Reposted by @txbiomed.bsky.socialHelen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025#H5N1 #birdflu update: The most recently confirmed human case, in Wyoming, is still in hospital, per WY's health dept. That brings to 69 the number of confirmed cases in the past year. The case Ohio recently reported was not confirmed at CDC; listed as a probable case. www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/sit... 117976
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 19/02/2025We are delighted to welcome Dr. Lee-Ann Allen as Texas Biomed's Executive Vice President of Research. Dr. Allen will lead Texas Biomed's faculty and research programs and serve as Professor. Dr. Allen will officially take the reins in April. Welcome to #SanAntonio! www.txbiomed.org/news-press/n...txbiomed.orgNationally recognized scientist Dr. Lee-Ann Allen appointed Executive VP, Research - Texas BiomedDr. Lee-Ann Allen courtesy of the University of Missouri School of Medicine San Antonio, TX., February 18, 2025 - - Texas Biomedical Research Institute, 000
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 17/02/2025New research by Texas Biomed's Hillary Huber and colleagues at Wake Forest University has amassed the largest database to date focused on the lifespan of nonhuman primates common in biomedical research. www.txbiomed.org/news-press/n...txbiomed.orgRethinking lifespan and healthspan of research primates - Texas BiomedHow long do nonhuman primates live in captivity? It seems like a simple enough question, yet research led by Texas Biomed is showing that getting a clear answer is a challenge. 000
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 17/02/2025@nature.com spoke with President and CEO, Dr. Larry Schlesinger, MD, about infectious disease research. “Prioritizing chronic conditions increasingly means prioritizing infectious diseases,” says Schlesinger. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comVaccine sceptic RFK Jr is now a powerful force in US science: what will he do?Kennedy has expressed support for some fields, but has also declared he’d like a ‘break’ in infectious-disease research. 010
Reposted by @txbiomed.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 15/02/2025Scientists are bracing for major changes in the direction of US biomedical research as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has promoted vaccine misinformation and public-health conspiracies, gains control over a vast swathe of science policy go.nature.com/4gJqQH9go.nature.comVaccine sceptic RFK Jr is now a powerful force in US science: what will he do?Kennedy has expressed support for some fields, but has also declared he’d like a ‘break’ in infectious-disease research. 119332
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Researchers @txbiomed and @pennvet pinpointed how infected cells help or hinder #Ebola virus, offering new targets for host-directed therapies. The finding, published in @NatureComms could have implications for other viruses from #HIV to #influenza. www.txbiomed.org/news-press/n...txbiomed.orgPotential targets for Ebola therapy identified - Texas BiomedResearchers at Texas Biomed and University of Pennsylvania have pinpointed how infected cells help or hinder replication and spread of Ebola virus – offering new targets for host-directed therapies de... 000
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Texas Biomed is honored to be named a member institution of @TAMESTX www.txbiomed.org/news-press/n...txbiomed.orgTexas Biomed joins TAMEST, state’s premier scientific academy - Texas BiomedSAN ANTONIO (Feb. 3, 2025) -- The Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology, better known as TAMEST, has named Texas Biomedical 000
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Texas Biomed's Global Health Symposium brings together experts to take on the biggest #globalhealth issues of our day. Join us in March! www.txbiomed.org/globalhealth... #TxBiomedGHS #GHS2025 #SATX #biotech #AI #artificialintelligence #bioscience #biosecuritytxbiomed.orgGlobal Health Symposium - Texas BiomedGlobal Health Symposium 2025: Looking to the Future, Learning from the Past Biomedical Science in the Era of AI & Big Tech: Innovation, Education & Inclusion 000
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Texas Biomed is celebrating Dream Week #dwsa2025 in San Antonio! We are looking forward to vibrant and inspiring conversations about how to make our community and the world a better, more inclusive place #WeAreNeighbor #SATX 000
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Texas Biomed is proud to announce the launch of our Veterans Employee Resource Group, dedicated to supporting and honoring contributions of #veterans at the Institute. It's a platform for veterans, military service members and allies to connect & share experiences. 010
txbiomed.bsky.social @txbiomed.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Texas Biomed's President and CEO, Larry Schlesinger, talks about the important connection between infection and chronic disease in an article published by @statnews.bsky.social this week. www.statnews.com/2024/12/16/c...statnews.comMy oral cancer shows the deep connections between chronic and infectious diseaseThe new administration wants “a break” from infectious disease research to focus on chronic disease. That’s impossible, writes Larry Schlesinger, an infectious disease doctor whose cancer was caused b... 021
Reposted by @txbiomed.bsky.socialSTAT @statnews.com · 13/12/2024Testing of samples taken from a child in California thought to have contracted H5N1 bird flu after drinking raw milk turned up no evidence of influenza virusesbuff.lyCDC finds no evidence of bird flu virus in California toddlerAfter public health labs in California failed to confirm a positive result, a sample was sent to the CDC, which Thursday said it was negative for "all flu targets." 0197
