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KI researchers have captured the first detailed molecular snapshots of human polynucleotide phosphorylase in action, revealing how this essential mitochondrial enzyme degrades RNA through an elegant base-flipping mechanism. Published in @narjournal.bsky.social 🧪 #mitochondria doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity!🚨

Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?

Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.

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Fatty liver – but not liver damage – common in type 2 diabetes Six out of ten people with type 2 diabetes had fatty liver in a new study from Linköping University in Sweden. Of these, only a small percentage had developed more severe liver disease. The study...

Read the News Release! Fatty liver – but not liver damage – common in type 2 diabetes | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Someone once told me “You are the boss of your life. So, listen to yourself”. I have and I always will although it does come with a risk (but no regrets!). So, hell yeah! ❤️

Some simple facts about international trade:

1. It's voluntary, so the idea that only one side is benefiting from any trade is in general ridiculous

2. Saying that tariffs *MAY* raise prices to consumers is just bad economics. In almost all realistic cases, tariffs WILL raise consumer prices.

Young people drinking

Deaths from alcohol specific causes in England rose by 42.2% between 2019 and 2023, the highest number on record.

A national strategy to tackle the harms caused by alcohol is long overdue, and important for reducing health inequalities, say Julia M A Sinclair et al
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Wow interesting

3 new @nejm.org papers on #H5N1 today
"highlight the urgent need for vigilant surveillance of emerging mutations and assessment of the threat of human-to-human transmission" (from overview, text below)
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infections in Humans | NEJM Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human A...

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Updated HCC management guidelines by @easlnews.bsky.social

Must read 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

www.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S016...

#Liversky

something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens

There is something so ironic about debating with Westerners whether there is a meaningful distinction between democracy and dictatorship on the same day that Koreans demonstrate that they not only know the difference but will fight to maintain it.

Flu ✅
Assignments ✅
Presentations ✅
All done in one week! 😮‍💨

🚨 Attention #MedSky and #Epidemiology friends! 🚨
We are looking for a PhD Junior Faculty or Post-Doc to join the Departments of Neurology and Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan! Come work with me and please share with your networks!

medschool.umich.edu/departments/...

A tale of two platforms:

BlueSky user numbers have hit a new record high in recent days, while the number of people deleting their accounts on X/Twitter has rocketed 🚀

COVID-19 pandemic interventions reshaped the global dispersal of seasonal influenza viruses The global dynamics of seasonal influenza viruses inform the design of surveillance, intervention, and vaccination strategies. The COVID-19 pandemic provided a singular opportunity to evaluate how inf...

The Covid pandemic suppressed Flu. A new study investigated why
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
—nonpharmacologic intervention (masking, physical distancing)
—reduced international travel
—change in virus lineage dwell times

Me: I really need to finish writing this paper.

My brain: Oh, didn’t know staring at the wall is this interesting.

The hepatitis B vaccine is amazing.

It also has a wild backstory
Want to hear it?

A #skeetorial

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