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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says
Former tube network cleaner says tribunal vindicated his health concerns, including about asbestos, that could affect public
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Heartbroken to hear of the passing of Prof. Greg Hannon of the CRUK Cambridge Institute. He was a rock and an inspiration and is already missed terribly
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests
Exclusive: Whistleblower figures show large rise in ‘serious’ to ‘minor’ downgrades based on water company evidence
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I've just signed "Back the National Commission Amendment" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc... @OpenBritainHQ
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Hobbycraft should immediately issue a recall 🤯 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Asbestos found in children’s play sand sold in UK
Hobbycraft removes product from sale after parent sent samples to a lab for testing but declines to issue a recall
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Understanding Animal Research @animalresearch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
In the decade since the creation of the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research, 64 signatories publish statistics on the number and species of animals used in research. Before 2014, that number was 0. Transparency is the best way forward in improving research, animal welfare, & public dialogue.
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Understanding Animal Research @animalresearch.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Being open about #AnimalResearch means building trust with the public, helping people understand that this is essential work that is done for the benefit of society. #Openness #AnimalTesting #BOARD25 #transparency
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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
UK an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader Remember this the next time you can’t get a GP appointment or have to wait too long to see a hospital doctor or nurse www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Glorious Gillespie wins UCI World Champs gold in Chile | Video www.stickybottle.com/races-result...
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Glorious Gillespie wins UCI World Champs gold in Chile | Video
Lara Gillespie was already a European champion before tonight but has now added an incredible world title win to her palmares
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Glasgow For Europe @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨🚨 Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Nature Reviews Cancer @natrevcancer.nature.com · 22/10/2025
REVIEW🚨 The authors discuss the regulation and interplay of the metabolic #CellDeath pathways #ferroptosis, #disulfidptosis and #cuproptosis and explore how these mechanisms can be harnessed for cancer therapies. @mdanderson.bsky.social 📖 ⬇️ bit.ly/3L3vN...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘When I was a child, everyone used it’: woman blames Johnson & Johnson talc for her cancer
Sue Rizzello is among thousands in UK suing the firm, which denies selling baby powder containing asbestos
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Criminally culpable and covering it up: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Thousands in UK sue Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder cancer risks
The claim involves 3,000 people and focuses on internal memos and scientific reports, seen by the BBC.
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Delighted to share the first major output from our CRUK-funded programme on Early Detection of Mesothelioma: DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63846-9 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A histomorphological atlas of resected mesothelioma discovered by self-supervised learning from 3446 whole-slide images - Nature Communications
Mesothelioma is a highly lethal cancer that remains challenging to diagnose. Here, the authors curate a histomorphological atlas of resected mesothelioma and map it using self-supervised AI endorsed by human pathological assessment, revealing patterns that generate highly interpretable predictions.
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
2025 IUCN Report has over 47,000 Wildlife species Threatened with Extinction.. #IUCN #wildlife #species #threatened #extinction #nature #endangered #endangeredspecies
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Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell @mrcharwell.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
"People don't do actual training in how to do animal experiments and there's such a lot that you need to think about that you just wouldn't realise unless somebody tells you." Apply by 31st August to join our comprehensive Mouse Models for Human Disease Workshop: www.har.mrc.ac.uk/training/cou...
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Mouse Models for Human Disease Workshop
This course brings together a team of experienced mouse geneticists who guide you through the process of designing and implementing a mouse research project plan and the subsequent data analysis.
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Cancer Research UK @cancerresearchuk.org · 13/08/2025
A new study from @lshtm.bsky.social we funded has revealed a 92-percentage point gap in 10-year survival between the most & least deadly cancers. It's vital the National Cancer Plan for England transforms cancer care & boosts survival across all cancer types. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The deadly cancers left behind by 50 years of success
Half of people with cancer survive but lack of progress for some forms of disease is worrying experts.
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Noted. We are building maps of cancer mortality rates across Scotland. Wonder what we will find in Helensburgh, Dunoon, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Greenock, Dumbarton.... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show
Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 04/08/2025
Please nominate our amazing International Student Support team for the #WeAreInternational Awards at UKCISA! They go above and beyond to support our international students. Please vote for the University of Glasgow by 6 Aug 👉 ukcisa.org.uk/our-work/weareinternational-awards #TeamUofG
Members of the International Student Support team at the University of Glasgow.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Only 29% would back Brexit now
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
A timely reminder of the continued danger posed by Asbestos www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio Ulster - Assume Nothing, Killer Dust, 1. A Very Strange Event
A hush-hush factory opening. No photographs allowed. Oaths of secrecy. What's going on?
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Chrystal Paulos @chrystalpaulos.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🧵1/ New in @Cancer_Cell: Our lab discovered that Th17 cells must team up with B cells to eliminate tumors, and prevent it from coming back. 🔗 Read: www.cell.com/cancer-cell/... 🧬This unexpected immune duo sparks tumor immunity. 🖼️Image: See schematic Th17/B cell antitumor action!
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Adoptively transferred Th17 cells cooperate with host B cells to achieve durable tumor immunity
Cole et al. report that adoptively transferred, tumor-specific Th17 cells engage host B cells and drive B cell proliferation and differentiation. These Th17 cells require B cells for sustained immunit...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research www.wired.com/story/how-tr...
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How Trump Killed Cancer Research
Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research.
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Simon Cook @drsimoncook.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The simplest, safest and easiest way to ensure your child does not die from Measles. I very much hope we are not going down the road of MAGA-land www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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UK worst in G7 for MMR jab rates, as 30m children worldwide not fully immunised
More than 14m children globally have not had single routine jab as figures show less than 90% of those eligible in UK had first MMR last year
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
🧵This story on Starmer’s welfare u-turn summarises one of the biggest problems with British politics - whichever party is in power. Ministers simply don’t engage with those affected by their decisions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Too arrogant to listen’: how welfare bill soured Starmer’s relations with rebel MPs
MPs describe receiving veiled deselection threats as No 10 sought to quash revolt before finally backing down
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Stop 🛑 defending Brexit fantasy and start telling the truth!!! The damage began with Brexit — but hasn’t ended there. Labour doesn’t need to say it’s anti-farming. Its fiscal plans speak for themselves. Agriculture is being “managed down” — as economists warned. www.fwi.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Opinion: Stop defending Brexit fantasy and start telling the truth - Farmers Weekly
In the years since Brexit, British agriculture has become caught in a peculiar double bind. We’re told to look forward, not back. To embrace change. To
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
We have seen a marked decline in cervical cancer deaths in young women in the past decade. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
cidrap.umn.edu
HPV vaccines linked to drop in cervical cancer deaths
From 2013-2015 to 2019-2021, mortality decreased 15% per year.
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Wow! Scientists engineered E. coli to convert plastic waste (PET) into pain medicine paracetamol (acetaminophen or Tylenol) in under 24 hours with up to 92% yield. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #medsky #pharmsky 🧪
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Everyday painkiller made from plastic — by E. coli
Study highlights potential for sustainable synthesis of paracetamol.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Amazing hopeful story - new generations of ash trees are evolving resistance to ash dieback fungus. Evolution at work, at speed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals
Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
No, I don't think you're sexy.
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Delighted to share our methods collaboration with Sophie Rovers & Evelien Smits on intrapleural injection to model pleural disease in mice: www.mdpi.com/3332150
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
BREAKING: The House of Commons has passed the assisted dying bill. 314 MPs voted in favour, while 291 against - a majority of 23
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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Once there were only 22 condors left on Earth: The LA Zoo just hatched 10 chicks
Earlier in June, wildlife enthusiasts were excited over a pair of young bald eagles that flew out of their nest for the first time, hovering high above Big Bear Lake.
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Unbelievable
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
and the UK isn't particularly well placed to benefit.... www.economist.com/science-and-...
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America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
Other countries may benefit. Science will suffer
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Glasgow For Europe @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Please cast your vote!
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A fellow scientist cries for help from an American gulag: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.
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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Had dinner with a French colleague in Lyon last night. He like many of our EU friends wants us back in the EU. He said that the obvious disaster of Brexit at least turned the French rightwing off the idea of Frexit.
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Cancer Research UK @cancerresearchuk.org · 12/05/2025
This International Nurses Day and every day, we celebrate our amazing nurses 💙 Their dedication and commitment is pivotal to our mission of bringing about a world where everybody can lead longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. Thank you for all that you do!
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Dr Neil Stone @drneilstone.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Love the graphic Seems my post made the point We need to push back against anti vaccine nonsense!
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/04/2025
Mark Carney is asked how the lessons of Brexit apply to Trump's tariff policy. "When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA
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Eddie Crouch @eddiecrouch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I’ll be on BBC Panorama tonight speaking to our damning new research on sugar levels in baby pouches. Parents are being hoodwinked into thinking they’re buying healthy options. Government needs to step in.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/04/2025
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
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djmurphylab2.bsky.social @djmurphylab2.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
So proud of my compatriot Prof Johanna Joyce - an inspiration to her peers and to future generations of Irish scientists
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Cancer Research UK @cancerresearchuk.org · 24/04/2025
Cancer is a global issue and we need to work together to beat it. This week we published a report outlining how the UK and EU can better support scientific collaboration. We urge policymakers to take our recommendations on board at next month’s UK-EU political summit. Read more 👇
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Less red tape and lower costs: How the UK-EU political reset can support cancer research progress worldwide - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
We reflect on how the UK and EU could grasp opportunities for scientific cooperation to promote health and wealth across the continent
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Elizabeth McKenna @elizsmckenna.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Why do tumors tend to metastasize to lymph nodes? Super interesting insights into that question, published online in Cancer Discovery today. One of those papers that grabs you at the title.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The new Eurobaromer poll shows the highest ever support for the EU! 🇪🇺 74% think their country benefits from EU membership 🇪🇺 66% want the EU to play a greater role in protecting them against global crises and security risks 🇪🇺 89% say EU Member States should act more united against global challenges
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Survey confirms Europe’s citizens want the EU to protect them and act in unity | News | European Parliament
The European Parliament’s Winter 2025 Eurobarometer survey, released today, highlights historic levels of approval for EU membership linked to peace and security.
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