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@bluedotut.bsky.social

Scientist by day 🧪. Dedicated to training the next generation of cancer researchers and solving the mysteries of nutrient use in cancer cells. Blue dot in a very red state. Where are the other blue dots? Husband, step-dad, skier, biker.

I didn’t have this on my “ how to kill cancer cells “ bingo card. Pretty interesting and impactful if they are right. We must keep, and I’d argue increase, funding for cancer research. One never knows where the next big discovery will come from. @meltart.bsky.social have a look at this. 👍👏

Bushybritches🫈@bushybritches.bsky.social · 2w ago

🤩🤩🤩 This is so cool! A possible new single dose treatment for colon cancer that also acts as an immunization from getting it again. It uses bacteria from tree frogs. Short video if you don’t wanna read the article. youtube.com/shorts/VGvuE... www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Another win for science. why anyone would to curb all these amazing discoveries. Literally people’s lives depend on innovative studies and clinical trial just like this one. KRAS is mutated in about 50% of all human malignancy, so this is really just the beginning for this type of treatment.

Chise@sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3w ago

GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of John Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

What passes for bird in our neighborhood. I was wondering why why our bird feeder was getting emptied so fast. And his gardener buddies. The adolescent bad boys of Park City.

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a particularly well written piece by HCR this morning. @hcrichardson.bsky.social. Thank you. With everything else going on, news from the Munich summit is not getting as much attention as it might otherwise and clearly deserves. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

February 15, 2026

The Trump administration’s white nationalist project was on full display this weekend at the 62nd Munich Security Conference that took place from February 13 to 15, 2026.

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“At the age of 23, before she'd even earned her PhD, Carol Greider made the discovery that would earn her the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”

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Another win for science. Why would anyone want to cut funding for research. It leads to discoveries like this reducing the burden of cancer, not to mention many other diseases. If that doesn’t resonate, it’s an economic driver. Ballpark calculation is that ever dollar spent on research yields $2.50

Kameron Hurley@kameronhurley.com · 6mo ago

"A world-first gene therapy which turns white blood cells into a disease-busting “living drug” has reversed previously untreatable blood cancers." www.positive.news/society/revo...

For all of those GOP leaders who chose not to denounce Trump in 2024 because the wanted to have a voice in the party in the future, where are you now? Are you using your inside voice, so quiet that no one can hear? Or are you just complicit?