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Gigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Wonderful thread about polio virus, the vaccines, and why we need to keep vaccinating.

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Siegenthaler Lab @siegenthalerlab.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This is fascinating! Congrats @brunetlab.bsky.social & colleagues! Cool findings on vascular/pericyte & meningeal/perivascular fibroblast cell types - important to exercise to keep those 🧠 blood vessels young and functional 🏃‍♀️🏋️‍♂️...but also what are the fibroblasts up to?!? 👀 🧪 #BBB #fibroblast

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David Steadson @davidsteadson.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Autopsies of 15 COVID-19 cases showed SARS-CoV-2 in multiple organs (lungs, heart, liver, etc.) even in non-immunocompromised individuals. The virus mutated differently in each organ, supporting theories of viral reservoirs and rapid evolution. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Multi‐Organ Spread and Intra‐Host Diversity of SARS‐CoV‐2 Support Viral Persistence, Adaptation, and a Mechanism That Increases Evolvability

Intra-host diversity is an intricate phenomenon related to immune evasion, antiviral resistance, and evolutionary leaps along transmission chains. SARS-CoV-2 intra-host variation has been well-eviden....

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 12/12/2024

Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6

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A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article)

Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.

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Dr. Chad Nelsen @chadnelsen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

As an early riser I have been observing this for decades, but only recently learned that it’s the earths shadow. Mind blown.

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TechBio Transformers @techbio.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Bay Area Winery meetup was delightful! And this is not the last one of the year! More meetups coming up before the holidays 🧬✨

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Atul Butte @atulbutte.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

WOW! @UCLAHealth hiring Associate Dean for Health AI Innovation & Strategy and Director, @UCLA Center for AI & Smart Health! Tenure-track and non- options available. Opportunity to shape and drive #AI vision and strategy. Apply soon! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10032

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Associate Dean for Health AI Innovation & Strategy and Director, UCLA Center for AI & Smart Health (non-tenured track)

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This is f-tastic

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Re-reposting @scottehensley.bsky.social post, since this is the same mutation identified in the recent paper in Science from my colleagues at @scripps.edu. As always, nature gets there first. The more chances we give the virus, the more chances it'll hit goal... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors

In 2024, several human infections with highly pathogenic clade 2.3.4.4b bovine influenza H5N1 viruses in the United States raised concerns about their capability for bovine-to-human or even human-to-h...

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