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Super-curious virologist, pharmacologist, educator and oral biology researcher; lover of our beautiful natural world. Postings and opinions my own.

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(PDF) Dental students' knowledge, perceptions, and educational needs regarding artificial intelligence: a multinational cross-sectional survey PDF | To explore undergraduate dental students’ AI knowledge, perceptions, and concerns, and to identify their educational needs based on these... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...

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Scientists Find a Sneaky Way To Starve Cancer Cells Without Harming Healthy Cells Scientists have identified a mirror-image form of the amino acid cysteine that selectively slows the growth of certain cancers while leaving healthy cells largely unharmed.

Scientists Find a Sneaky Way To Starve Cancer Cells Without Harming Healthy Cells scitechdaily.com/scientists-f... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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Nighttime Light Exposure Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Risk Greater nighttime light exposure may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a recent large study published in JAMA Network Open.

Night-time Light Exposure - Cardiovascular Risk- jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Global Cardiology Societies Team Up to Address Environmental Stressors This Medical News article discusses a new joint statement from the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the European Society of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation ad...

πŸŒŽπŸ«€Global cardiology societies released their first joint statement urging action on environmental risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including air pollution, heat, and noise.

#MedSky #CardioSky

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Human Milk, Infant Gut Microbiome, Infant Fecal Metabolome, and Child Blood Pressure This cohort study investigates associations of human milk feeding and infant gut microbes, including Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis, with infant fecal metabolites and childhood systolic blood p...

Human Milk and Infant Gut Microbiome in Association With Infant Fecal Metabolome and Child Blood Pressure - jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained β€œGroundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people

Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines finally explained | Science | AAAS- www.science.org/content/arti... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review Students seeking graduate research scholarships speculate that biology is being disfavored

NSF’s flagship fellowship program is rejecting applicants without peer review | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... πŸ§ͺ

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Mini Review: Impacts of non-nutritive sweeteners on the human microbiome- journals.lww.com/immunometabo... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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Popular Heartburn Medication May Trigger Anemia and Bone Loss, New Study Warns Widely used acid-suppressing drugs may have hidden effects beyond the stomach.

Popular Heartburn Medication May Trigger Anemia and Bone Loss, New Study Warns - scitechdaily.com/popular-hear... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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More Evidence Supports Exercise for Depression, Anxiety Data from randomized trials provided robust evidence for benefit of exercise on symptoms

More Evidence Supports Exercise for Depression, Anxiety www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/a...

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Scientists Discover a New Way To Stop Pain Nerves From Invading the Spine Researchers have identified a bone-driven signaling pathway that may explain how spinal degeneration leads to chronic pain.

Scientists Discover a New Way To Stop Pain Nerves From Invading the Spine- scitechdaily.com/scientists-d... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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A beautiful book cover featuring an illustration of Nasturtium and the title Atlas of Botany

A beautiful book cover featuring an illustration of Nasturtium and the title Atlas of Botany

I’m immeasurably chuffed to have been able to contribute a chapter to this beautiful book, the Atlas of Botany, a collaboration between @thebotanics.bsky.social and DK. Available for pre-order now! rbgeshop.org/products/pre...
#botany #popularscience 🌐🌏

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Researchers Explore Carbon Capture in Fish Farms to Address Climate Change - UConn Today Tons of carbon dioxide could be captured from the environment while removing toxic sulfide from fish farms

Tons of carbon dioxide could be captured from the environment while removing toxic sulfide from fish farms - today.uconn.edu/2024/12/rese... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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New Research Sheds Light on the Role of GlycoRNA in Cell Signaling Study reveals mechanisms underlying cell to cell communication

New Research Sheds Light on the Role of GlycoRNA in Cell Signaling- www.biocompare.com/Life-Science... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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Massive Global Study Rewrites the Biology of Type 2 Diabetes A large global genetics study shows that many key drivers of Type 2 diabetes operate outside the bloodstream. Scientists are getting a clearer picture of why Type 2 diabetes is so hard to pin down. In...

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Column | Good news: We saved the bees. Bad news: We saved the wrong ones. Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native bee populations.

Good news: We saved the bees. Bad news: We saved the wrong ones. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... 🌎

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New ESA Satellite Provides Unprecedented View of Earth’s Carbon-Rich Ecosystems ESA’s Biomass satellite is revolutionizing environmental monitoring with its first images, offering unprecedented insight into Earth’s carbon stores.

The Biomass Satellite’s Groundbreaking First Images - indiandefencereview.com/esa-satellit... 🌎

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Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsibly Excess road and sidewalk salt flows into storm drains and ultimately into area streams and rivers, affecting fish and other aquatic organisms.

Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsibly - theconversation.com/oversalting-... 🌎

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Night Owls vs. Early Birds: Sleep Categories Are More Complicated Than We Thought Night Owls vs. Early Birds: Sleep Categories Are More Complicated Than We Thought: A new study has identified five distinct subtypes.

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Earth Is Being Covered in a 'Forever Chemical' That Won’t Break Down, Scientists Warn A new study reveals that chemicals designed to protect the ozone layer are causing the spread of a persistent, harmful pollutant.

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Beneath 200 Meters of Ice, Scientists Discover Perfectly Organized Fish Nests in Antarctica Beneath Antarctica’s ice, an extraordinary discovery of nests has been uncovered. What do these mysterious formations reveal?

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I laughed out loud when I saw

β€œAI use statement
The author used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 for research purposes and for editorial feedback after the drafting process.”

#neuroskyence

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China turns the tables in biotech For at least a century, major scientific research initiatives have reliably occurred in the United States, usually in response to geopolitical competition. This helped establish the country’s status a...

Just sharing for the scientists in the audience.... #neuroskyence #medsky

China turns the tables in biotech | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Astrocyte CB1 receptors drive blood-brain barrier disruption in central nervous system inflammatory disease - Journal of Neuroinflammation Journal of Neuroinflammation - Reactive astrocytes shape central nervous system (CNS) inflammation and participate in myelin damage and repair mechanisms in multiple sclerosis (MS). Through the...

Astrocyte CB1 receptors drive blood-brain barrier disruption in central nervous system inflammatory disease- link.springer.com/article/10.1... #neuroskyence πŸ§ͺ🌎

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Divers Discover Hundreds of New Species 4,000 Meters Below the Pacific Beneath the Pacific’s surface, a world brimming with unknown species has just been revealed.

dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/dive...

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Opinion | If Trader Joe's Ran Your Hospital 3 Β½ things healthcare could do differently

If Trader Joe's Ran Your Hospital www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/cala...

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Serious side effects dim hopes for the first chikungunya vaccine The shots fell short during a massive outbreak on a French island. A new vaccine may be safer

Serious side effects dim hopes for the first chikungunya vaccine | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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Researchers Uncover 4,000-Year-Old Megastructures That Were Not Built by Humans Researchers reveal enormous prehistoric megastructures whose origins are not human.

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Painful side effect of statins explained after decades of mystery www.msn.com/en-us/health... πŸ§ͺ🌎

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