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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 22/07/2025

Starting to have this awful, sinking feeling that the 24h+ of "planned maintenance" on PubMed is just going to turn into the US government shutting down the site completely in pursuit of their silencing of evidence-based medicine. Here's hoping we're wrong...🤞🏻 #pubmed #research #evidence

Screenshot of the PubMed homepage showing the service alert banner describing the planned maintenance for 24h+ from 25th July

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 03/06/2025

More than half of the UK government’s nutrition advisers are paid by world’s largest food companies, including Nestlé, Unilever and Tate & Lyle, generating big conflicts of interest. www.bmj.com/content/386/... Via @bmj.com #OA #openaccess #conflictofinterest #nutrition #food #publichealth

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 27/05/2025

This critical work from @hsph.harvard.edu scientists continues to compile a list of the NIH & NSF grants that have been cut by the Trump administration in 2025. Over 2,100 grants have gone, many with a focus on minorities - women, LGBTQ, others. grant-watch.us #grantwatch #science #research

The front page of the Grant Watch website, providing an introduction to the project and offering more resources for any scientists whose grant has been terminated by the Trump administration

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 27/03/2025

Pregnancy’s true toll on the body: a huge birth study provides the most detailed picture yet using data from 300,000 births to reveal how essential biological processes could be permanently altered by carrying and delivering a baby. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 26/03/2025

Patient- and public-driven health research: a model of coleadership and partnership in research priority setting using a modified James Lind Alliance approach www.jclinepi.com/article/S089... H/T @jclinepi.bsky.social @sporalliance.bsky.social #coproduction #patients #coleadership #research #OA

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 24/03/2025

Large language models for conducting systematic reviews: on the rise, but not yet ready for use—a scoping review. "Although LLMs show promise in supporting SR creation, fully established or validated applications are often lacking" www.jclinepi.com/article/S089... via @jclinepi.bsky.social #AI #LLM

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 24/02/2025

The Methane Hotspot Explorer app is now live! Visualise the location & origins of #methane plumes in close to real-time: including coal mining, oil, gas, and urban areas encompassing landfills, as well as unexpected sources: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/ghg-services... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social

Screenshot of the CAMS Methane Hotspot Explorer webpage

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 31/01/2025

Bats have a built-in anti-virus defence system! A new study of 20 bat genomes has revealed a broad range of immune adaptations that provide viral tolerance and resistance to infections: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #virus #infection #disease #immunity #bats #zoonosis #immunology #bat1k

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 09/01/2025

Canada's Drug Agency has just released brand new guidance on the use of surrogate endpoints in HTAs. The recommendations cover definitions, justification, adoption, statistical validation, models, reporting, and quantifying & presenting uncertainty. Find out more at www.cda-amc.ca/methods-and-...

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 09/01/2025

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Swift Science Writing @swiftsciencewriting.co.uk · 21/12/2024

The surprising history of abstracts. www.nature.com/articles/s42... #abstracts #history #research #data #publishing

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