A new autosomal recessive cause of arrhythmic cardiomyopathy - variants in TAX1BP3. Published in Circ Res today! URL: www.ahajournals.org/eprint/RCVCU... @ahascience.bsky.social @ahajournals.bsky.social #cardiosky #genetics #medsky #cardiogen
Andrew Landstrom
@andrewlandstrom.bsky.social
Pediatric cardiologist, genetic scientist, specialist in channelopathies and cardiomyopathies | Duke School of Med | Duke Children’s | Director of Duke’s Pediatric Research Scholars Lab: https://sites.duke.edu/landstromlab/ #MedSky #CardioSky #CardioGen
Q: How many genes should be tested for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? A: 29 Excited to share our latest: Re-Appraisal of HCM genes by our ClinGen Hereditary CVD Gene Curation Expert Panel out today in @jaccjournals.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Genes Associated With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Reappraisal by the ClinGen Hereditary Cardiovascular Disease Gene Curation Expert Panel
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited cardiac condition affecting ∼1 in 500 and exhibits marked genetic heterogeneity. Previously publishe…
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While Duke and UNC compete on the basketball court, we have collaborated in the care of patients for years. Thrilled that there will be a joint partnership between both to create the first NC Children's Hospital www.wral.com/story/health... (also a great picture of our exercise phys lab)
Health care rivals UNC, Duke partnering to build NC’s first standalone children’s hospital
UNC Health and Duke Health -- who have battled for patients in fast-growing North Carolina -- are uniting to build a 500-bed pediatric hospital and research center in the Triangle. The new hospital is...
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The communications pause at health agencies has extended to external procurement orders for supplies for internal research @ NIH, sources tell @reportergoodman.bsky.social & me. Some researchers worry they won't be able to buy test tubes to draw blood or food for animals: www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...
Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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It was a lot of fun @n-bouatia-naji.bsky.social! You’ve got wonderful colleagues at PARCC! #medsky #cardiosky
N Bouatia-Naji@n-bouatia-naji.bsky.social · 2y agoI was so pleased to host @andrewlandstrom.bsky.social today #PARCC INSERM. With excellent scientific exchanges and impressive research seminar! Thank you for your visit!
I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
Incredibly grateful to have been trained by the best mentor, and thrilled to continue my journey in pediatric cardiology at Stanford. Here’s to continued collaboration and friendship! @andrewlandstrom.bsky.social
Andrew Landstrom@andrewlandstrom.bsky.social · 2y agoCongratulations to @manasa-gurumoorthi.bsky.social for an incredible peds cards match! Thank you for everything you have taught us! Stanford is lucky to get you! #match #cardiosky #medsky @erd2.bsky.social
Congratulations to @manasa-gurumoorthi.bsky.social for an incredible peds cards match! Thank you for everything you have taught us! Stanford is lucky to get you! #match #cardiosky #medsky @erd2.bsky.social
My comments to @tctmd.bsky.social about why I left that other social site for bluer skies 🦋. Also comments from @load-dependent.bsky.social @cardioobdoc.bsky.social @vietheartpa.bsky.social @jgrapsa.bsky.social #CardioSky www.tctmd.com/news/once-bu...
Once Burned, Twice Shy, Cardiologists Ditch X for Bluesky
Though X (formerly Twitter) was once a place many cardiologists found community and opportunity, many are jumping ship.
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New work on congenital heart disease genetics from @jengreitz.bsky.social & co -regulatory mapping from developmental ❤️ tissues -implication of valvular interstitial cells & epicardial fibroblasts in CHD pathogenesis Hugely integrative & comprehensive analysis! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Molecular convergence of risk variants for congenital heart defects leveraging a regulatory map of the human fetal heart
Congenital heart defects (CHD) arise in part due to inherited genetic variants that alter genes and noncoding regulatory elements in the human genome. These variants are thought to act during fetal de...
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🎨 In case anyone need… The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏! Check it out 👇 bioart.niaid.nih.gov
🚨🚨🚨 Our new review is out highlighting research priorities for SCAD, lead by Esther Kim, Daniela Crousillat, and Amy Sarma Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current Knowledge, Research Gaps, and Innovative Research Initiatives: JACC Advances Expert Panel www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current Knowledge, Research Gaps, and Innovative Research Initiatives: JACC Advances Expert Panel
Despite marked advancements in the recognition and diagnosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) over the past decade, knowledge of the b…
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Don’t let the puppy distract you. We’ve had Christmas lights up since Nov 1. No apologies
🧬 Our dilated #cardiomyopathy GWAS out today! 📍https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-01952-y All made possible with friends and collaborators from HERMES Consortium @alberthenry.bsky.social @tomlumbers.bsky.social @jamesware.bsky.social @mrc-lms.bsky.social @imperialnhli.bsky.social #BHF 🧵 👇
Thanks for the wonderful visit @n-bouatia-naji.bsky.social! It’s a long way to come from Inserm via #AHA24. From the science to the mentorship to the collaborations! @ahascience.bsky.social @erd2.bsky.social #CardioSky #medsky
Here's my editorial on the new Pew trust in science data with great quotes from @katharinehayhoe.com: "Scientists aren’t only brains in jars; we’re human beings embedded in society, bringing both reason and principles to our work.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Trust edges up—slightly
The Pew Research Center survey on trust in science and researchers is eagerly awaited every year by science policy experts and communicators. This year’s results, released last week, give a small, but...
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Nabila Bouatia-Naji giving the Victor Dzau Seminar Series at Duke. Tackling complex genetic cardiovascular diseases through genomics and multi-omics! @n-bouatia-naji.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social #medsky #cardiosky
Research funded by NIH generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023 [a total of $92.9 billion] www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...
Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns
Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an
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A landmark gene therapy study! Out today with NEJM AAV mediated gene replacement of LAMP2 in boys with Danon disease Phase 1 trial demonstrates a reasonable safety profile www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... This is a big deal #cardiosky #medsky #genetherapy #Dana at #AHA24 @ahascience.bsky.social
Nothing says lab reunion drinks like an English pub with a Christmas tree! Thanks to @lwilsbacher.bsky.social for a great recommendation! #AHA24 brought us all together! @manasa-gurumoorthi.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social #cardiosky #medsky
Working with talented trainees offers the chance to move the science forward while showing them how advancing genomic medicine in cardiology can help children @ahascience.bsky.social #AHA24 #cardiosky #medsky #cardiogen
When cardiovascular genetics labs collide! Great to have a joint breakfast with Anwar Chahal and our respective teams at #AHA24 @ahascience.bsky.social One of the best things about this job is the people - from amazing trainees to colleagues #CardioSky #MedSky #cardiogen
Meeting with neurologists and scientists in Barcelona about a gene, ATP1A3, which we have discovered is associated with short QT and rate dependent cardiac arrest. Mutations in the gene are classically associated with a rare neurological disease which has sudden death as a phenotype…
Excited to share this new Scientific Advisory doc from AHA on Gene Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease A summary of mechanisms, delivery methods, future hurdles, and current trials (actually probably already out of date) www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... #AHA #CardioSky #cardiogen
When you’re supposed to be catching up on work, but the furry princess suggests other priorities
