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Margaret A. McNulty

@drmamcnulty.bsky.social
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Comparative anatomist, medical educator #MedEd #vetmed, advocate for #OneHealth, ortho researcher, crazy horse girl 🦄, lover of animals and nature, hater of hypocrisy.

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Margaret A. McNulty @drmamcnulty.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Reposting with all the tags… #anated #meded #vetmed #anatomy #dissection #infectiousdisease #riskmanagement #cadaver
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Margaret A. McNulty @drmamcnulty.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I’m so proud of this scoping review article, as I feel it is desperately needed within our field. There are many misconceptions about the infection risk in cadavers, and this article provides hopefully one-stop shopping on the risks and mitigation factors to reduce those risks.
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Infection Risk From Humans and Animals in the Anatomy Laboratory: A Scoping Review
Whole-body dissection is a cornerstone of anatomy education. During and following the COVID-19 pandemic, exposure to infectious agents and other risks of dissection were highlighted. To identify pote...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Carly Lockard @carlylockard.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Like us, horses can injure their tendons and ligaments & often don't recover full tendon or ligament strength. Diane Little, et al. explore preclinical tendon & ligament animal models for developing better treatment: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ORSxDerby #ORSSMC @jorthopres.bsky.social
Summary of key examples of answers to 5W1H for preclinical tendon and ligament model selection. 5W1H, why, who, what, where, when, and how.
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Update on this one!!! They reversed this decision today www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study
The unexpected elimination of funding for the decades-long research project focused on women's health shocked scientists. They were heartened by the quick restoration of support.
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The Indiana General Assembly just passed HB 1515 and at the last minute slipped in a provision that all allied health professional schools must be on an A-F or similar merit system 93% of medical schools have left the A-F system because it does not improve learning This is really really bad
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This might be a bit of a hot take, but can organizations that write press releases for new studies please include a link for the actual paper. Scientists love to read the original articles and sometimes it can be frustrating in tracking them down. 🌎🧪🦇🐦🦋🐟
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
2025. Horses, donkeys and zebras have adaptations that break normal genomic rules phys.org/news/2025-03...
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Horses, donkeys and zebras have adaptations that break normal genomic rules
A genetic mutation in horses that would typically halt protein production has become a molecular asset. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and Vanderbilt University have identified a rare instanc...
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked). Thank you, Senator.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 31/03/2025
The threat is so big that even Red-state GOP politicians are starting to crack. IN Sen Young wrote in WaPo that "basic research isn’t a federal handout to help sustain academia.... it is a vital ingredient in our innovation future, economic and geopolitical competitiveness, and national security."
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Writing an op-ed is not illegal activity. They are revoking visas for thought crimes and for constitutionally protected expression.
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Dr. Tiffany A. Flowers @drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The majority of farmers supported the firing of scientists. That included scientists from the CDC and veterinarians. This is the trickle down. This is why people who do not have degrees in a field shouldn’t be in charge of anything. It is dangerous.
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Lisa Voigt @lisaluso.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Yale can 💯 afford to defend academic freedom, and its educational and research mission www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...
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Opinion | Universities Can Afford to Fight Trump (Gift Article)
Every university president will face a choice similar to Columbia University’s in the coming months.
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Margaret A. McNulty @drmamcnulty.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If anyone in Indiana’s 5th Congressional district has the time, please attend this town hall and ask Rep. Spartz why she supports the NIH cuts to IU… her district is chock full of IU employees who will be negatively affected! I desperately wish I could attend but will be in Portland for a meeting 😫
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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · 22/03/2025
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Spring is springing so here’s your regular reminder LILIES WILL KILL YOUR CAT. Even the tiniest sniff of pollen or licking a tiny bit of it off of their coat can cause kidney failure *quickly*. If you have cats you should keep lilies out of your house.
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Nature @nature.com · 20/03/2025
Fresh data have bolstered the discovery that dark energy, the mysterious force that makes galaxies accelerate away from each other, has weakened over the past 4.5 billion years. go.nature.com/4hmYWB6
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Is dark energy getting weaker? Fresh data bolster shock finding
Physicists had long assumed that the elusive force has constant strength. But the latest results from a project to map the Universe’s expansion challenge this idea.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Super-important point — HHS/NIH pay to train doctors. It’s not just research funding. The funding for residency programs is also being weaponized by Trump and Musk. Trump and Musk want your kid to not have a doctor.
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Strong column from @nytimes.com editorial board. “The people who are attacking higher education are talking nonstop,” said Holden Thorp. “And the people leading higher education are not saying very much.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...
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Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 10/03/2025
NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying why some people are hesitant to receive vaccines or evaluating strategies that could encourage vaccine uptake. scim.ag/4how23i
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NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
Move reflects vaccine skepticism of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/03/2025
Public health is under attack in America. Maternal and child health is under attack in America. Health research is under attack in America. Ultimately it won't just cost us in advancements, it'll cost us lives.
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Trump’s funding cuts are hitting early-career researchers the hardest
Doctoral students at the University of Illinois Chicago say vital work on maternal health is threatened by Trump’s research funding cuts.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials. Keywords include abortion, obesity, and peanut allergies.
Materials produced or authored by NCI staff that address topics that may be controversial, high profile, or sensitive must be sent to the NCI Clearance Team for review prior to publication.

Depending on the nature of the information, additional review and clearance by the NCI director, deputy directors, NIH, and HHS may be required. In some cases, the material will not need further review, but the NCI Clearance Team will share it with NCI leadership, NIH, and/or HHS for their awareness.

Examples of controversial or high-profile topics include, but are not limited to:

Cancer Moonshot
NCI budget
COVID-19
Vaccines
H5N1/bird flu
Opioids ,
Marijuana
Dietary guidelines/ultra-processed foods
Obesity
Stem cell or fetal tissue research
Abortion
Autism
Peanut allergies
Fluoride
Measles
Diversity/equity efforts
Gender ideology
Environmental justice
Discussion of federal policies
Topics of federal investigations
Issues concerning pending legislation
Topics that have received recent attention from Congress
Topics that have received widespread or critical media attention
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Margaret A. McNulty @drmamcnulty.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I was unable to attend the Indy @standupforscience.bsky.social march today because I had already committed to a horse show in Ohio with my daughter. But my beloved Oliver 🦄 still helped me resist in our own way. #standupforscience (spoiler alert: we even won our class 💪🏻)
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Nick Haddad @nickhaddad.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our paper is out, and it is distressing. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”…. 🧪 #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
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Thelonevirologist @thelonevirologist.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Herding cats: It’s past time to include pets in disease surveillance www.statnews.com/2025/03/04/h... via @statnews.com
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Herding cats: It’s past time to include pets in disease surveillance
These veterinarians, flu scientists, and biosecurity experts are watching with growing concern the rise in H5N1 avian influenza in cats.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025
BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I've been noodling a lot lately on academic freedom and the ability of faculty members to speak as individual faculty members I get the impression that many are self-muzzling due for self-preservation purposes This is a quick 🧵 on speaking out as an academic faculty member 1/
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Those of you in science who are starting to noodle on how to organize: The Good Trouble Coalition in Indiana (@goodtroublein.bsky.social) did this in 2022 and have a blueprint for you here: jha.scholasticahq.com/article/125183
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Getting into Good Trouble: A case study on getting started in organized physician advocacy | Published in Journal of Health Advocacy
By Jamie Levine Daniel, Meg Carlson & 9 more. Policy decisions directly affect health outcomes, so science and evidence should guide the policymaking process. The Good Trouble Coalition was created to...
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Margaret A. McNulty @drmamcnulty.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This crossed my mind weeks ago but I stuffed it away under a “there’s no way” category. After all of the attacks on NIH, it’s clear I was wrong to dismiss it. We must link arms, stand up, support each other, and fight this hostile take down.
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Lukas Althoff @lalthoff.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
How did the US become a land of opportunity? In a new paper, we show that the country's pioneering role in mass education was key to its rise in intergenerational mobility from 1850 to 1950. "America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility" with Harriet Brookes Gray & Hugo Reichardt
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Terrific piece by @wdownard.bsky.social for @indianacapitalchronicle.com on effects proposed federal cuts would have on Indiana They are huge- 44% of Indiana's budget is federal dollars (the 3rd most in the US) In Indiana we undertax and underspend indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/28/w...
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Where do federal funding cuts leave Indiana? • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Federal funding cuts coming from Washington could threaten Indiana's finances, especially for Medicaid and education.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Francis Collins, longtime NIH director with bipartisan bona fides*, retires as of yesterday. He returned to NIH in 2023 to focus on research in his own lab, in the NIH in-house intramural research campus. His letter seems to imply he wasn’t ready to leave. NIH is being torn down. 1/🧪 #academicsky
Statement by Francis Collins, MD. PhD
March 1, 2025 Yesterday I notified NIH Acting Director Matt Memoli, MD of my retirement from the federal government.
effective February 28, 2025. The National Institutes of Health is the world's foremost medical research institution. It has been rightfully called the "crown jewel" of the federal government for decades. It has been the greatest honor of my life to be part of this institution in various roles
over the last four decades. In the 1980s, NIH supported my work at the University of Michigan through a peer-reviewed grant. That led
to the identification of the gene for cystic fibrosis. Thirty years later that has led to an almost miraculous treatment that allows most kids with cystic fibrosis to
look forward to an almost normal life span. I was recruited to NIH in 1993 to lead the Human Genome Project - an extraordinarily bold initiative to read out the three billion letters of the human DNA instruction book. Funded by the U.S. Congress, the project completed its work -- two years ahead of schedule, and $400 million under budget. The success of the project, and the commitment to share all of the data rapidly and freely, has revolutionized every aspect
of human biomedical research and medical practice. Subsequently I was honored to be asked to serve as the Director of the National Institutes of Health. I had the chance to serve three Presidents - Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joseph Biden. I also had the opportunity to work regularly
with members of Congress in both parties. I loved those interactions and
relationships.
Throughout that time, investmentrelieving
human suffering, and
contributing
substantially to the U.S. economy.
That consistent
support
made
possible
bold
new projects
in regenerative medicine, brain science, precision health, cancer, and solutions for opioid addiction, to name just
a few. When the worst pandemic in more than a century arose in 2020, it was my job as Director of NIH to pull together partnerships with the FDA, academia, and the private sector to produce what only America's unparalleled biomedical sector could have: COVID vaccines in just 11 months, a staggering medical
achievement that saved over three million lives in the
U.S.alone. After a stint in the White House as the President's Acting Science Advisor, where I had the chance to organize a major initiative to eliminate hepatitis C in the United States, i returned to the intramural research program of the National Human Genome Research Institute in 2023. There I have been overseeing a research laboratory of a dozen highly talented and visionary scientists who are providing new insights into the causes and possible means of prevention of type 2 diabetes, as well as seeking a gene therapy cure for one of the world's rarest diseases - progeria, a
premature aging disorder. NIH is the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world. It is the main piston of a biomedical discovery engine that is the envy of the globe. Yet it is not a household name. It should be. NIH supports everything from basic science to clinical trials,
providing the foundation of many breakthroughs. When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about
sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPRgene editing, that was built on many years of research supported by NIH. It has also been the largest supporter of global health research in the world, winning us many friends and colleagues from across
the globe. I have loved being employed by this extraordinary, life-giving institution for 32 years. I will continue to devote my life in other ways to seeking knowledge and enhancing health, to healing disease and reducing suffering, and to doing what I can to bring together our fractured communities around the shared values of love, truth, goodness, and faith. As I depart NIH, I want to express my gratitude and love for the men and women with whom I have worked side-by-side for so many years. They are individuals of extraordinary intellect and integrity, selfless and hard-working, generous and compassionate. They personify excellence in every way, and they deserve the utmost
respect and support of all Americans.
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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 02/03/2025
As we can expect PubMed dysfunction more and more or to be swamped with fake journals I suggest you get acquainted to this nice alternative: europepmc.org
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Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 01/03/2025
Oh, that's concerning. nih.gov
Image of a website saying "this site can't be reached" after visiting nih.gov
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Boneafide🇮🇱 @bone00afide.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
You know, kill young women to protect of the sanctity of human life. Republicans have lost their everloving minds.
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WESA @wesa.fm · 21/02/2025
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
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The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Another loss for #science & the next generation of researchers. The 28-year running NIDA summer internship program is cancelled for this year. @altnih4science.bsky.social #SavetheNIH
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Brandon Pearson @pearson-lab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
It's official. The grant proposal I spent months writing and that includes thousands of dollars in experiments was not reviewed because the study section did not meet. This is happening to tons of labs; we're not unique, but it still hurts. This is illegal and society's response is weak at best.
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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 20/02/2025
What do the best teachers have in common? They're good-natured. They're professional without being aloof. And they're demanding without being unkind. chroni.cl/4hOgJCi
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What Makes a Good Teacher?
You may never be as funny, approachable, or creative as your favorite teacher — the key is to try.
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Brendan Maher @bmaher.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In case you were wondering how the Trump admin was still freezing NIH funds, despite court orders, this is how. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
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Margaret A. McNulty @drmamcnulty.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Where are our institutional leaders? Why am I not seeing statements posted denouncing these cuts? Why is almost every major medical school, particularly in red states, my own included, absolutely silent on what is going on? If we won’t save ourselves, who will?
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Nature @nature.com · 19/02/2025
Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles A first-of-its-kind analysis reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots Read the full story here: go.nature.com/3CUmFKI
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Higher Education Labor United (HELU) @higheredlabor.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Across the country on Feb 19, workers impacted by cuts to federal funding are coming together to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Join us in one of more than a dozen cities (& if there's not an action near you yet, sign up to be the first to know when there is): labor4highered.org
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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I'm delighted to share our opinion on #papermills published in Nature. Science is flooded with papers from paper mills.Certain steps can be taken, but this is a challenge that neither universities nor journals are ready to face.Some use paper mills to their advantage. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.
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