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Nyambura Kamau

@nyamburakamau.blacksky.app
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Black health equity advocate & global health policy 🌍 Computational oncology researcher 🧬 Fighting health disparities with data 📊 +254🇰🇪

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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026
A nutritionist lol
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026
Tell me you have end-of-year fatigue without telling me... had no clue today was a holiday 🥱
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
October is breast cancer awareness month. Fun fact: Pressure from mammograms do not "pop" an existing tumor & spread it. Why? Because breast tumors (eg. DCIS) are composed of cells that form connective tissue. They are literally disorganized solid masses of cells mixed w/dense fibrous tissue.🧪
https://www.cell.com/trends/cancer/fulltext/S2405-8033(23)00002-X
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Pinks📨 @pinksglobal.net · 09/10/2026
Yes, women are pissed! #IAmJaneDoe #Pinks 📍Washington, D.C.
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026
Being an empath is hard sometimes, because here I am, tearing up watching East of Eden, lol
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a crazy time to be a woman. I feel for Jane Doe. On Tuesday, she & her family were swatted. Someone reported a fake active shooting in her home, triggering a heavy SWAT response. You wonder why women don't speak up. www.themirror.com/news/us-news... #pinks
themirror.com
Cornell Jane Doe forced to paper over windows over fear of being assassinated
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Police drew weapons after swarming the home of Jane Doe of the Cornell gang rape lawsuit following a swatting attempt, which has Doe increasingly worried for her safety,...
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Ngl, the coworkers might be on to something. I'm afraid.😄
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Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 08/10/2026
Please support my local abortion fund. I am an abortion doula and on the board. I was also one of the first paid employees after RRFP was solely volunteer-run in my city for 10 years. My comrades are always looking for support!! WE ARE A SAFE HAVEN STATE! www.rrfp.net
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Abortion Funding in Virginia — Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project
The Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project offers direct funding and support for those in need of an abortion as well as advocates for the protection of abortion rights.
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Tutapumzika kwa baba as they say lol🤭
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DanMax @danmaxmillian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kenya fatigue
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
so real!
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Violence against women cannot keep being treated like an unfortunate fact of life. Lawmakers should strengthen prevention, survivor protections, investigations and accountability. Women should not have to organize their lives around the possibility of being harmed. 🗣️ #JulesUnfiltered
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Pinks📨 @pinksglobal.net · 02/10/2026
Your story Matters. #Pinks ✨
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Misogynistic women are as exhausting as the men are #pinks
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Briana @neverstopthefight.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Think for yourself. Stand up for yourself. Don't let bullies intimidate you into silence. Your voice matters, your values matter, and your confidence is stronger than their negativity.
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
I didn’t start Bloom Health Space because I wanted to build an app; I built it because my computational oncology research kept showing me patient care gaps I couldn’t ignore. From idea to early product, Bloom is here to help people navigate cancer care. Try Bloom🌸 bloomhealth.space #Blacksky
bloomhealth.space
Bloom — Your Cancer Companion
Your personalised cancer companion — diet, symptoms, reminders and support.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
imagine Uber shutting down in your country in the middle of a safari. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
The Washington Post 
Uber ceases operations in Nigeria and Uganda, catching drivers and riders by surprise
Story by Rael Ombuor  1 day ago
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
After having cancer 2x, living w/Lupus surviving two brain surgeries, I'm so grateful to be alive. I also want you to know that I suffer from anxiety after almost 20 years of chronic illness & disability. There are times I can't leave my home, but I do, thanks a service dog & YOUR love. Thank YOU!🙏💜
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/08/2026
It’s horrific that we live in a timeline where reporters have to get government officials to say on record that the MMR vaccine is not lethal.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The ability to read a scientific article does not guarantee the ability to understand a scientific article.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/08/2026
AI did not discover a cancer vaccine. Scientists discovered it because their research was supported and funded.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/08/2026
Surprising fact: We are actually NOT seeing more food recalls this year compared with recent years. What we’re seeing is an increase in the number of illnesses caused by contaminated food. This is the largest ever cyclospora outbreak & third-largest foodborne illness outbreak of any kind on record.
Number of food recalls by year
There have been 162 food recalls posted this year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture.

Chart shows yearly food recall numbers from 2017 to 2026.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21/08/2026
👋 Biomedical scientist here. There’s no such thing as “Turbo cancer.” Anti-vaxxers made up that phrase to fearmonger.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Ghent was warned about what Nathan Cofnas' "work" was about before he was hired; many people begged the university not to take him on and give academic and institutional sanction to those beliefs. They didn't listen, obviously.
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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Good morning! My bestfriend is in a tough spot with her blooming business & is faced w/ not possibly being able to open. This has been a dream of hers for longer than I have known her. I know all the blood, sweat, tears, time, & money she has invested. 🙏🏽🤲🏽 www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-h...
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Donate to Keep The Healing Haven Dream Alive, organized by Cortni Tyson
Help Us Save The Healing Haven & Get Across the Finish Line The Healing Have… Cortni Tyson needs your support for Keep The Healing Haven Dream Alive
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Good News! mRNA based vaccines show promise for melanoma treatment. 2025-2026 have been banner years for mRNA vaccines as next gen treatments for the deadliest of cancers. Decades of federal support got us here. Cuts to funding will give us fewer breakthroughs to celebrate. 🧪 archive.today/WuYbN
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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
if capitalism breeds innovation why do so many companies fight to become exactly the same as their competitors?
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How interesting! Scientists have engineered a bacterium to eat a tumor from within. This works because the inner part of solid tumor has zero oxygen. The bacterium Clostridium sporogenes, an obligate anaerobe, lives in these oxygenless conditions. 🧪 scitechdaily.com/scientists-e...
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MAGA Focker @maga-focker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A vaccine breakthrough for multiple types of cancer was proven to be a successful and almost miraculous deterrent. Great news for everyone except anti vaxxers with cancer.
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026
Dogs should be immortal
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Dog Crying Meme: Doggo Crys
ALT: Dog Crying Meme: Doggo Crys
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026
Personalised cancer vaccines built from tumour DNA are extraordinary,but a critical equity question remains:whose DNA was used to train this approach?If trials rely on the narrow,non-diverse populations long used in oncology, will Black skin cancer patients be left behind by data that excluded them?
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 20/08/2026
Black breast cancer patients carry double the rate of triple-negative breast cancer vs white patients 33.3% vs 15.6%. When radiation is given, survival rates converge. The disparity isn’t just access. It’s biology being ignored. 🔬🖤 #Blacksky #BreastCancer zenodo.org/records/2202...
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Radiation Therapy as a Survival Equalizer in Black Breast Cancer Patients: BRCA_Basal Overrepresentation and Treatment Response Disparities - A Computational Analysis of TCGA PanCancer Atlas Data
This study examines racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes using the TCGA Breast Invasive Carcinoma PanCancer Atlas dataset (n=1,084) accessed via cBioPortal. We investigate tumor subtype distri...
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026
love this so much!
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026
Black person plagarizes: they take your job, your money, they sneak into your house and steal your dog White person plagarizes: they’re very sorry, of course they’ve lined up a new job writing for the nation, isn’t it great that we all had a teachable moment together?
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/08/2026
The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 11/08/2026
We know what chemotherapy destroys in dark skin patients. What we don’t know is how to restore it not because the biology is unknowable, but because nobody prioritised studying melanin recovery in Black cancer survivors. That’s not a gap. That’s a choice. #Blacksky #Cancer zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/...
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Restoring What Chemotherapy Destroyed: Recovery & Melanin Restoration After Cancer Treatment
Computational oncology analysis of post-chemotherapy  recovery trajectories using real TCGA-BRCA survivor data  (945 cases). Covers recovery timelines by body system,  melanin restoration protocols fo...
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 04/08/2026
TP53 mutations show up in over 50% of all cancers. It’s the most studied gene in oncology. And yet the mutation patterns in Black patients specifically remain largely uncharacterized because the datasets we built our knowledge on never properly included them. We know a lot about this gene. #Cancer
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dasia Taylor,now 22, developed a surgical suture that changes color in response to pH changes associated with wound infections. #Invention #Innovation #MedicalBreakthroughs
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
When enough rain falls in Maltahöhe, Namibia, millions of desert lilies bloom across the landscape for just a few days each year. This natural phenomenon briefly transforms the arid desert into a sea of flowers almost overnight. IG: @ earthpix
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/08/2026
RFK Jr.: “You probably don’t understand this as you’re not a scientist.” Dana Bash: “You’re not a scientist either.”
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026
It is my sincere honor to announce that my nonprofit, The Thurman Perry Foundation, has established a partnership with the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions Clinic (FIT Clinic NOLA) to provide an annual grant for formerly incarcerated women to obtain free dental care. www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
nola.com
New Louisiana program aims to give formerly incarcerated women access to dental care
Louisiana advocacy groups who help incarcerated women are teaming up to ease the burden of accessing dental care upon release.
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SayItToMyFace💙🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I always love listening and learning from Ashley the Barronnes but she outdid herself with this one! Intelligent people rise above racism because racism thrives with idiots. It’s why education is so important.
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Albert Einstein
YouTube video by Ashley B
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026
Living the absolute dream! Enjoy every second of freedom unshackled and thriving! Love this for you, enjoy the peace and art time!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026
Love that energy! "Doers" are exactly who get these spaces off the ground. Cheering you on from here definitely post updates on Bluesky as you get things rolling, I’d love to support and share it! ✨
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026
Exactly this!It’s a jarring shift to go from non-stop medical focus to total radio silence. The system treats survival like a finish line, but it's a whole new chapter. We need more community-led spaces like the one you're thinking of creating. Go for it! That kind of peer space is so deeply needed💜
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026
Surviving breast cancer should be the good news but for many Black women, it’s where systemic abandonment begins. The gap isn’t just mortality; it’s quality of life, care plans, and mental health post-treatment. We deserve more than silence on the other side. #Blacksky substack.com/@nyamburaaka...
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She Survived. The System Left Her. Black Breast Cancer Survivorship
Surviving breast cancer should be the good news.
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Nyambura Kamau @nyamburakamau.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026
OMG! 😂😂😂my poor heart
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026
Everything doesn't need to be recorded. Everything doesn't need to be content. Everything doesn't need to be recorded. Everything doesn't need to be content.
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