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Jan Nolta, PhD

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Director, Cell and Gene Therapy at University of California Davis Health in Sacramento. Editor of the journal Stem Cells. #Firstgen #celltherapy #stemcells #GeneTherapy orcid.org/0000-0003-4576-8542

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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Glycocalyx-edited mesenchymal stem/stromal cell therapy in advanced osteoporosis: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Glycocalyx-edited mesenchymal stem/stromal cell therapy in advanced osteoporosis
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (MSC)-based therapy holds promise for reversal of bone loss in osteoporosis. This phase 1 study establishes the safety and feasibility of intravenous administration of gl...
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Congratulations to all #Huntingtonsdisease advocates who have fought hard for this. Best of luck UniQure. 💙💜
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns After Weeks of Pressure www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...
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F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns After Weeks of Pressure
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Biotech raises $42 million to run #Huntingtonsdisease trial www.statnews.com/2026/05/04/b... via @statnews.com
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Biotech raises $42 million to run Huntington’s disease trial
Latus Bio raised $42 million as it prepares to seek FDA approval to start a clinical trial for its gene therapy for Huntington's disease.
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is a bit late, but I wanted to give Dr. Wendy Campana a shout out because she’s awesome and we are so glad she came to UCDavis! @ucdavis.bsky.social
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Honored to be part of this trial, led by my amazing colleague Dr. Farmer, with much teamwork. Thank you for funding from @cirmnews.bsky.social (CIRM). 🫶 Treating fetuses with stem cells proves safe in milestone spina bifida trial | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Treating fetuses with stem cells proves safe in milestone spina bifida trial
The study is now scaling up to do more in utero procedures and evaluate effects on disability as children grow
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
She Was Born Without an Immune System. Gene Therapy Saved Her Life. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
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She Was Born Without an Immune System. Gene Therapy Saved Her Life.
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Congratulations to Capricor, PI Dr. Craig McDonald of @ucdavishealth.bsky.social & the patients for these exciting results. Thank you to our @cirmnews.bsky.social - funded Alpha Clinic for assisting with the trial logistics & product formulation and delivery. 🙏 www.capricor.com/investors/ne...
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Capricor Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Results from Pivotal Phase 3 HOPE-3 Study of Deramiocel in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Pivotal Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (n=106) met the primary endpoint (PUL v2.0) and the key secondary cardiac…...
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Thank you Judge Lin! “As a part of Friday’s ruling, Judge Lin said the defendants in the case, including Mr. Trump and an array of government agencies, could not link federal funding “to any measures” that would violate the First Amendment.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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Judge Orders Trump Not to Threaten University of California’s Funding
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Baby KJ; doctors will ask FDA this winter to OK a clinical trial of pioneering gene editing approach. #genetherapy #baseediting #crispr #geneediting www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/b... via @statnews.com
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Baby KJ's doctors will ask FDA this winter to OK a clinical trial of pioneering gene editing approach
Baby KJ's medical team intend to ask the FDA to start a clinical trial that would be open to patients with seven different urea cycle disorders.
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Rare Disease Advisor @rarediseaseadvisor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#NORDSummit: Lee Greenwood, whose 5-year-old daughter Noa was born with #CanavanDisease, a severe #GeneticDisorder found mainly among Ashkenazi Jews. In June 2022, the girl received lifesaving #GeneTherapy and is now developing normally. @nordrare.bsky.social #RareDisease #RareSky #MedSky
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Genes & Diseases Journal @genesndiseases.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
A new review highlights the advances in DNA nucleases and delivery vectors for in vivo #GeneTherapy, outlining key developments, challenges, and their future potential to treat diverse #Diseases. #medsky #OpenAccess: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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hemehub.bsky.social @hemehub.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
This Month on HemeHub: SCD and Gene Therapy Join us as we explore advances in the treatment of #sicklecelldisease through #genetherapy, featuring pivotal trials of Lyfgenia and Casgevy. Stay tuned for our upcoming session featuring Dr. John Tisdale, Senior Investigator at the NHLBI.
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Daniah Beleford @daniahbeleford.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Opportunities | Beleford Lab
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Congratulations to ⁦‪UniQure and to the #huntingtonsdisease community! 💙💜 www.uniqure.com/investors-me...
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Press Releases | Investors & Media
Reimagining the future of healthcare through the power of gene therapy.
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BioInformant - Stem Cell Industry News @bioinformant.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
AABB’s Cell and Gene Therapy Standards for Pharmacy, First Edition, Takes Effect October 1 - bioinformant.com/aabbs-cell-a... @aabbupdates.bsky.social
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AABB’s Cell and Gene Therapy Standards for Pharmacy, First Edition, Takes Effect October 1 | BioInformant
Sept 8, 2025, Bethesda, MD – The Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB) is pleased to announce the release of the first edition of Cell and Gene Therapy Standards for Pharmacy,...
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Congratulations to Brian Fury, our GMP Facility Director at UC Davis Health @ucdavis.bsky.social, and to all of the other recipients of these G-Rex grant awards from ScaleReady. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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ScaleReady Awards G-Rex® Grants to Support Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing in California
/PRNewswire/ -- ScaleReady, in collaboration with Wilson Wolf Manufacturing, Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) and CellReady, today announced that eight...
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UC Davis @ucdavis.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
UC Davis & @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social scientists completed a clinical trial on a new cancer drug for pet cats with squamous cell carcinoma. Researchers believe it will also be effective for humans with similar head and neck cancers. Read more about the clinical trial: ucdav.is/46dxcfM
A calico cat looks out from a box with text below stating a new cancer drug could help both cats and people, credited to UC Davis.
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Momentary break for a much-needed palate cleanser. 🫠 Never knew these adorable creatures existed until this moment. (and nope, it is not AI- they are real! 🥰)
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I am so honored to be a part of this team. Thank you to the NIH for starting up their funding again. Please hang in there, fellow scientists! health.ucdavis.edu/medical-scho...
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Dream team to develop in utero gene editing therapy for a rare neurological genetic disorder
Professor Aijun Wang won a $3.2 million NIH grant to develop a cure to Dup15q syndrome using an in-utero gene editing formula.
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Gladstone Institutes @gladstoneinst.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 "Human brain vascular multi-omics elucidates disease-risk associations" www.cell.com/neuron/abstr... @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @madiganreid.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
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Human brain vascular multi-omics elucidates disease-risk associations
Reid et al. develop MultiVINE-seq to map thousands of non-coding disease variants to genes in human brain vascular cells. Cerebrovascular disease variants compromise vessel integrity, whereas Alzheime...
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International Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Want to collaborate with the International Brain Laboratory on your own project? We have funding to work with groups anywhere in the world to do new large-scale projects and we are looking for new partners! Learn more and apply: www.internationalbrainlab.com/ibl-core-apply
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
House appropriators snub Kennedy, include mRNA vaccine funding in spending bill www.statnews.com/2025/09/10/m... via @statnews.com
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House appropriators snub Kennedy, include mRNA vaccine funding in spending bill
Lawmakers have snubbed health secretary RFK Jr. by including an amendment in a spending bill mandating that an agency under his purview continue to research messenger RNA vaccines.
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The regime halted all federal grants then told UC administration if they pay $1 billion they could have them back. It’s like ransomware. UC is a public university system and we cannot do this. So, no grants = no research and labs will shut down. Are we great yet? dailybruin.com/2025/08/09/a...
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'An attack on knowledge': UCLA researchers say lifesaving research is in jeopardy - Daily Bruin
Dr. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski has led organ transplant research at UCLA for nearly three decades. Kupiec-Weglinski, the vice chairman of basic science research in the David Geffen School of Medicine’s su...
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
The regime halted all federal grants then told UC administration if they pay $1 billion they could have them back. It’s like ransomware. UC is a public university system and we cannot do this. So, no grants = no research and labs will shut down. Are we great yet? dailybruin.com/2025/08/09/a...
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'An attack on knowledge': UCLA researchers say lifesaving research is in jeopardy - Daily Bruin
Dr. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski has led organ transplant research at UCLA for nearly three decades. Kupiec-Weglinski, the vice chairman of basic science research in the David Geffen School of Medicine’s su...
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g... via @statnews.com
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Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds
The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump administration, by abruptly canceling NIH grants, had violated a 1974 federal law
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Good morning and happy Saturday. Take a deep breath and keep riding those waves. 🙏
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Adam Braithwaite @braithwaiteat.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Stimulating immune cells in vitro is a common experimental lab model. We profiled 150K blood immune cells treated with 11 different stimuli to compare the effects. The data are freely available for researchers. See the preprint for our findings and to access the data 🧪 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Bioengineered immunocompetent preclinical trial-on-chip tool enables screening of CAR T cell therapy for leukaemia. #Tcell #immunotherapy #organonachip 🧪https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-025-01428-2
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Bioengineered immunocompetent preclinical trial-on-chip tool enables screening of CAR T cell therapy for leukaemia - Nature Biomedical Engineering
An ex vivo organotypic and immunocompetent human leukaemia chip system is used for CAR T cell therapy modelling and screening of patient response.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 09/07/2025
After spearheading a 34% cut in cancer mortality, the National Cancer Institute at the NIH is bleeding resources and staff and could see its budget cut by nearly 40%. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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World’s Premier Cancer Institute Faces Crippling Cuts and Chaos - KFF Health News
After spearheading a 34% cut in cancer mortality, the National Cancer Institute at the NIH is bleeding resources and staff and could see its budget cut by nearly 40%.
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump administration from cutting off Harvard’s ability to host foreign students | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Friday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University��s ability to host international students and scholars while legal challenges continue.
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grumpyoldscientist.bsky.social @grumpyoldscientist.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/h... And this is your new improved FDA. Into everyone’s medical life, a few charlatans must fall.
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Kennedy Says ‘Charlatans’ Are No Reason to Block Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
"Specific targeting of brain endothelial cells using enhancer AAV vectors" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... Xiangmin Xu & colleagues @cp-neuron.bsky.social
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Specific targeting of brain endothelial cells using enhancer AAV vectors
Velazquez-Rivera et al. have developed and validated a set of new BEC-enhancer AAV vectors that allow for selective genetic labeling of, and access to, brain endothelial cells (BECs). These useful too...
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Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦 @bllphd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Funded Science = Innovation = Health and Economic Security This is the message we all must amplify.
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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Key Discoveries - Office of Research
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drtimos.bsky.social @drtimos.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
LucidQuest Views >>> Cell and Gene Therapy Weekly News – May 29th 2025 #News #CellTherapy #clinicaltrials #genetherapy Comment below!
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Cell and Gene Therapy Weekly News – May 29th 2025
This Week in Gene & Cell Therapy: Clinical Trial Expansions, Rare Disease Designations, and Breakthrough Manufacturing Approvals! 🧬 From Immix […] The post Cell and Gene Therapy Weekly News – May 29th 2025 appeared first on LucidQuest Ventures.
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) @cirmnews.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
CIRM is officially on BlueSky 🦋 The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is expanding its reach to BlueSky to share the latest developments in California stem cell and gene therapy research initiatives. [1/3]
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
As a reminder, you can view our list of terminated NIH grants at the link below. ⬇️ grant-watch.us/nih-data.html Of note: some previously terminated grants have already been reinstated as a result of related lawsuits. Litigation can work!
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nih-data – Grant Watch
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
#47 plans his birthday parade for $100 million, while gutting science & education. For this cost: - Tens of thousands of high school students could do lab fellowships. - Hundreds of NIH grants could be funded. - Thousands of young scientists could be supported. action.womensmarch.com/events/sacra...
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SACRAMENTO Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth
Our group is called  INDIVISIBLE Sacramento and we have a mission to defend democratic norms and institutions by sharing information with its members about current events and issues, promoting ci...
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The NIH firings, and the grant cuts that pushed out scientists at universities, have already had DEVASTATING effects on US science. Research labs are precious and fragile things. Taking one key person out can break it. ICYMI, we pub’d an essay on this: altnih4science.subst...
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It takes years to build a science lab
Productive science requires a great team, and that team develops together. That's one reason chaotic interference is dangerous for science.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
TV watching recommendations The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration. 1/2
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 27/04/2025
Both clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) and cancer are more common with age. When they coexist in the same patient, CHIP cells may migrate to the tumor and have an adverse effect on overall survival. Full study results: nej.md/3EnzMVu #MedSky #Hematology
A schematic representation of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) and tumor-infiltrating clonal hematopoiesis (TI-CH) in a patient with lung cancer.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 26/04/2025
It is breaking our hearts to hear of people taking their lives over the the pain this administration has caused. Please keep your eyes on and your hearts open to your loved ones. Below are resources for anyone struggling.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
NEWS: After canceling thousands of foreign students' immigration records — threatening their ability to study and live in the US — the Trump administration has reversed course and restored them all. It follows intense pushback from courts across the country. Details TK
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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Please keep up the protests against the executive orders destroying science, medicine, universities, the economy and the USA in general. Please let every republican elected official in your district know that they will NOT get re-elected if they don’t stand up. 😡 www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/p...
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CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades | CNN Politics
Donald Trump won back the Oval Office and took charge of the government amid the strongest poll numbers of his political career, but as the 100-day mark of his presidency approaches, Americans’ views ...
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Hearing that NIH Research Fellows are being terminated willy-nilly by the DOGE and MAGA HHS crew. These are senior experienced scientists that NIH wants to keep, but HHS is blocking their renewal. This harms cancer research, and dementia, food, opiate, and mental health
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Ava Hu @avahu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
One of the happiest updates I’ve written since I started following this story. 12 students back in status and maybe more to come. Across the country, students are saying their SEVIS is back. www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
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12 UC Berkeley students' visas restored by ICE in nationwide reversal
At UC Berkeley, 12 students have had their status restored today after 23 were terminated since April 4.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The NIH Women’s Health Initiative enrolled 10,000's of participants in clinical trials of medications & tracked health of thousands for 3+ decades. “This trial taught us an immense amount about prevention of disease in women." The Trump admin is cancelling it. 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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Jan Nolta, PhD @jannolta.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
😢 www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
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Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
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