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International Society of Genetic Genealogy @isogg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Researchers from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet found that babies born with congenital TORCH infections were about three times more likely to later be diagnosed with autism compared with children who were not infected.” #isogg #epigenetics #DNA #TORCH #autism www.newsweek.com/scientists-t...

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Scientists tracked 3.7 million births—one rare factor was linked to autism

The lead author of the study told Newsweek the research team were surprised by "the magnitude of the risks" caused by infections.

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Starting with a few hair samples, he and a team of scientists sequenced Jefferson’s genome and compared it with those of Hemings’s descendants” #ThomasJefferson @isogg.bsky.social

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Although researchers knew FKBP5 was stuck in high gear in schizophrenia, they lacked data on how certain chemical tags on DNA—known as DNA methylation—regulate the gene within the human prefrontal cortex” #dna #schizophrenia #FKBP5

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International Society of Genetic Genealogy @isogg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“In lab-dish-cultured brain cells and in 3D organoids, applying Nano-ERASER did seem to reduce levels of PTBP1, and triggered astrocytes to become new neurons.” #alzheimers #epigenetics #DNA #isogg www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...

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Alzheimer's Damage in Mice Reversed With Just Two Injections

Slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease is the goal of most existing treatments, but reversing it is much harder.

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I had early access, and a longer post is coming, but GPT-6 is stunning & is good enough that it actually does complex meaningful work for me autonomously for days. As a more fun visual example, it made a historically-based simulation of the Library of Alexandria: alexandria-mouseion.netlify.app

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“After accounting for other factors that could influence cancer risk, the researchers found that each one-unit increase in CDAI was associated with an 11.4 percent lower prevalence of cervical cancer. Women in the highest third of CDAI scores had a 55.8 percent lower prevalence of cervical cancer.”

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My genealogy peers and I hit our usage limits on #Claude so it’s time to learn #token #thrift #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Fable5 #Sonnet5 #CoWork #GPTfamilytree gptfamilytree.blogspot.com/2026/08/thri...

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

“…accumulated over the life course may also play a role. Couples frequently share dietary habits, physical activity patterns, and other socioeconomic conditions that influence cardiometabolic health and cognitive aging.” #dementia #alzheimers #dna

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bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Uncovering moonlighting role of mitochondrial presequence translocase machinery in SOD1-mediated ALS pathogenesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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bioinfoblogs @bioinfoblogs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

📝 Deep learning improves analysis of single cell RNA sequencing data ✍️ RNA-Seq Blog

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Deep learning improves analysis of single cell RNA sequencing data

Article de RNA-Seq Blog

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International Society of Genetic Genealogy @isogg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

“A new case series from the U.K. National Prion Clinic bolstered earlier findings that suggested Alzheimer's disease could be transmitted through specific medical treatments involving contaminated biological materials.” #Alzheimers #isogg

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New Study Links Alzheimer's Findings to Old Medical Treatments

Autopsy shows widespread amyloid and tau in patient who received contaminated biological material

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#Caturday is always better with #toebeans (Be sure to click the photo for the entire view) #CharlesPretrescu #cats #cat #March2026 #kitty

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

It’s still #Caturday in my time zone! Charles Oliver Petrescu cuddles #cat #cats #kitty

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Today’s “GPT for the Family Tree” post is a glossary to help with those AI terms that especially affect genealogy. Fifth times the charm on generating the infographic! #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CRAIGEN #Glossary #genealogy gptfamilytree.blogspot.com/2026/02/ai-a...

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AI and Genealogy (not quick, nor dirty) Glossary

There appears to be multiple options for when Artificial Intelligence was created; possibly by Alan Turing or at a conference in 1956 . Eith...

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

My latest AI blog post. I read a news article yesterday about a woman who tried to use AI like the Zoltar machine in the movie “Big” so I’m glad that sycophantic 4.o is retired. #ChatGPTfortheFamilyTree #ChatGPT #4.o #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #genealogy gptfamilytree.blogspot.com/2026/02/ai-i...

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AI is freakin' CODE

On February 13, 2026, OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, "retired" version 4.o - and that is a GREAT NEWS! OpenAI is being sued for the way ...

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

It’s Caturday! I’ve been saving this dose of cuteness and awwws for today! Ozzy and Harriet snuggled up. #caturday #cats #cat #catsofBluesky

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Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) @apgenealogists.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Genealogy isn’t just about the past. Learn how modern law affects access, ethics, and copyright in today’s research at the CAPG annual meeting, 7 Feb at 10 a.m. MST. Open to the public.https://coloradoapg.org/events/quarterly-meeting-feb-7-26/

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

IGG FREE KINDLE BOOK! #igg is the acronym for “Investigative Genetic Genealogy”. Use this link to get the book free on Kindle and if you don’t have a Kindle, you can read it using the Audible smartphone app. genealogybargains.com/amazon-chest... #FreeReads #Mystery #DNA #BookAddict #Kindle

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Why do most of the #ChatGPT voices have Silicon Valley accents? If you don’t think they do, then you haven’t been around the SV cadence enough. Only #Arbor ( #Australian ?) and #Vale ( #British ? Liverpool?) sound different. Ok #OpenAI - let’s get a French and/or Southern drawl accent in there.

ChatGPT’s “Arbor” voice. Sounds Australian? IDK

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

GENIES: Please follow @craigenorg.bsky.social and share the posts to further #AIeducation “Agentic AI” combines goal-directed decision-making, autonomy, and adaptability, enabling the system to act intentionally within constraints rather than merely responding to individual prompts or inputs.

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Dear #OpenAI, Please add a “No Fabrication” radio button to #ChatGPT. The fabricating is making me crazy! #Truth #NoLies #Fabrication #Fabricating

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Thank you Thomas MacEntee for this helpful AI citation info! #craigen @craigenorg.bsky.social

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Prompt: “If you had to draw an image of “ #AI context rot” what would it look like?” #Grok : - - -

Dystopian humanoid figures (Android) in a cataclysmic scene.

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Prompt: “If you had to draw an image of “ #AI context rot” what would it look like?” #Gemini : - -

Map of Earth showing connections between “data centers”??? and says “Clear Context” at the top. And other electrical map that’s degraded and says “Context Rot”

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Prompt: “If you had to draw an image of “ #AI context rot” what would it look like?” #ChatGPT : - - -

A computer server labeled LLM shoots energy into books which then fall apart and degrade.

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

ATTN GENEALOGISTS: Please read and share this post - important info on #AI and #photo regeneration. @craigenorg.bsky.social #craigen #artificialintelligence

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Anna MacDonald @annamac.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

So long Hobart, see you in February! I’m on board Australia’s icebreaker RSV Nuyina, heading south for the summer to collect environmental DNA samples to study biodiversity. We left yesterday afternoon, heading to Casey Station in #Antarctica and then Heard Island ❄️ 🐧 🧬 #eDNA

This is a selfie of me in my bright green jacket, standing on the heli deck of RSV Nuyina. There is distant land (southern Tasmania) in the background, across the water. The deck has “NUYINA” written in large white letters behind me.

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A simple, yet concise #infographic describing how #AI regenerates #photos. Please share this @craigenorg.bsky.social post -

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The Scottish Water Mills Website provides a web-based resource displaying mill locations across Scotland. #maps maps.nls.uk/projects/mil...

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Scottish water mills website - National Library of Scotland / University of Glasgow

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Just finished watching the fascinating documentary “Secrets of the Neanderthals” on Netflix. Not a lot of DNA discussion but there is one part where they can identify whether the remains are male or female based on a dental protein. Here’s a link to the trailer: youtu.be/b5YtgLSU_sE?...

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Secrets of the Neanderthals | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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International Society of Genetic Genealogy @isogg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

“Our findings raise the possibility that this delta–theta band oscillation could serve as a target engagement biomarker, but its relationship to food preoccupation warrants more controlled investigation," authors of the study conclude. #ISOGG #tirzepetide #epigenetics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brain activity associated with breakthrough food preoccupation in an individual on tirzepatide - Nature Medicine

This study provides the first evidence in humans that tirzepatide modulates brain electrophysiology, with changes in low-frequency accumbens power linked to food preoccupation.

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Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

“Brand new study reveals magnesium increases certain gut bacteria that synthesize vitamin D and inhibit the development of colorectal cancer.” #vitaminD

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