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No One Is Defying Trump Like Brazil’s President

Viva #Brazil !!
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Here’s What to Know About Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Brazil Latin America’s biggest economy can weather the shock of a high tariff rate. But American coffee lovers and Brazilian ranchers are likely to feel the pain.

Latin America’s biggest economy can weather the shock of a high tariff rate. But American coffee lovers and Brazilian ranchers are likely to feel the pain.

Auschwitz Museum launches tool against Holocaust denial on the Internet Auschwitz Museum launches tool against Holocaust denial on the Internet

'Stop Denial,' an online tool launched by the Auschwitz Museum in Poland, allows people to counter Holocaust denial arguments using historical research and other facts.

It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

Clinical trials are testing cancer drug rapamycin for Long COVID and ME - The Sick Times Two clinical trials are currently underway in the U.S. to evaluate the effect of rapamycin on Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) — one at Mount Sinai’s Cohen Center for Recovery from Comple...

NEW: A cancer drug with a fascinating history is being explored in a phase III clinical trial for Long COVID & an observational trial for ME. Past research suggests it could target a biological pathway seen in people with ME. @frogsandstars.bsky.social reports!

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🚀 Today we're launching the 'Night Science Institute', a non-for-profit organization to lead a cultural shift in science! You may say we're dreamers 😉, but we think we're not the only ones. Perhaps today you will join us to make the Day Science and Night Science parts of the process live as one!

Expert Perspectives on Clinical Laboratory Accreditation for Polygenic Risk Scores Background Polygenic risk scores (PRS) are rapidly being translated into clinical practice to estimate risk to health conditions and inform health management. However, the lack of clear guidelines for...

Expert Perspectives on Clinical Laboratory Accreditation for Polygenic Risk Scores
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Long COVID: SARS-CoV-2 persists in the brainstem in the long term and deregulates neuronal activity Symptoms can persist in some SARS-CoV-2 patients several months after infection. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated in an animal model that SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain and persists ...

🧠 New research from Institut Pasteur reveals how Long COVID works: SARS-CoV-2 persists in the brainstem for months after infection, disrupting dopamine production and neuronal activity.
#LongCOVID

A new study shows that burned Amazon forests stay hot for decades after the fires go out.

Fire damaged areas remain over 2.5ºC hotter than neighbouring intact or even selectively logged stands for at least 30 years.

#amazon #rainforest #forestfire #deforestation #sequestration #carbonsink

“Genetic variation between populations is continuous and does not align with social, historical and cultural constructs of race… Yet, says Angela Saini, author of a book on the return of race science, “people don’t stop believing falsehoods just because the evidence suggests they are wrong.”

last call!
submit your abstract by tonight to be selected for one of the many oral presentations at the leading European Transposon Meeting. We are very much looking forward to your contribution and attendance!

Neural anticipation of virtual infection triggers an immune response - Nature Neuroscience Serino et al. show that seeing an infectious avatar approach the body in virtual reality triggers an immune response, indicating that the brain prepares the body to fight infections even for perceived...

Trick your #brain to activate your #immune system!
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Details about the Ask Us Europe survey with a QR code link. I will post a url in a reply to this post.

If you are HIV+, on treatment and living in Europe, please take part in the Ask Us survey by using the QR code.

Please share if you think people with #HIV may follow you - I thank you in advance.

The results will be used to ensure we have access to the best HIV treatment options.

I'm always curious when I come across a new -ome, but I don't get too excited because I'm still holding out for the ome-ome.

"On the one hand, we have a hypothesis underpinned by evidence, although imperfect, and on the other hand we have a hypothesis without evidence, although it might exist."

Our latest editorial in advance of our August issue

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#IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #SARS-CoV-2

Long COVID: SARS-CoV-2 persists in the brainstem in the long term and deregulates neuronal activity Symptoms can persist in some SARS-CoV-2 patients several months after infection. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated in an animal model that SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain and persists ...

Paris, in animal models, SARS-CoV-2 persisted in the brainstem up to 80 days after infection.

This viral presence disrupted dopamine-linked genes and was tied to anxiety, memory loss, and depression, echoing neurodegenerative disease patterns.

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Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.

A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.

"...cancer mortality rate declined by 34% from 1991 to 2022 in the United States, averting approximately 4.5 million deaths."
- ACS Cancer Statistics, 2025.

In 30 years, we've cut the death rate from cancer by a third. The current pipeline has *actual cures* for specific cancers in it.

Inflammatory Exposure and #Depression in Older Adults With #Insomnia url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2836538?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=072925

Guest column | I’m a cardiologist. Here are 10 science-based ways to prevent heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. But about 80 percent of cases are considered preventable.

Preventing heart disease, my recommendations
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Reevaluating the role of education on cognitive decline and brain aging in longitudinal cohorts across 33 Western countries - Nature Medicine In a large cross-national study, education was linked to better memory and larger brain volumes but not to slower cognitive or brain decline with age, suggesting that the association reflects early-li...

Education does not protect against age-related cognitive decline, brain aging; it is associated with better memory
From >170,000 participants, age 50+, 33 countries
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Grant writing when the payline is 4th percentile

Sex differences in inflammation and markers of gut integrity in long COVID - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Sex differences in inflammation and markers of gut integrity in long COVID

Cleveland, Ohio study of 178 adults found women with long COVID had the worst inflammation, gut barrier disruption, and arterial stiffness, suggesting they face the highest cardiovascular risks after infection.

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

Chronic viral hepatitis affects more than 70 million people in Africa Two to three million South Africans have chronic viral hepatitis, with most remaining undiagnosed and untreated.

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Guest column | I’m a microplastics researcher. Here’s how I limit the plastic in my life. Microplastics are everywhere. But there are simple ways to lower your exposure.

Some good tips for reducing your microplastic exposure
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Adoptively transferred Th17 cells cooperate with host B cells to achieve durable tumor immunity Cole et al. report that adoptively transferred, tumor-specific Th17 cells engage host B cells and drive B cell proliferation and differentiation. These Th17 cells require B cells for sustained immunit...

🧵1/ New in @Cancer_Cell: Our lab discovered that Th17 cells must team up with B cells to eliminate tumors, and prevent it from coming back.
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🧬This unexpected immune duo sparks tumor immunity.
🖼️Image: See schematic Th17/B cell antitumor action!

If you were forced to flee your home because of floods or wildfires, would you expect to be received with dignity and be supported?

Yes?

That’s exactly what all refugees everywhere deserve

Columbia University Settlement an Unprecedented Disaster Never in the history of our nation has a university so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat. All who care about higher education must stand up and fight back against this unprecedented continuin...

"Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat"

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First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow