Echidnaphile and @sdut reporter on biotechnology and San Diego Zoo. Catch me at: https://xitter.cf/t.co/OeBFAt2bAm and https://xitter.cf/t.co/Z2CYnVlp9P
San Diego, CA
Joined June 2009
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WHAT A GORGEOUS GIANT ANTEATER 😍
Definitely the best camera trap record I've got so far!!
When camera traps are not being used to monitor Helmeted Manakin's nests, I install them in tracks around my fieldwork area to better know the residents around!
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Instead of a 60-year-old test that takes 3 hours, a simple 2 minute accurate sweat test for cystic fibrosis that uses #AI (ML) to distinguish DESI mass spec pattern for healthy vs. #CF
pnas.org/content/early/2019/… @PNASNews by @RichardNZare and colleagues @StanfordMed
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“'Bob,' I announced, 'We are going to live with your Alzheimer’s, not die with it.' Shame, I told him, was not an option. He had a disease, not a moral failing. It was time to come out of the shadows," writes Mary Hogan. #ENDALZ via @EverydayHealth everydayhealth.com/columns/m…
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"The problem of antibiotic resistance is worse than we originally estimated” - @CDCgov's Michael Craig addresses the Antibiotic Resistance Threat Report Hill briefing, co-hosted by @pewhealth and @IDSAInfo #CDCARThreats #AMR
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“Pesticides tend to receive little else but bad press — bees are slain, lawsuits are filed, and proponents of everything....Yet pesticides are vital to human health, nutrition, and global food security. Simply put, we cannot live without them” forbes.com/sites/johncumbers…
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Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. - John Muir
📷: Todd Lahman
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"These new agents appear to be a losing proposition for hospitals, which may lose up to $300,000 for each CAR-T treatment administered, note experts in a commentary published online November 1 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology." ow.ly/NOA230pTtqi
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Zebra mom earns her stripes
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Jean Rivier, Salk Professor Emeritus, Passes Away at 78 - Salk Institute for Biological Studies salk.edu/news-release/jean-r… via @salkinstitute
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"If the dead could speak, they would probably wish to contribute to the welfare of the living." —Kevin De Cock @CDCKenya & colleagues nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE… @NEJM "The experience could be humbling or reassuring, but it was always a deterrent to medical hubris."
Mistakes in >30%
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Amgen focused its Cambridge research site on neuroscience and hired people versed in medicinal chemistry, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, genetics, cell biology and and toxicology to staff it: fiercebiotech.com/biotech/am…
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In contrast to a longstanding rule in human biology, a recent study illustrates that mitochondrial DNA can be inherited from mothers and fathers. (from 2018)
to.pbs.org/32wQLMc
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Excellent movie review from @fueledbyscience
"Can a plant-based diet transform you into a rockstar elite athlete? #GameChangers, the latest pro- plant-based health documentary, says yes. Carnivores call the movie bogus vegan propaganda. "
fueledbyscience.com/the-game…
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US: live calcium signalling in neurons inside a mosquito’s eyes • 📹🔬 from @Omar_Akbari_ lab @UCSanDiego • EuroCalcium • Apri 2019 bit.ly/2yHXPeW
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Genetic sequencing of marine mussel reveals that a single infectious cancer has spread to two different species in South America and Europe elifesciences.org/digests/47…
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Thanks News Outlets for Getting the PubMed Central Word Out! nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2019…
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Network is down. People are having conversations in the hall. What IS this?! 🤣
