Laura Vandenberg

Laura Vandenberg

@elleenvy.bsky.social

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, trained as a developmental biologist and endocrinologist. Research focused on endocrine disruptors, breast health, and risk assessment.

255 Followers 644 Following 3 Posts Joined Nov 2024
3 months ago

It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe in science. It does matter if you don’t fund it.

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5 months ago
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UMass Amherst Researchers Create Nanoparticle Vaccine That Prevents Cancer in Mice | UMass Amherst The vaccine also proves highly effective at preventing cancer’s deadly spread.

If you’re hearing news about a cancer break-through and wonder what’s hype and what’s not, here’s a good explainer of the actual findings in animal studies.

This is some elegant science that pulls together several lines of long-standing inquiry, and yes, it’s a BFD.

www.umass.edu/news/article...

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9 months ago

Outdated???? Miasma theory was all the hype back in... 400 BC.

I mean, "protoplasm" is outdated. Miasma theory is magical thinking.

PLEASE CONSULT REAL SCIENTISTS @npr.org

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1 year ago
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APLU Statement on Cuts to Reimbursement of NIH Facilities & Administrative Costs - APLU Washington, DC – APLU President Mark Becker released the following statement on the National Institutes of Health’s announcement it will cut reimbursement of research facilities and administrative cos...

From Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities: “NIH slashing the reimbursement of research costs will slow and limit medical breakthroughs that cure cancer and address chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.”
www.aplu.org/news-and-med...

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1 year ago

Hi, just a gentle reminder.... there is nothing mediocre about doing twenty things at once! Give yourself the grace you would give a student, colleague or friend. These times, they are trying.

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I fear there is deep truth here.

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1 year ago

You don't know me, and I don't know you, but every time you post, this prof is happy to cheer you on.

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