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Mark Ward

@wardm6tcd.bsky.social

Molecular Scientist at Trinity College Dublin. Circulating tumour cells (CTCs), ctDNA, and cancer-associated thrombosis in gynaecological/breast cancers

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Ar lorg cealla ailse ar dhóigh níos fusa agus níos fearr Bheadh eolas ag go leor againn ar choincheap na bithóipse, nuair a bhaintear sampla beag d’fhíochán ón gcorp agus a scrúdaítear é faoi mhicreascóp chun cabhrú le dul chun cinn tinnis a dhiagnóisiú nó ...

Dr Pilib Ó Broin recently wrote an article for Seachtain, the Irish language supplement of the Independent on CLuB's work on liquid biopsies:
www.independent.ie/seachtain/ar...

04.07.2025 10:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Chemotherapy alters thrombomodulin and factor VIIIc expression resulting in acquired activated protein C resistance and enhanced thrombin generation in cancer associated thrombosis Tumour type, treatment and patient related factors contribute to cancer associated venous thromboembolism (VTE), however, the role of each factor and …

Great start to 2025 with the publication of our work lead by @lucynortcd.bsky.social! Here we report that chemotherapy alters the anticoagulant protein Thrombomodulin and FVIIIc in patients with gynaecological cancers, and tumour tissue FV being decreased in those who had a VTE shorturl.at/nj8eV

11.01.2025 19:00 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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In #SpatialBiology news, more details now appeared on the $TXG 10X Genomics #Xenium 5000-plex assay. "The combination of multi-modal segmentation and high plex really sharpens the view you get. At the top you can see an elongated fibroblast in close proximity to Tregs."

04.12.2024 10:36 — 👍 28    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Regular abstracts from #SABCS24 are out!

3407 pages of new breast cancer discoveries.

Find them here: sabcs.org/Portals/0/Do...

25.11.2024 23:41 — 👍 62    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0
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Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences A leading scientist at the University of Oxford has resigned from the UK’s national academy of sciences over concerns about Elon Musk’s…

Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship

25.11.2024 17:48 — 👍 1951    🔁 496    💬 44    📌 72
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Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
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20.11.2024 22:49 — 👍 73    🔁 27    💬 0    📌 1

Any Trinity College Dublin/RCSI cancer scientists/Clinicians or anyone in Ireland interested in liquid biopsy and cancer associated thrombosis, a fantastic list of followers on this @sineadtoomey.bsky.social @lucynortcd.bsky.social @drjnaidoo.bsky.social @sineadtoomey.bsky.social #liquidbiopsy

18.11.2024 22:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@lucynortcd.bsky.social and myself would love to be added to this.

18.11.2024 21:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

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18.11.2024 14:48 — 👍 11406    🔁 4609    💬 169    📌 248

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