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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

On our latest episode "Null Neutrophils," @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a fascinating physiologic question: Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... open.spotify.com/episode/3SdI...

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

If you think you’re tough, consider the tardigrade… In 2007, 3,000 of these tiny animals orbited the Earth OUTSIDE a space rocket for 12 days. >2/3 of them survived the vacuum of space and being blasted with solar radiation. www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

This really feels like science fiction- a bespoke CRISPR gene editing treatment for a baby with a urea cycle disorder www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Thank you so much to @corewellhealth.bsky.social and Dr Steve Doyle for the invitation to speak on the art of medicine at their annual education and research day!

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Yeesh - if Pseudomonas wasn’t a bad enough actor already, it also apparently secretes an enzyme that degrades plastic www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Each episode, producer @gbuonomomed puts together a paired show notes blog post. For our latest episode, 'Alpha-gal again', we tackle the question: how could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer? curiousclinicians.com/2025/04/24/e... open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

On our latest episode, Alpha-gal Again, we share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

This story really blew my mind - that alpha-gal could be an entirely new way to treat cancer using immunotherapy

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal! We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This is such a good album and a monumental achievement!!!

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Lakshman Swamy (he/him) @laxswamy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Check it out, new album just dropped 🤩 open.spotify.com/album/5orTSx...

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I Thought I Was Better

Enemy in the Sky · Album · 2025 · 10 songs

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

1/THREAD As the old idiom goes, one deliberately causes additional pain by "pouring/rubbing salt in an open wound". But this is also literally true. Physiologically, why would it hurt so much to have salt poured into a wound?

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I’m always amazed by our similarities and homologies with bacteria. Our version of a foreign nucleic acid sensor called STING, which activates interferon, is almost identical to the version that bacteria use to sense and defend against viruses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Matt Siuba @zentensivist.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Looks like this year at #CHEST2025 I’ll be talking about some combination of: - Invasive hemodynamic monitoring - #ThePeoplesVentricle - VA coupling at the bedside - Portopulmonary hypertension See you in Chicago!

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Very interesting and insightful perspective on whether zoster vaccines reduce dementia risk from @chrisworsham.com and Bapu Jena t.co/EBUyx3kRbT

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The mechanism of petrichor explained!

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of rain aka petrichor? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... open.spotify.com/episode/4eDF...

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I love this episode… why does freshly fallen rain smell so good??

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

This week, we dive into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of the rain? And why does fresh rain smell so good? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/4eDF...

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Podcast Episode · The Curious Clinicians · 03/27/2025 · 34m

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Was truly an honor to give this talk for OSU Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. In times of uncertainty, curiosity and humanism can help us find joy as clinicians.

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Lynn Fussner @lynnfussner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Inspiring IM Grand Rounds presentation from the one and only @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social on curiosity, humanism, and joy in medicine

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

My writing website is live! Huge thank you to the endlessly talented Miriam Hiersteiner for designing it www.avrahamcooper.com

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Excited to share a little piano piece I wrote and presented at the 2025 OSU College of Medicine Arts Festival!! medartsgallery.squarespace.com/work/cooper

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Classic but very cool study. Does aspirin reduce the risk of cancer metastases? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Lakshman Swamy (he/him) @laxswamy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Ooooh our latest editorial is out on stories in the icu!!! These are the papers I get excited about writing 😁 I hope you enjoy it! aacnjournals.org/ajcconline/a...

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Narrative Reflection in Critical Care | American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC) | American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

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Lakshman Swamy (he/him) @laxswamy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

So excited to share this!! Available now www.criticalcaregame.com 🤩🤩🤩 @critcaregame.bsky.social #medsky #boardgame

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin? In our latest show notes blog post, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers hope to create an oral insulin option (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)! curiousclinicians.com/2025/01/09/e... thecuriousclinicians.substack.com/p/oral-argum...

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Crazy cool study investigating alpha-gal gene therapy for refractory solid cancers (leading the immune system to ‘reject’ the cancer like an organ transplant) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

This was a fun episode! Imaging the future of insulin therapy.

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin? In our latest episode, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers are working to make an oral insulin option possible (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... open.spotify.com/episode/1DEt...

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David Sas @davidsas.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Great article!

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Thrilled to have my essay on the serendipitous history of Botox and how it relates to the doctor-patient relationship published by @medpagetoday.bsky.social today! www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

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Opinion | What Botox Teaches Us About Serendipity in Clinical Encounters

Don't forget the power of a strong doctor-patient relationship

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Rana Awdish MD @ranaawdish.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I love everything @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social writes 💕

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Amanda @eruditeelf.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

One of my FAVORITE doctors is here!! Follow him for always interesting and enlightening medical threads!

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

1/ Have you ever wondered why advanced renal disease often leads to often debilitating pruritis? Why would kidney failure lead someone to itch uncontrollably? #tweetorial

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

1/ Have you ever wondered why advanced renal disease often leads to often debilitating pruritis? Why would kidney failure lead someone to itch uncontrollably? #tweetorial

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Lakshman Swamy (he/him) @laxswamy.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Bad Days On the bad days, I feel bad It comes in shudders and waves I’m not sure if anything is working The way it is supposed to Is it supposed to? ...

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Shreya P. Trivedi MD, MHPE @shreyatrivedimd.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

How can we all be more effective communicators with different technologies & AI?! Really excited to learn from these wonderful humans (and you!) Register for Virtual Conf Jan 10th: bit.ly/3P7HUvb #MedSky #MedEd

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Brett Biebelberg, MD @bbiebelberg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🦠We call a lot of things “sepsis” 🔎Our #AnnalsofIM study examined how broad this grab bag really is ⚠️Among ~75,000 patients with sepsis, we found remarkably wide spectrum of presentations & outcomes across infection source & organ dysfunction patterns Thread ⬇️ #medsky #emimcc #idsky #pharmsky

Annals of Internal Medicine: Heterogeneity of Sepsis Presentations and Mortality Rates

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The Curious Clinicians Podcast @curiousclinpod.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Ep 101 ‘Automatic ABO’ is up! 🩸 Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/5Dgd...

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Rana Awdish MD @ranaawdish.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I AM SO EXCITED 🥂 Even though I have known for a bit … this makes it real 🙌🏻

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Max Jordan Nguemeni @maxjordan.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Cannot wait!

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Lakshman Swamy (he/him) @laxswamy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Whoaaaaa!!!!!! So excited!!!

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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

📣VERY exciting announcement… @tonybreu.bsky.social and I are writing a book, to be published by @wwnorton.bsky.social! Working title is: WHY DOESN’T YOUR STOMACH DIGEST ITSELF? It’s all about the wondrous ways that the human body is resilient, and we can’t wait to share it with you 😊

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