Gerald Lee MD

Thank you to @katiegmd.bsky.social and @drgerrylee.bsky.social for the awesome teaching yesterday on the differential and approach to a chief complaint of pruritic rash for Emory CRIG! Big thanks as well to Chelsea Deitelzweig for the case and Sam Stresemann who served as student discussant.

Germline-encoded recognition of peanut underlies development of convergent antibodies in humans Germline-encoded, epitope-specific antibodies underlie serum IgG recognition of the immunodominant peanut allergen Ara h 2 in humans.

Humans may be genetically programmed to produce antibodies against peanut, suggests a recent #ScienceTranslationalMedicine study showing nonallergic people harbor convergent, germline-encoded antibodies against the allergen Ara h 2.

AllergyTalk FIT Episode 1: Navigating the Job Search Podcast Episode · allergytalk · 18/06/2025 · 21m

Hey allergy FITs! A new series for FITs, by FITs released today the ACAAI #AllergyTalk podcast channel! Drs. Jungles and Hardemann interview Dr. Rathkopf on how to get your 1st job out of fellowship! #AIMedEd

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Understanding the FDA Warning on Cetirizine/Levocetirizine Podcast Episode · allergytalk · 06/09/2025 · 27m

Hey allergy colleagues, a new ACAAI #AllergyTalk podcast episode dropped today! I sat down with Dr. Michael Blaiss to understand the recent FDA warning regarding severe itching after stopping long term cetirizine and levocetirizine! I hope you find this helpful!

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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.

Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage

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Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium Researchers found a strong connection between coffee and the gut microbiome

Large epidemiologic studies have consistently shown an association between coffee and improved health outcomes. This may be one of the reasons: favorable changes to the gut microbiome 🏢🏢

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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

Ok deal!

Yes I miss all of the education and professional discussions back in the early days allergy/immunology Twitter!