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Giraffe Girl @longnecked.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Sea slugs are cute, beautiful and enchanting ✨🐌 But their name is just a colloquial umbrella term for many different ‘slug-like’ sea creatures. Let’s break it down once and for all! (Expand thread for typed version.) #seaslugs #nudibranchs #sacoglossans #seahares #seaangels #marineanimals

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Cat video to brighten up your Monday 🥰 #cat #catcafe

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Chip wants chips but the chips from Chippy’s Chip Store are chipped.

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Don’t be deceived by the appealing colour of grapefruit juice (when you’re taking medication).🧃⚔️💊 It interferes with the enzyme CYP3A4, which breaks down a lot of drugs (~50%) into inactive products. So blocking the enzyme’s function can lead to higher-than-intended drug levels in your body.

Glasses of grapefruit juice as seen from the top. Photo by Christine Trant (unsplash.com)

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Mushrooms of the Psilocybe genus is rich in #psilocybin, a well-known psychedelic compound. Once ingested, psilocybin is metabolised to psilocin, which activates serotonin receptors in the brain (5-HT2A). But the effects vary greatly depending on the person and the context! #fungifriends 🍄‍🟫

Psilocybe cubensis, more commonly known as the “Magic Mushroom”. Source: Mushroom Observer | @dial8

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Canagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, reduces blood glucose by inhibiting glucose reabsorption from kidney tubules. Now it’s shown to improve oxygen delivery to kidneys and improve kidney health in #diabetic patients. #diabetes www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

sciencedaily.com

Diabetes drug shows promise in protecting kidneys

Researchers evaluated the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors in protecting the kidneys, showing that the drugs might help improve oxygenation in these organs.

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Benralizumab made the news recently as a breakthrough asthma treatment 💊 As a monoclonal antibody, it targets the interleukin 5 receptor to reduce the survival of eosinophils, a type of immune cell that generate the excessive inflammatory responses in asthma. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

theguardian.com

Doctors hail first breakthrough in asthma and COPD treatment in 50 years

Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the world

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I don’t know why this is so funny but it is. At least for the first few minutes (and then it turns dark). Ratshaker.

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I’d be seasoning chicken and my Apple watch would compliment me for washing my hands for 20 seconds. Anyone else? ⌚️🙋🏻‍♀️

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Hera Lam @bigbisc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Ouabain. One of my favourite drugs because of it’s pronunciation (wa-bayne). Also because it’s a double edged sword that can either kill someone or treat their heart failure. Your choice.

Key components in a healthy cell involved in calcium, sodium and potassium transport. Sodium calcium exchanger (NCX) transports 2 calcium ions out if the cell for 3 sodium ions into the cell. The sodium pump transports 3 sodium ions into the cell and 2 potassium ions into the cell. Intracellular calcium is pumped into the endoplasmic reticulum by SERCA.

How ouabain affects ion transport in the cell. Ouabain inhibits the sodium pump. Sodium ions build up inside the cell, which inhibits the sodium calcium exchanger, NCX. SERCA pumps excess calcium into the endoplasmic reticulum, ultimately increasing calcium stores

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