Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Nice conversation on sleep and cancer with Jeremy at CSHL. Check it out! youtu.be/AVtbl8OxeZU?...youtu.beEpisode 3: Dr. Jeremy BornigerYouTube video by Advanced Portfolio News 010
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Meet Michelle Monje from Stanford and hear about cancer neuroscience advances…https://youtube.com/watch?v=GItH3Uazn8Iyoutube.comEpisode 2: A Conversation with Dr. Michelle MonjeYouTube video by Advanced Portfolio News 000
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Great conversation with Erica Sloan about stress and cancer…https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5zJzPdzE65gm.youtube.comEpisode 1: A Conversation with Dr. Erica SloanYouTube video by Advanced Portfolio News 011
Reposted by Monty MontanoMatt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social · 18/08/2025www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgSex differences in tissue-specific immunity and immunologyBiological sex exerts a substantial influence on the immune system and immune-related diseases. Males are more susceptible to the acute effects of viral disease and certain cancers, whereas females ex... 132
Reposted by Monty MontanoGil Durán @gilduran.com · 12/08/2025Trump's wannabe dictator playbook: 1) Create fake emergency 2) Bypass Congress and public debate 3) Grab emergency powers 4) Repeat (from June) www.theframelab.org/trumps-fake-...theframelab.orgTrump’s Fake Emergencies Follow Authoritarian PlaybookTrump is using fake crises to grab power, echoing tactics of autocrats. Americans must recognize the pattern and resist. 17653287
Reposted by Monty MontanoPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations. 326126693199
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Sad: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUS placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under TrumpInternational non-profit Civicus says ‘sustained attacks on civic freedoms’ put US on par with El Salvador and Kenya 000
Reposted by Monty MontanoMatt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social · 29/07/2025As cold hearted as it gets... bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/29/d...bethesdamagazine.comA Rockville woman with developmental disabilities was laid off from NIH after 30 years. What’s next for her is uncertain.Andrea Geller loved her job in the mailroom at NIH. But after she was laid off, she's struggling to find a job accommodating her disabilites. 001
Reposted by Monty MontanoPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/07/2025A different way of practicing politics is possible - where we vigorously fight for what’s right while inviting people into our coalition, rather than pushing them away. 546131022929
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 13/07/2025From “Auguries of Innocence” Every night and every morn Some to misery are born, Every morn and every night Some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night. - William Blake 000
Reposted by Monty MontanoPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit. 397109152724
Reposted by Monty MontanoPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans. 290125204188
Reposted by Monty MontanoEND EVERY REPUBLICAN @mlf3430.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Today, the United States is No. 1 in billionaires No. 1 in corporate profits No. 1 in CEO salaries No. 1 in childhood poverty No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world." - Bernie Sanders 01913
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Sobering news on the health front in US: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comHow to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixesThe United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars. 000
Reposted by Monty MontanoMatt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social · 18/06/2025This GIF is pretty appropriate for what's happening...media.tenor.coma cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bagALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag 101
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 17/06/2025jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comCutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care CatastropheThis JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha... 023
Reposted by Monty MontanoDEKidd @dekidd.bsky.social · 17/06/2025RADIO FREE NEW HAMPSHIRE -- A VOICE FROM THE WILDERNESS. 011
Reposted by Monty Montanogdaddy48.bsky.social @gdaddy48.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Good job for the good guys 29734
Reposted by Monty MontanoCynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · 13/06/2025“NIH-funded basic science has contributed to the development of more than 90% of new medicines, vaccines, and devices.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...statnews.comWe set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even usFrom 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions. 098
Reposted by Monty MontanoEzra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Last week, @rhodesben.bsky.social and I did a Munk Debates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading America into a new golden age. We won. This is from my closing statement. There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty. 741243275
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 23/05/2025The assault on Harvard and academic excellence is petty and cruel, especially now for our international scholars. 010
Reposted by Monty MontanoMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Seems like more people should be talking about this www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comTrump and GOP’s tax bill would force cuts to Medicare, CBO saysSome $500 billion in cuts to Medicare could be avoided if Congress instructs the White House budget office to disregard the reconciliation package’s debt impact. 46688285
Reposted by Monty MontanoRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 17/05/2025I stand with Bruce Springsteen, not a treasonous deranged convicted felon. 278146872870
Reposted by Monty Montanolindsay berger sacks @lindsaybergersacks.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians: “We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 861396427810
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Funding has allowed profound gains that translate into better lives and living www.harvard.eduharvard.eduHarvard UniversityHarvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally. 000
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A research colleague at Harvard…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ice-detention-russian-scientist.htmlnytimes.comOpinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention. 000
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 12/05/2025www.profgalloway.com/brain-drain/profgalloway.comBrain Drain | No Mercy / No MaliceThe Manhattan Project, the top-secret U.S. government initiative to build an atomic bomb before Nazi Germany did, relied on hundreds of brilliant scientists from leading universities. Many of them had... 000
Reposted by Monty MontanoPS @paola-sebas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Boston did it again. At 8pm tonight we were still in the streets standing up for freedom, respect and justice. We do believe in freedom, respect and justice. Thank you 50501 @mass50501.bsky.social 23110
Reposted by Monty MontanoSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 01/05/202540 Years ago Carl Sagan knew about Climate change and he was so aware of it's impact on Nature more than us we do right now. 348123773004
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Great fun supporting aging and cancer research at AACR in Chicago 010
Reposted by Monty MontanoMatt Yousefzadeh @mattyousefzadeh.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Rituparna Ghosh, a talented postdoctoral in the lab and I, drafted an editorial on a fascinating manuscript from Sunil Ahuja's group and others about salutogenesis and immune resilience. If you want the short and sweet version of it, click below. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comTCF7‐Linked Immune Resilience: A Salutogenic Biological Warranty for LongevityImmune resilience as a salutogenic force to preserve healthspan and resilience to challenges. The figure was created with BioRender (https://www.BioRender.com/). 112
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 04/04/2025www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgAI models miss disease in Black and female patientsAnalysis of chest x-rays underscores need for monitoring artificial intelligence tools for bias, experts say 111
Reposted by Monty MontanoPS @paola-sebas.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...nytimes.comHarvard Will Make Tuition Free for More StudentsHarvard is the latest elite school to announce that families with incomes of $200,000 and under will not pay tuition as a way to bolster diversity. 001
Reposted by Monty MontanoRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/03/2025“He is hurting the people,” Carey said. “He’s hurting the very people that voted for him, let alone the rest of us — he does not care. And you don’t get to stand up there and let it happen if you are an elected official, regardless of where you’re from.” avlwatchdog.org/army-veteran...avlwatchdog.orgArmy veteran has no regrets about yelling at Rep. Chuck Edwards, getting thrown out of town hall • Asheville WatchdogThe Arden army veteran who was escorted out of Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards’ town hall meeting Thursday night by a phalanx of law enforcement officers says he has no regrets about the expletiv... 500135022738
Reposted by Monty MontanoSam & Ann Barshop Institute @uthealthbarshop.bsky.social · 11/03/2025A new study from Barshop investigators Sijia He, Shangang Zhao and Xianlin Han outlines the importance of innate immunity in the brain in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.comMicroglial cGAS Deletion Preserves Intercellular Communication and Alleviates Amyloid‐β‐Induced Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's DiseaseInnate immune activation plays a vital role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, yet the mechanisms remain unclear. This study identifies microglial cGAMP synthase (cGAS) as a central driver of... 022
Monty Montano @montyma.bsky.social · 12/03/2025www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comNASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadlineTop advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort. 000
Reposted by Monty MontanoJames DeGregori @jdegregori.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Check out the editorial from Montano, Seidl and me announcing a new virtual issue spanning multiple Wiley journals on Aging and Cancer. Reach out if you are interested in contributing! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comAging and Cancer—Inextricably Linked Across the LifespanAging (as old man wind) alters the trajectory of cancer (dangerous seas) through changes in the immune system and metabolism (among many others), leading to altered cancer epidemiology, pathogenesis,... 284