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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.

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

25.11.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

12.10.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 11

Outdated????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I mean, "protoplasm" is outdated.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

15.06.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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: β€œNIH 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...

08.02.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4276    πŸ” 1592    πŸ’¬ 163    πŸ“Œ 65

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.

17.01.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I fear there is deep truth here.

11.01.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 55495    πŸ” 13724    πŸ’¬ 1439    πŸ“Œ 843

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

09.12.2024 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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