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Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic HPV vaccine prevents the development of cervical cancer Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic vaccine induces cancer-specific immune responses and inhibits cancer development in cervical tissue.

#ScienceSunday
#Vaccines
Here is another example where scientists have generated systemic immunity against human papilloma virus using nasal delivery of a cationic nanogel containing the HPV16 E7 protein as an antigen. In addition, an anti-tumor effect was seen. Game-changing!
Vaccines save lives.

If no one in your timeline is grieving the loss of Alice Wong today then you’re not hearing from enough disabled people or even people who listen to disabled people.

That’s a massive segment of society to which you will likely belong some day. Might want to turn an ear toward them sooner than later

YouTube video by Simon Clark The COP30 briefing video

Excellent new video from Simon Clark about #COP30 and discusses the key issues. Worth watching!

US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned

US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops.

And... almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

More hope for Long Covid🌈 from Stellenbosch University;

“identified the most predictive biomarker combinations, enhancing diagnostic reliability and paving the way for personalized medicine approaches.

www.su.ac.za/en/faculties...

When it was revealed during the pandemic that autistic individuals were having DNR orders put on file I broke entirely.
That it is still going on for some is terrifying.
Disabled people's lives are not disposable or worth "less" than someone else.
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.

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This is so disturbing and dystopian. Holy shit.

I have dreams of making myself an island barge 7km long with a way of powering it so I can move around the seas looking for the perfect temperature 😁

The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.

"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"

Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->

Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.

Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees

Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

'Genocide stopped only in media': Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce Palestinians say that Israel's war continues amid daily killings, home demolitions, threatening drone broadcasts, and a ban on essential supplies

'Genocide stopped only in media': Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/genocide-stopped-only-media-gaza-endures-daily-bombings-month-truce

Tales of horror emerge from Darfur after rebels take control of key city The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis.

Tales of horror emerge from Darfur after rebels take control of key city
The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis.

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Federal agents drive off with a lone toddler of **U.S. citizens*** Return the child abused, bruised on the face and neglected. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social is clear, this is just the beginning of this story. As he reports - this began during the first Trump administration.

Monstrous. Criminal

Rights chief warns ‘abominable atrocities’ likely continue in Sudan’s El Fasher Warnings of worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan continue, despite reports of a ceasefire deal brokered by international mediators on Thursday.

UN independent experts decry the “sadistic levels” of sexual violence and abuse committed by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, armed by the United Arab Emirates. “We are appalled by credible reports of ethnically targeted summary executions of civilians."

news.un.org/en/story/202...

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

Absolutely sick and sickening

Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know Two experts on Sudan explain how the killing in El Fasher is worse than anyone knows.

“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know”

Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:

This was too good not to share 🔥🔥🔥

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Dang . Thanks. I now join you in the earworm 😂