Sky_Light898
@skylight898.bsky.social
Humble scientist with a Ph.D. in Cell Biology. Curious about many things including Science, Space, News/Politics, Computers, Video Games, etc.
Never was on Twitter/X, but I'm really liking this Bluesky vibe so far! Still learning how to social media!
Never was on Twitter/X, but I'm really liking this Bluesky vibe so far! Still learning how to social media!
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Cancer vaccines: the experts speak www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cancer vaccines: the experts speak - Nature Biotechnology
The development of therapeutic cancer vaccines has long been a promising yet challenging field of research. While early efforts were impeded by limited efficacy and immune escape, recent advances in i...
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Cancer vaccines: the experts speak www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🦠🟩Chewing gum to block viruses?
A new clinical-grade gum made from lablab beans traps and neutralises HSV-1/2 and flu strains in your mouth. One tablet reduces viral load by >95% – and it stays potent for 2 years at room temp.
🔗 www.cell.com/molecular-th...
#SciComm #Virology 🧪
A new clinical-grade gum made from lablab beans traps and neutralises HSV-1/2 and flu strains in your mouth. One tablet reduces viral load by >95% – and it stays potent for 2 years at room temp.
🔗 www.cell.com/molecular-th...
#SciComm #Virology 🧪
Debulking influenza and herpes simplex virus strains by a wide-spectrum anti-viral protein formulated in clinical grade chewing gum
Daniell and colleagues report clinical-grade bean chewing-gum containing the viral
trap protein (FRIL) is stable and fully functional up to 790 days, when stored at
ambient temperature. Each gum table...
www.cell.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🦠🟩Chewing gum to block viruses?
A new clinical-grade gum made from lablab beans traps and neutralises HSV-1/2 and flu strains in your mouth. One tablet reduces viral load by >95% – and it stays potent for 2 years at room temp.
🔗 www.cell.com/molecular-th...
#SciComm #Virology 🧪
A new clinical-grade gum made from lablab beans traps and neutralises HSV-1/2 and flu strains in your mouth. One tablet reduces viral load by >95% – and it stays potent for 2 years at room temp.
🔗 www.cell.com/molecular-th...
#SciComm #Virology 🧪
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A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪
April 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪
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This is a room where we turn very modest salaries and budgets (and lots of coffee) into new knowledge, life-saving innovations, and technology that feeds business growth.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
February 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is a room where we turn very modest salaries and budgets (and lots of coffee) into new knowledge, life-saving innovations, and technology that feeds business growth.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
It's literally the loom that spins hay into gold but these numpties are suddenly worried about the cost of hay.
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Trump ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.
If you or someone you know has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or one of many countless illnesses that needs a cure — this could have devastating effects.
If you or someone you know has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or one of many countless illnesses that needs a cure — this could have devastating effects.
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing “a lot of uncertainty, fear, and panic”
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump ordered the National Institutes of Health to cancel their review panels on cancer research.
If you or someone you know has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or one of many countless illnesses that needs a cure — this could have devastating effects.
If you or someone you know has cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or one of many countless illnesses that needs a cure — this could have devastating effects.
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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A paper in Nature Microbiology underscores the critical role of the intestinal environment in the colonization success of gut-associated opportunistic pathogens with implications for developing non-antibiotic therapeutic strategies. https://go.nature.com/4hgvQDA 🧪
January 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A paper in Nature Microbiology underscores the critical role of the intestinal environment in the colonization success of gut-associated opportunistic pathogens with implications for developing non-antibiotic therapeutic strategies. https://go.nature.com/4hgvQDA 🧪
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It’s ok to feel sick over the state of things.
January 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It’s ok to feel sick over the state of things.
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Discovery of a biomass foam for potentially 98%+ removal of microplastics from water @ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Revivable self-assembled supramolecular biomass fibrous framework for efficient microplastic removal
Chitin-cellulose fibrous foam constructed by hydrogen bonding–induced self-assembly achieved efficient removal of microplastics.
www.science.org
November 29, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Discovery of a biomass foam for potentially 98%+ removal of microplastics from water @ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🧪🕰️ Why Cancer Risk Drops After 80
As we age, stem cells lose their ability to grow–including cancerous growth. A new study links this to older cells acting like they lack iron
Targeting this process might improve lung health & cancer therapies
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Health #SciComm 🧪
As we age, stem cells lose their ability to grow–including cancerous growth. A new study links this to older cells acting like they lack iron
Targeting this process might improve lung health & cancer therapies
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Health #SciComm 🧪
Ageing limits stemness and tumorigenesis by reprogramming iron homeostasis - Nature
Studies using mouse models of lung adenocarcinoma identify an association between age, iron homeostasis and tumour initiation potential that involves NUPR1 and lipocalin-2.
www.nature.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:07 AM
🧪🕰️ Why Cancer Risk Drops After 80
As we age, stem cells lose their ability to grow–including cancerous growth. A new study links this to older cells acting like they lack iron
Targeting this process might improve lung health & cancer therapies
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Health #SciComm 🧪
As we age, stem cells lose their ability to grow–including cancerous growth. A new study links this to older cells acting like they lack iron
Targeting this process might improve lung health & cancer therapies
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Health #SciComm 🧪
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Neuronal activity can boost mitochondrial transcription. This process is compromised in aging brains, suggesting a potential target for fighting the cognitive decline associated with aging.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Boosting neuronal activity-driven mitochondrial DNA transcription improves cognition in aged mice
Deciphering the complex interplay between neuronal activity and mitochondrial function is pivotal in understanding brain aging, a multifaceted process marked by declines in synaptic function and mitoc...
www.science.org
December 20, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Neuronal activity can boost mitochondrial transcription. This process is compromised in aging brains, suggesting a potential target for fighting the cognitive decline associated with aging.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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FACT: Aaron Rodgers, a dumbass jock who knows fuck all about science and medicine and uses the media to spew dangerous conspiracy theories about vaccines to gullible fans who listen to him because he used to be able to throw a football, sucks.
December 4, 2024 at 10:47 PM
FACT: Aaron Rodgers, a dumbass jock who knows fuck all about science and medicine and uses the media to spew dangerous conspiracy theories about vaccines to gullible fans who listen to him because he used to be able to throw a football, sucks.
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The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
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December 3, 2024 at 6:36 PM