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Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
August 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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We've been hearing announcements about possible artificial blood for as long as I've been in medicine and research (30+ years at this point) and none of them have ever panned out. Sooner or later, presumably, one of them will—and if this turns out to it, great. But I'm not holding my breath. ⚕️🧪
Scientists are developing artificial blood that could save lives in emergencies
A research team has successfully tested a blood substitute in animals, and human trials may not be far off. The powdered blood could help medics respond faster in a crisis.
www.npr.org
July 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We've been hearing announcements about possible artificial blood for as long as I've been in medicine and research (30+ years at this point) and none of them have ever panned out. Sooner or later, presumably, one of them will—and if this turns out to it, great. But I'm not holding my breath. ⚕️🧪
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“Our data provide evidence that supports continued investigations of [resiniferatoxin] to improve pain management for patients with advanced cancer experiencing intractable pain, especially when opioids fail or are poorly tolerated.” Full study results in NEJM Evidence: eviden.cc/4ks0BHA
June 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Our data provide evidence that supports continued investigations of [resiniferatoxin] to improve pain management for patients with advanced cancer experiencing intractable pain, especially when opioids fail or are poorly tolerated.” Full study results in NEJM Evidence: eviden.cc/4ks0BHA
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They had to invent pain almost immediately after inventing fire because too many men were "just testing it out"
July 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
They had to invent pain almost immediately after inventing fire because too many men were "just testing it out"
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Nature reports on the momentum that is building for PROTAC treatments, which eliminate disease-causing proteins, including those responsible for difficult-to-treat childhood cancers. 🧪
How protein-slayer drugs could beat some of the cruellest cancers
Momentum is building for PROTAC treatments that eliminate disease-causing proteins, including those responsible for difficult-to-treat childhood cancers.
go.nature.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Nature reports on the momentum that is building for PROTAC treatments, which eliminate disease-causing proteins, including those responsible for difficult-to-treat childhood cancers. 🧪
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Which one should I illustrate next? 🎨 This is from my series Kintsugi, inspired by the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. As a med student, have been exploring what it means to be a healer and do my best for future patients. #sciart #medsky #medicalart
January 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Which one should I illustrate next? 🎨 This is from my series Kintsugi, inspired by the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. As a med student, have been exploring what it means to be a healer and do my best for future patients. #sciart #medsky #medicalart
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Your cognitively intact elderly parent may make decisions that you disagree with. They may even make decisions that could shorten their life.
They have the right to make these decisions.
It’s OK for you to not like this and also not try to control or change it.
#palliativecare #medsky
They have the right to make these decisions.
It’s OK for you to not like this and also not try to control or change it.
#palliativecare #medsky
January 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Your cognitively intact elderly parent may make decisions that you disagree with. They may even make decisions that could shorten their life.
They have the right to make these decisions.
It’s OK for you to not like this and also not try to control or change it.
#palliativecare #medsky
They have the right to make these decisions.
It’s OK for you to not like this and also not try to control or change it.
#palliativecare #medsky
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“We found that a single iron infusion in the third trimester can achieve what oral iron tablets taken every day during #pregnancy cannot.”
TL;DR summary - IV Fe Works. #MedSky & #ObGynSky.
okay @shematologist.bsky.social this seems like your forte...
www.hcplive.com/view/iv-iron...
TL;DR summary - IV Fe Works. #MedSky & #ObGynSky.
okay @shematologist.bsky.social this seems like your forte...
www.hcplive.com/view/iv-iron...
IV Iron Infusion Cuts Anemia Risk Before Childbirth, Study Finds
An infusion of ferric carboxymaltose in the third trimester significantly reduced anemia in pregnant women, surpassing the efficacy of iron tablets.
www.hcplive.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“We found that a single iron infusion in the third trimester can achieve what oral iron tablets taken every day during #pregnancy cannot.”
TL;DR summary - IV Fe Works. #MedSky & #ObGynSky.
okay @shematologist.bsky.social this seems like your forte...
www.hcplive.com/view/iv-iron...
TL;DR summary - IV Fe Works. #MedSky & #ObGynSky.
okay @shematologist.bsky.social this seems like your forte...
www.hcplive.com/view/iv-iron...
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New screening guidelines for osteoporosis were finalized this week.
For women 65+, you should screened with a DEXA scan.
For those who are post-menopausal and under 65 but with risk factors like significant alcohol or tobacco use, earlier screening is recommended.
#medsky
@nbcnews.com
For women 65+, you should screened with a DEXA scan.
For those who are post-menopausal and under 65 but with risk factors like significant alcohol or tobacco use, earlier screening is recommended.
#medsky
@nbcnews.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New screening guidelines for osteoporosis were finalized this week.
For women 65+, you should screened with a DEXA scan.
For those who are post-menopausal and under 65 but with risk factors like significant alcohol or tobacco use, earlier screening is recommended.
#medsky
@nbcnews.com
For women 65+, you should screened with a DEXA scan.
For those who are post-menopausal and under 65 but with risk factors like significant alcohol or tobacco use, earlier screening is recommended.
#medsky
@nbcnews.com
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The pointy-shoed corruption of medieval London. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How pointy shoes created a moral panic in medieval London
Shoes seen as demonic and vain were blamed for making men
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The pointy-shoed corruption of medieval London. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Great example of #citizenscience - check out this platform that enables people living with pain &/or long covid to share & compare their experiences patientscientist.ca
January 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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I made this flubber model in 2008 & still show it all the time to teach about glacier ice flow in a valley & related topics. I’ve used this to talk about basics of glaciers with grade school students up to deriving shear & normal strain rates, & vorticity, with undergrad & grad students! Enjoy! 🧪
January 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I made this flubber model in 2008 & still show it all the time to teach about glacier ice flow in a valley & related topics. I’ve used this to talk about basics of glaciers with grade school students up to deriving shear & normal strain rates, & vorticity, with undergrad & grad students! Enjoy! 🧪
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"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Still wrapping my head around the fact that in 2024 I finished my first book! On April 15, 2025 (whaaaaat) it drops into the world. It's a science-y deep dive into real-life zombies—insects & other inverts—you can pre-order at the link & I hope it feeds your brain as much as writing it fed mine! 🧪📚🧟♀️
Rise of the Zombie Bugs
Zombies aren't just the stuff of nightmares. Explore the fascinating world of real-life insect zombification.Zombies are all around us—insect zombies, that is. In Rise of the Zombie Bugs, Mindy Weisbe...
press.jhu.edu
December 31, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Still wrapping my head around the fact that in 2024 I finished my first book! On April 15, 2025 (whaaaaat) it drops into the world. It's a science-y deep dive into real-life zombies—insects & other inverts—you can pre-order at the link & I hope it feeds your brain as much as writing it fed mine! 🧪📚🧟♀️
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Hold the front page for this big splash! 🧪
To make the biggest splash when you dive-bomb into the water, the secret is to use the Manu technique practised by the Maori of New Zealand. www.newscientist.com/article/2461...
How to make the biggest splash in a pool, according to science
Analysing footage of what happens when people jump into water, and using a robot to mimic them, has revealed how do the perfect dive-bomb using a Maori technique called the Manu
www.newscientist.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Hold the front page for this big splash! 🧪
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Staggering statistics at #ASH24 #TreatingFairly
Patients with cancer who go bankrupt are nearly 80% more likely to die regardless of disease status.
Our system quite literally kills people.
Patients with cancer who go bankrupt are nearly 80% more likely to die regardless of disease status.
Our system quite literally kills people.
December 8, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Staggering statistics at #ASH24 #TreatingFairly
Patients with cancer who go bankrupt are nearly 80% more likely to die regardless of disease status.
Our system quite literally kills people.
Patients with cancer who go bankrupt are nearly 80% more likely to die regardless of disease status.
Our system quite literally kills people.
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This new study, led by Shigeki Watanabe and partially conducted in the MBL’s Neurobiology course, challenges a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons and proposes a new model for understanding how information is transmitted in the brain. #science 🧪 🧠
A String of Pearls: Study Challenges Long-held Beliefs about Nerve Cell Shape and Function | Marine Biological Laboratory
WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- In a provocative new study, scientists challenge a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons -- the long, thin filaments radiating from nerve cells that transmit ...
www.mbl.edu
December 4, 2024 at 7:45 PM
This new study, led by Shigeki Watanabe and partially conducted in the MBL’s Neurobiology course, challenges a fundamental tenet in neuroscience about the shape of axons and proposes a new model for understanding how information is transmitted in the brain. #science 🧪 🧠