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Global and regional cancer burden attributable to modifiable risk factors to inform prevention - Nature Medicine Global cancer estimates across 185 countries show that 7.1 million new cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors in 2022, with smoking, infections and alcohol consumption being the lea...

More than one-third of #cancer cases are preventable www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fascinating piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com - UK graduate earnings premium is shrinking because the economy is bad and there aren’t enough high paying jobs >> www.ft.com/content/649d... ‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question

FDA agrees to review Moderna mRNA flu vaccine in dramatic reversal After initially rejecting Moderna’s application for review, the FDA will now consider the mRNA flu shot

After initially rejecting Moderna’s application for review, the FDA will now consider the mRNA flu shot

Why clinical trials are leaving the US—and Asia and Australia are welcoming them Disruption and uncertainty in the US are leading many clinical trials to consider other countries for participation. Jennifer Lutz , Neha Bhatt , and Flynn Murphy report on the changing landscape—and ...

With clinical trials leaving the US, could Europe benefit? www.bmj.com/content/392/...

AlphaFold Database welcomes community datasets Latest AlphaFold Database update adds high-value datasets for microbial and viral proteins, generated by specialist communities

The AlphaFold Database, jointly developed with Google DeepMind, now contains datasets from specialist communities.

This includes rich datasets for microbes, viruses & parasites associated with tropical diseases.

Explore the new datasets in the AlphaFold Database.

www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...

Mentoring doesn’t just shape careers, it shapes people’s lives.

Our Director Emeritus Janet Thornton shares with @natmethods.nature.com what mentoring has meant during her career.

💬 What’s the most valuable mentoring advice you’ve received or shared?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

With this week's Royal Society #TransformingOurFuture conference on Quantum Information, we're happy to be helping to kick off the UN International Year of Quantum in the UK with @instituteofphysics.bsky.social. Catch the livestream here: royalsociety.org/science-even...

Driving AI Health Innovation through the European Health Data Space: Opportunities and Challenges for Non-EU Country Participation In March 2025, the European Union (EU) launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS) to streamline access to and sharing and reuse of health data across all 27 Member States. The EHDS aims to give...

Interesting analysis of #EHDS impact to non-EU members ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

What’s the point of AI in acupuncture? Traditional Chinese medicine meets modernity

What’s the point of #AI in acupuncture? #TCM
economist.com/china/2026/0...

With the FDA's Moderna decision, vaccine makers face increasingly uncertain regulatory environment The regulatory environment in the United States encountered by Moderna during the development of its COVID-19 vaccine bears little resemblance to what the company experienced earlier this week when | ...

The regulatory environment in the United States is changing so vaccine makers face increasingly uncertainty #Moderna #mRNA www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fdas-...

Fed on Reams of Cell Data, AI Maps New Neighborhoods in the Brain | Quanta Magazine Machine learning is helping neuroscientists organize vast quantities of cells’ genetic data in the latest neurobiological cartography effort.

Reams of cells’ #genetic data in the latest neurobiological cartography effort #ML
www.quantamagazine.org/fed-on-reams...

Les odeurs que nous aiming www.epsiloon.com/compte/reade...

"Gleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair" sung by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh YouTube video by bridgetoofar2

This is great. It was on BBC Alba the other night. If you didn't see it, here's another chance. I hope you like it. #Donegal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFp1...

Cancer: Three quarters of patients in England will survive by at least five years by 2035, government promises Three quarters of cancer patients in England will survive the disease by at least five years by 2035 under a major new strategy to boost survival rates, the government has pledged. Cancer is the lead...

Most cancers are not caused by lifestyle but four in 10 could be prevented @who.int
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

In the Irish language, the goldfinch is known as 'lasair choille' (pronounced 'lasser-quilla'), which means...

The Flame of the Forest! 🔥

Advancing regulatory variant effect prediction with AlphaGenome - Nature AlphaGenome, a deep learning model that inputs 1-Mb DNA sequence to predict functional genomic tracks at single-base resolution across diverse modalities, outperforms existing models in variant effect prediction and enables comprehensive genomic analysis.

Our breakthrough AI model AlphaGenome is helping scientists understand our DNA, predict the molecular impact of genetic changes, and drive new biological discoveries. 🧬

Find out more in https://xcancel.com/Nature ↓ 🔗↗️
https://goo.gle/4bXlV6y

Interval cancer, sensitivity, and specificity comparing AI-supported mammography screening with standard double reading without AI in the MASAI study: a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority, single... AI-supported mammography screening showed consistently favourable outcomes compared with standard double reading, with a non-inferior interval cancer rate, fewer interval cancers with unfavourable cha...

Large RCT of medical #AI - Over 100,000 women in Sweden (radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up)-> AI group 29% more cancers detected www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Google DeepMind launches AI tool to help identify genetic drivers of disease AlphaGenome can analyse up to 1m letters of DNA code at once and could pave way for new treatments

AlphaGenome can analyse #DNA sequences to identify genetic drivers of disease, paving the way to new treatments @googledeepmind.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

En quoi le multilinguisme ralentit-il le vieillissement cérébral ? En quoi le multilinguisme ralentit-il le vieillissement cérébral ? - Une Tribune à découvrir sur Polytechnique Insights

En quoi le multilinguisme ralentit-il le vieillissement cérébral ? www.polytechnique-insights.com/tribunes/neu...

Europe has greater responsibility in the WHO without the United States The US’s withdrawal from WHO makes Europe the system stabiliser in global health multilateralism, writes Ilona Kickbusch At the upcoming executive board meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO...

Europe has greater responsibility in the @who.int without the United States www.bmj.com/content/392/...

UK loses measles elimination status Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.

Fuckkkkkkkkkkk

UK loses measles elimination status - If you are anti vaccine, welcome to the early 1900's where children's graves were a common scene, you people have no idea how Measles can destroy lives, it can blind children, cause brain damage, deafness or death.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Selective silencing of the CDC:
~50% of surveillance databases have halted updates
—87% of these were vaccine related
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
editorial www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

The world’s most—and least—powerful passports Americans’ travel documents aren’t as muscular as they used to be

The world’s most—and least—powerful passports
economist.com/graphic-deta...

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

The full impact on science and patients won’t be known for many years, yet in 2025, more than 7,800 grants were cancelled or suspended in the US. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The most useful indicator of your overall health “Heart-rate variability” has been decades in the making

The most useful indicator of your overall health - “Heart-rate variability” has been decades in the making
economist.com/science-and-...

Fresh from the biotech pipeline: FDA turmoil overshadows 2025 approvals - Nature Biotechnology Leadership changes, staff cuts and a raft of new policies marked an agency in transition. New drug approvals featured more follow-on products than firsts.

FDA turmoil (leadership turnover, workforce reductions and policy modifications) overshadows 2025 approvals www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cancer treatment delays need systematic attention A national learning system approach could help provide the answers to improving waiting times for cancer treatment, write Ajay Aggarwal , Richard Grieve , and Mary Dixon-Woods Recent media coverage ...

Cancer treatment delays need systematic attention www.bmj.com/content/392/...

The 2026 Nucleic Acids Research database issue and the online molecular biology database collection Abstract. The 2026 Nucleic Acids Research database issue has 182 papers from across biology and neighbouring fields. Eighty-four of these papers describe n

The new 2026 NAR Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue is now out! 🎉

Take a look at the Editorial here academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
and browse the whole Issue here
academic.oup.com/nar/issue/54...

Cancer survival improvement:
7 in 10 people reach the 5-year mark after diagnosis www.cancer.org/research/acs...

Otro publirreportaje fantasioso sobre una "universidad" privada de esas a las que se va a abrir la puerta en Asturias y que antes de su aprobación definitiva ya firman convenios, derriban tabiques y demás... con el beneplácito de instituciones varias.