Magazine Editor at @NatureMedicine and occasional writer on science, technology and health. Ex virologist 🦠 Charity trustee in Southwark, London 🏳️🌈
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CRISPR-containing bacteriophages are being developed by biotechs as an alternative to antibiotics.
These viruses can kill harmful bacteria without damaging the healthy microbiome.
Read more in my News analysis for @NatureBiotech
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Thank you @NatureMedicine for emphasizing the strong equity elements of the revised @medwma Declaration of Helsinki and citing the TRUST and the San Code! nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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Brilliant news, another high-profile adopter for the TRUST Code taking a stance against inequitable research, the Pasteur Network, alliance of 32 institutes in 25 countries across 5 continents, pasteur-network.org/legal/
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GLP-1 receptor agonists, which are effective for weight loss, can cause substantial muscle loss.
A Comment in @TheLancetEndo discusses the effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists on skeletal muscle mass: hubs.li/Q02WgC490
ALT Figure showing selected key roles of skeletal muscle as a structural versus metabolic organ. Copyright: Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved.
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Health AI needs meaningful human involvement: lessons from war.
Correspondence from James M. Hillis & Kenneth Payne @KingsCollegeLon @harvardmed
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The use and misuse of ‘biological aging’ in health research.
World View by M. Arfan Ikram @erasmusuni
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Our paper just published in Nature Medicine. @NatureMedicine
How to Make Cardiology Trials More Inclusive?
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Great collaborative effort led by @hvanspall and @FaiezZANNAD
@CMichaelGibson @NMHheartdoc @kamleshkhunti @TomLuscher and many others
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Rwanda’s Health Minister Dr. @nsanzimanasabin points to progress in controlling the #Marburg outbreak, assuring that measures are in place to safeguard travellers and conference attendees.
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PROTAC protein degraders to 'drug the undruggable' enter phase 3 trials.
Read the latest Clinical Pipeline, by @edbites
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Join us for this week’s press briefing as @AfricaCDC Director General, Dr. @JeanKaseya2, and Rwanda's Minister of Health, Dr. @nsanzimanasabin, provide critical updates on the Mpox outbreak across @_AfricanUnion Member States. Dr. Nsanzimana will also highlight the Marburg outbreak in Rwanda and the urgent actions being taken to address it.
📅 Date: 03 October 2024
🕞 Time:
16:00 – 17:00 | East Africa Time (GMT+3)
15:00 – 16:00 | Southern Africa Time (GMT+2)
14:00 – 15:00 | Central Africa Countries (GMT+1)
🔗 Join virtually via Zoom: africacdc-org.zoom.us/webina…
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⭐Research highlight: Daily injection with the weight-loss drug #liraglutide was more effective than placebo (both combined with lifestyle interventions) at reducing weight in children aged 6–12 years with #obesity. @NEJM
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The role of @US_FDA advisory committees.
Comment from Emily C. Helms Williams, Namandjé N. Bumpus and @DrCaliff_FDA
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#Mpox cases are rising across Africa, highlighting gaps in surveillance and testing. “Some countries report suspected cases, but without testing, we can’t confirm them or classify outbreaks,” said @AfricaCDC Director General Dr @JeanKaseya2. Contract tracing is another challenge: “We aim to trace 90% of contacts but have only reached around 4%, reflecting the performance of our surveillance systems."
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A novel application of #ASO technology adds to the growing number of personalized therapies for rare diseases; but pathways to implementation & access are urgently needed
News & Views from Annemieke Aartsma-Rus & colleagues
@oligogirl @LUMC_Leiden @uni_tue
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📢Our September issue is now live, and includes a Focus on the state of DEI in computational science, highlighting experts' insights on ongoing challenges and strategies for creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive field for all.
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There is a pervasive myth that the DRC 🇨🇩 and other countries in Africa affected by the current #mpox outbreak lack capacity for the many elements that are needed for effective outbreak response.
That is not true… my piece in @statnews statnews.com/2024/09/17/mpox…
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Women account for 67% of the health and care workforce and yet they are still paid 24% less on average than men working in the sector: who.int/news/item/13-07-2022…
This needs to end. #EqualPayDay
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Once again, ☕️☕️☕️ and caffeine linked with reduced cardiometabolic diseases
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From @uk_biobank, >170,000 participants
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Artificial intelligence is helping to redraw the virus family tree go.nature.com/3ZnbBi0
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Information on clinical trial progress of implanted brain-computer interfaces remains scarce. Join our webinar with Pepe Contreras-Vidal and Mariska Vansteensel discussing the state of clinical trials of implantable brain-computer interfaces
Register here: go.nature.com/3Zmyx0E
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🆕Recordings and presentations now available from the #Mpox research and innovation organized by @WHO @rd_blueprint @CEPIvaccines @AfricaCDC @NIH
Thanks to all those who contributed to aligning research response with the outbreak goals
@DrTedros
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