agency”. His goal (our goal in working together) was to show that there’s nothing unscientific or supernatural about ideas of agency, mental causation, and free will. ⬇️ (1/n)

Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 6d

Huge congratulations to Dr. Henry Potter!!! 😊👏🎉🍾

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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 5d

🧪 The U.S. FDA's recent statement on acetaminophen and autism risk in pregnancy misrepresents the scientific consensus. Global health organizations affirm no conclusive link exists, underscoring the public health danger of selectively presenting data.

Weaponizing uncertainty in science and in public health puts people in harm’s way

Those who cite scientific studies to support policies should take care to tell the whole story, especially when it’s complex.

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 10d

To be clear, there's overwhelming evidence that autism is primarily a genetic condition, and NO evidence for any of the bullshit this fool is spouting...

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Lucia Peixoto @sciencenlucia.bsky.social · 15d

Autism Scientists Strongly Oppose HHS Report Suggesting Links Between Tylenol and Autism. www.coalitionofautismscientists.org

Coalition of Autism Scientists | "autism scientists"

The Coalition of Autism Scientists formed in 2025 and is comprised of the leading autism researchers across the United States. The website includes statements made by researchers and science-based edu...

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15d

“Because of its safety profile & absence of teratogenic effects, acetaminophen is considered the medication of choice for fever & pain relief during pregnancy…we cannot ascribe any causal relationship between acetaminophen & autism, which remains the preferred drug for fever and pain in pregnancy.”

American College of Medical Toxicology @acmtmedtox.bsky.social · 15d

Position Statement: ACMT Supports the Safe Use of #Acetaminophen in Pregnancy.

Read our full statement here➡️ bit.ly/3VxbKw8

ACMT Position Statement: ACMT affirms the safety of acetaminophen in pregnancy and calls for an evidence-based approach to the search for causes and treatment of autism.

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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 17d

H1-B’s?

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 18d

Exclusive: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider retractionwatch.com/2025/09/18/c... via @retractionwatch.com

Exclusive: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider

The publisher Taylor & Francis is investigating concerns raised on PubPeer about a paper claiming to find DNA contamination in COVID-19 vaccines beyond regulators’ recommended amounts. Th…

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 18d

When a manuscript has serious concerns raised about its scientific validity and integrity, it should be carefully examined, particularly when it’s being used to justify anti-vax quackery.

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 18d

Exclusive: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider retractionwatch.com/2025/09/18/c... via @retractionwatch.com

Exclusive: Publisher investigating DNA contamination paper that authors say CDC vaccine committee will consider

The publisher Taylor & Francis is investigating concerns raised on PubPeer about a paper claiming to find DNA contamination in COVID-19 vaccines beyond regulators’ recommended amounts. Th…

retractionwatch.com

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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 18d

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No new fee for existing H-1B visas | LinkedIn

A new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas that takes effect Sunday will not apply to existing holders of valid visas who are re-entering the U.S., Axios reports, citing an unnamed White House official.

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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 18d

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No new fee for existing H-1B visas | LinkedIn

A new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas that takes effect Sunday will not apply to existing holders of valid visas who are re-entering the U.S., Axios reports, citing an unnamed White House official.

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Robert Califf @robcaliff.bsky.social · 18d

I hope this is widely read. It reflects the extraordinary diligence of CDC during the extreme stress of the pandemic. None of this information is secret--it was discussed and presented publicly.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c...

Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence

“Over and over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine,” writes former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.

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Matthew Herper @matthewherper.bsky.social · 19d

Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”

In Q&A, Drew Weissman says vast literature shows Covid shots are safe, refutes claims from Retsef Levi
www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

Winner of mRNA Nobel Prize says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible”

In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers.

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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 18d

This is a major disaster for the tech industry that relies on these visas to bring top talent form abroad- this could sink our growing AI industry. For that reason I can foresee that either it will not stand or exceptions will be made to large parts of tech industry.

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Heng Li @lh3lh3.bsky.social · 27d

New blog post – A quick look at Roche's SBX
lh3.github.io/2025/09/11/a...

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 21d

DeepSeek R1 - the first widely used LLM to be peer reviewed and published in a research journal. And… with transparent peer reviewed!
@nature.com

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DeepSeek-R1 incentivizes reasoning in LLMs through reinforcement learning - Nature

A new artificial intelligence model, DeepSeek-R1, is introduced, demonstrating that the reasoning abilities of large language models can be incentivized through pure reinforcement learning, removing t...

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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 22d

Indeed - and that drives me nuts being a geneticist

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Francisco De La Vega @ribozyme.bsky.social · 22d

Do you mean the Variant Allele Fraction? (the Fraction of reads carrying the mutation allele). When I hear variant allele frequency I always think about the frequency of an allele in a population/cohort.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 23d

Hankyoreh now has an official English translation of this editorial: english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24d

Powerful new article in NYT Magazine on cancer research

[Gift Link]

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Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 25d

A deep dive into the destruction of US cancer research by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster,” a former top official at NIH told him. “It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” Gift link: nyti.ms/48iH3Cr

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26d

Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/

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Alejandro de la Vega @neurozorro.bsky.social · 27d

Our latest paper outlining our ecosystem of tools for mining the neuroimaging literature, is finally officially published in eLife! doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Mining the neuroimaging literature

New tools for literature mining, such as automated analysis of the research literature, are accessible, scalable, and reliable.

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Yun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 28d

SINGER, our ARG inference method, is finally published and freely available online:

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...

Robust and accurate Bayesian inference of genome-wide genealogies for hundreds of genomes - Nature Genetics

SINGER is a method for creating ancestral recombination graphs to understand the genealogical history of genomes. The method has increased speed, and thus scalability, without sacrificing accuracy.

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