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Tim Fenton

@timfenton10.bsky.social
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Professor of Cancer Biology at the University of Southampton, long-suffering Toffee, dad to two footballing daughters, still get grumpy about Brexit more often than is good for me.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
#ANewHope 🙏
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 04/09/2025
In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5.  Today it’s 0.7%.  Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why.  Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.
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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Reform MP says they will negotiate with the Taliban.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 24/08/2025
Conservative or Labour, both dodge the truth about migration: we need it. Refusing to admit it is political cowardice. Read The Bear's fact-packed and refreshing read on how immigration has long benefited this country. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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Britain has never stood alone
From Empire to the NHS, this country has always relied on outsiders. The real crisis isn’t migration – it’s dishonesty
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
People convicted and imprisoned for saying or writing things that stir up racial hatred. • Abu Hamza • Abdullah el-Faisal • Lucy Connolly Guess which conviction made the right wing suddenly decide writing or saying things that stir up hatred is okay, actually.
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Colorado Socialist ☭🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @leftwardswing.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life. Crank it! 😀 🎸
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/08/2025
Immigration has dropped dramatically in the last two years – small boat crossings are a small part of the overall picture, but have come to dominate the story (in part because the government has let it)
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
Alan Kurdi, dead on a beach
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Russia just sanctioned six @bylinetimes.bsky.social journalists and contributors. Proof that the work they and Byline does is hitting the target and really matters. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/r...
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Russia Sanctions Byline Times Journalists and Contributors for Exposing Putin's War Crimes
The Russian foreign ministry added multiple Byline Times and Byline TV contributors to its "stop list" following our award-winning investigations into the Putin regime
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Concerned locals. Ordinary mums and dads. Just members of.. checks notes... Combat 18. standuptoracism.org.uk/robert-jenri...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 18/08/2025
A new study uncovers how paper mills and brokers collaborate to drive large-scale scientific fraud. Fraudulent publications are rising far faster than legitimate ones. In @science.org: www.npr.org/2025/07/24/n... In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Illustration of a “paper mill” operation. On the left, people in lab coats and suits, some with money in hand, feed data into a large machine. On the right, a shadowy figure collects freshly printed fake scientific papers emerging from the machine.
Image credit: DAVIDE BONAZZI/SALZMANART
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Looks like it’s going to be another long, crap season for us Everton fans.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science — and Screwed Us in the Process He’s Making America Great Again — for lethal pathogens.
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How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science—and Screwed Us in the Process
He’s Making America Great Again—for lethal pathogens.
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Spaces are running out for our online flow cytometry course this September! 🧪 Master multiparameter design and troubleshooting like a pro with expert-led sessions that are tailored for immunologists. Register now and save with the BSI member discount! bit.ly/43N86mG
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Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The UK Government must recognise the power of research and development. If harnessed strategically, it can create economic growth in the UK, boost its soft power and make it healthier and safer. We’ve published a report outlining how. Read it here: wellcome.org/reports/uk-g...
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The Global Partner of Choice for R&D | Report | Wellcome
This report outlines the importance of research and development (R&D) for the UK, emphasising its role in economic growth, global reputation and national security amidst changing geopolitical landscap...
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Outgoing head of Durham University's Student Union: things are 'brutal', 'Higher Education is in a death spiral', hundreds of staff have gone, the student rental housing market is in crisis. They're even fundraising to buy a house. Tough reading. www.palatinate.org.uk/higher-educa...
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“Higher education is in a death spiral” Dan Lonsdale reflects on two years as SU President  - Palatinate
Isla Mustin spoke to Dan Lonsdale, outgoing President of Durham Students’ Union (SU) about his two-year tenure in the role as the lead representative of the University’s student body and the wider sta...
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Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌈 no human is illegal @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
what’s occurred to me today is that academics feel like unheard canaries in the coalmine: we know that the cuts being made are impoverishing our universities, our research culture and outputs, and students’ experience of higher education. we are shouting but going unheard by managerial staff #UKHE
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This is spectacularly damning coming from someone that served in cabinet alongside Chris ‘hapless display of ineptitude’ Grayling and chums.
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Prof Harris gave a brilliant lecture followed by loads of excellent questions from a highly engaged audience. Stay tuned for our next online lecture, coming in the autumn! #cancerresearch
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This will be a great meeting - and in the sunniest part of the UK!
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The British Association for Cancer Research @thebacr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
2025 Inaugural BACR Early Career Award Recipient
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The British Association for Cancer Research @thebacr.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The BACR are pleased to announce this year's BACR Student Impact Award Winner.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
A very interesting read…
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Jonny Coates @jacoates.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
$20 million cut from Springer Nature. Whilst I agree we shouldn't be giving these companies money (or at least so much of it) this is pure censorship. Don't be fooled by the talk behind it, this is about control over expertise and injection of political ideology. www.axios.com/2025/06/25/t...
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Scoop: Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant
The administration has questioned editorial practices and whether journals are partisans in scientific debates
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Deborah Marsh @djmarsh24.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Rewatching Prof David Thomas' Natl Press Club Address "Cancer: The Modern Plague" from ~ 12 mths ago to use in my class. Asked to cut it down to just 7-8 mins; but hope many will watch it all. It's a brilliant speech, full of the benefits science brings to healthcare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih8A...
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IN FULL: Prof. David Thomas' Address to the National Press Club
YouTube video by National Press Club of Australia
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I’m hoping that as the voice of UK universities, @universities-uk.bsky.social might provide some reflection on implications of today’s spending review for the HE sector and keep us informed on much needed efforts to lobby government on our behalf. It would be great to see a first Bluesky post!
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 11/06/2025
Good Morning Britain's North America correspondent Noel Phillips hit on the arm by a police rubber bullet while covering LA protests against immigration raids: "Police don’t appear to care whether you’re a journalist, whether you're a resident or a protester" www.itv.com/watch/news/i...
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 09/06/2025
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (born #OnThisDay in 1836) was a pioneering physician and suffragette. She was the first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor, co-founding the London School of Medicine for Women and paving the way for other women in the profession. #WomenInSTEM
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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Dr. Melvin Sanicas @vaccinologist.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New study from @weillcornell.bsky.social and @mskcancercenter.bsky.social revealed that Bacillus Calmette-Guérin #BCG, the century-old #tuberculosis #TB #vaccine & decades-old #immunotherapy for #bladdercancer, works to reprogram immune cells in the #bonemarrow www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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EACR - European Association for Cancer Research @helloeacr.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Don't miss our interactive workshop exclusive to EACR members, designed to equip you with the skills, strategies, and confidence needed to navigate interviews across a variety of science-related job positions.  📅 09 June at 15:00-16:30 CET 🌍 Zoom us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
In beautiful Edinburgh for the @thebacr.bsky.social 65th anniversary meeting. What better way to start than getting up King Arthur’s Seat. Now to hear some brilliant science!
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
I had to read this several times as “prioritise growth” and “hit universities over the head” are so mutually contradictory
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 30/05/2025
“Higher education might have been bad at making the arguments, but its campuses are the new factories, or even the new mines, supporting thousands or tens of thousands of jobs. Closures could devastate communities for a generation.” www.theneweuropean.co.uk/james-ball-i...
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If universities sink, then so will Starmer
Some Labour figures believe Britain has too many unis. But if they start failing, local economies – and Starmer’s re-election prospects – will go with them
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
'Moreover, human data analysis revealed that both age and NAD metabolism determine the responsiveness to CAR-T cell therapy. Targeting NAD pathways, we were able to recover the mitochondrial fitness and functionality of CAR-T cells derived from older adults.' www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Age-associated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide decline drives CAR-T cell failure - Nature Cancer
Vannini and colleagues report that an age-associated decline in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide levels is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and reduced antitumor efficacy of chimeric antigen...
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Wow, just wow. Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Brilliant! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Words from the article
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It’s definitely progress! 🇬🇧🇪🇺 And if you want to push for more (ultimately all the way back to EU membership), then join European Movement UK 👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership
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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND please join me & @thebhf.bsky.social in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏 450,000 people have now engaged with the FREE online training course to learn CPR in JUST 15 MINUTES! Let’s be ready to save a life👇 www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-...
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
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RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims
Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.
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Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This is all getting very dark.
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Tim Fenton @timfenton10.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Blair’s comments on net zero today come in at number 3 in misguided things he’s done behind the Iraq war (2nd) and THAT post-lockdown haircut.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
PD1+ ILC3 predict JAK-dependent inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
'Among the 117 total patients, recurrence-free survival at 2 years was 92% (95% confidence interval, 86 to 99); the median follow-up for recurrence was 20.0 months (range, 0 to 60.8). The majority of patients (95%) had reversible, grade 1 or 2 adverse events (60%) or had no adverse events (35%).'
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Nonoperative Management of Mismatch Repair–Deficient Tumors | NEJM
Among patients with mismatch repair–deficient (dMMR), locally advanced rectal cancer, neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade eliminated the need for surgery in a high proportion of patients. Whether this ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/04/2025
Credit where it’s due to Labour on academy schools | Letters
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Credit where it’s due to Labour on academy schools | Letters
Letters: Bob Hudson highlights the education secretary’s proposals to curb academy freedoms. Plus a letter from Wendy Musson
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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