John Ebos

@ebos.bsky.social

Associate Prof. in Cancer Genetics at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center studying drug resistance, metastasis, the tumor microenvironment, immunecheckpoints, and angiogenesis. https://www.roswellpark.org/research/labs/ebos-lab

Repeated cloning cannot be sustained indefinitely in mammals, according to a 20-year study in mice published in Nature Communications. The results suggest that sexual reproduction is necessary to eliminate large-scale genetic mutations that can accumulate in mammalian clones. 🧬 🧪

Limitations of serial cloning in mammals - Nature Communications

Here they show that extended serial somatic cell cloning imposes a threefold increase in de novo mutations compared to natural reproduction, progressively reducing birth rates and ultimately limiting clonal propagation to 58 generations.

go.nature.com

Thank you to the Sinclair Cancer Research Institute at Queens University for hosting my visit this week. It was fantastic to share our science from Roswell Park and to meet with so many investigators and trainees. @sinclaircri.bsky.social @queensuresearch.bsky.social @roswellpark.bsky.social

Sinclair Cancer Research Institute@sinclaircri.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Coming soon! Dr. Ebos @ebos.bsky.social will be presenting in our @sinclaircri.bsky.social seminar series on Feb 26 at 4 PM. Questions? Send us an email: scri@queensu.ca #ResearchTalk #SeminarAlert #CancerResearch #CancerDrugResistance @queensuhealth.bsky.social @queensuresearch.bsky.social

In muscle-invasive bladder cancer, ctDNA-guided atezolizumab led to longer disease-free survival (9.9 vs. 4.8 months), as well as to longer overall survival (32.8 vs. 21.1 months), than placebo among ctDNA-positive patients. Full IMvigor011 phase 3 trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/3WIRtEg

The New England Journal of Medicine                     
ctDNA-Guided Adjuvant Atezolizumab in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer 
A Research Summary based on Powles T et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2511885 | Published on October 20, 2025 

Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned.      

Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.

🌅 Several studies have suggested checkpoint inhibitors dosed AM may be assoc w/ improved outcomes- but strong risk of confounding. Out now in #JCOOP: review of literature & discussion of how practices could actually implement this. Suspect will be very dependent on local AM traffic!

Fig 2. Constraints related to the patient, the pharmacy, and the outpatient infusion centers to be taken into account when concentrating outpatient ICI administrations in a stipulated time window in the morning. ICI, immune checkpoint inhibitor.

Pharmacy constraints: physiochemical stability, risk of waste. Patient: distance home-hospital, diurnal preference. Day unit: priority rankings, long multi drug regimens.Proposed Action

We propose the following approaches to make early ToDA of ICI feasible in daily routine practice:
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ASSESS: establish a nurse-led telephone assessment on the eve of ICI administration with full blood work-up available to confirm clinical and biologic permissiveness to ICI treatment;
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AVOID (as far as possible and according to the habits of each center): do not schedule medical consultation and ICI treatment on the same day to reduce risks of delays in treatment administration (prefer teleconsultations the day before treatment for patients living far from the center);
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ALWAYS administer ICI first when in combination with IV chemotherapy or other agents, unless reverse sequencing is recommended;
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ALLOCATE: prioritize two or three ICI mornings per week and save the remaining two or three mornings for long-term combination treatments not including ICIs;
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ANTICIPATE: whenever possible, cytotoxic reconstruction units could prepare ICIs in the evening of the eve so that they are ready to be administered early on the following morning.