MossLabUCL
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Scientist and musician, professor emeritus (UCL, UK), living in Provence
Autumn in Provence - a Seasonal Update
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Check out my new weekly post! The latest news from the heart of Provence, an unfolding tale of wild boar and olives.
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Autumn in Provence - a Seasonal Update
Or in the words of Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin'
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/autumn-in-provence-a-seasonal-update?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 9 hours ago
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Picking Olives with Donald Trump
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Time to give my latest post a midweek boost. Next Saturday expect some āreal lifeā news from an Autumnal Provence.š
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Picking Olives with Donald Trump
You better believe it suckers
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/picking-olives-with-donald-trump?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 days ago
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Carole Cadwalladr
6 days ago
NEW: āNigel Farage is not my friendā¦heās just a handsome & stylish English gentlemanā The wife of the Russian agent who Nathan Gill has admitted to accepting bribes from says Nigel Farage is not her āgood friendā after saying that he was her āgood friendā 1/
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'Nigel Farage is Not My Friend...He's Just a Very Handsome Man'
The wife of a Russian spy gets in touch...
https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/nigel-farage-is-not-my-friendhes?r=nv9u6&utm_medium=ios
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Anton Gerashchenko
7 days ago
Ukrainian war veteran Andrii Khomiak from the Zhytomyr region went to defend his homeland back in 2015. When the Russian full-scale invasion began, he returned to the military, this time joining the 26th Brigade defending Kyiv⤵ļø
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Edzard Ernst
7 days ago
Nigel Farageās 'Reform UK'Ā has received the 'RUSTY RAZOR' for the āmost prolific promotion of pseudoscienceā
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Nigel Farageās āReform UKā has received the āRUSTY RAZORā for the āmost prolific promotion of pseudoscienceā
It has been reported that Nigel Farageās 'Reform UK' has received an award for being the organisation that engaged in the āmost prolific promotion of pseudoscienceā during 2025. Each year the UKās The...
https://edzardernst.com/2025/10/nigel-farages-reform-uk-has-received-the-rusty-razor-for-the-most-prolific-promotion-of-pseudoscience/
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Dr_Aust_PhD
7 days ago
The lack of interest from the media in Fromage's murky finances and spivvy evasions (and before that in Boris Johnson's ever-iffy financial arrangements) contrasts rather strongly with their beady-eyed obsession with the finances of Labour politicians - especially female ones like Rayner and Reeves.
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Henry Gee
7 days ago
Who's Afraid of Artificial Intelligence?
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Whoās Afraid of Artificial Intelligence? | The End Of The Pier Show
https://occamstypewriter.org/cromercrox/2025/11/02/whos-afraid-of-artificial-intelligence/
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Picking Olives with Donald Trump
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Time for my weekly post, another story from Deepest Provence. š«
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Picking Olives with Donald Trump
You better believe it suckers
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/picking-olives-with-donald-trump?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 days ago
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Impressive indeed. I particularly liked them not ruling out a referendum on the royal family. š
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9 days ago
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Wow! He definitely gets my vote!
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9 days ago
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medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...
How Medical Express reported our recent findings on diabetic eye disease.
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Early trigger of diabetic eye disease identified
A team led by UCL scientists has identified a key protein that triggers diabetic retinopathyāa condition caused by high blood sugar damaging the retina's blood vessels and a leading cause of sight los...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-early-trigger-diabetic-eye-disease.html
10 days ago
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Still, must be some comfort to know that their defeat was down to the media, and not their shite policies.
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10 days ago
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Sadly for Farage, being a decent orator isn't quite enough - you also need to say something worth listening to.
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10 days ago
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Important News from the World of Diabetes
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If you havenāt read it yet, time to give my weekly post a little push, all about some research from my lab that means good news for people with diabetic eye disease.
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Important News from the World of Diabetes
A breakthrough in understanding sight loss
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/important-news-from-the-world-of?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 days ago
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My garden in Provence is still mostly green, but those Autumn colours are starting to glow.
12 days ago
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Interesting that even the far right sometimes apologise for racist remarks. But if this is what they really believe surely their racism is something they should be proud of.
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14 days ago
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This is hilarious - Zack I never saw you as the next Donald Trump, but I do hope you keep playing the 'rampant egomaniac'.š
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14 days ago
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All a surprise to those of us in Europe who thought the White House would be some sort of national monument and protected. But the president can just change it however they like? Is this possible?
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14 days ago
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Giulia De Rossi
17 days ago
So amazing to see our work on the cover of Science Translational Medicine!!
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UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
16 days ago
A study led by
@giuliaderossi.bsky.social
has identified a key protein that triggers diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness. The study, funded by
@diabetesuk.bsky.social
is published today and featured on the cover of
#ScienceTranslationalMedicine
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www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
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Boca Scientific Inc.
15 days ago
A study from
@ucleye.bsky.social
has identified a key
#protein
that triggers diabetic retinopathy. The protein LRG1 is the cause of the early damage and targeting this could offer a way to protect vision.
#Ophthalmology
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Leucine-rich α-2-glycoprotein 1 initiates the onset of diabetic retinopathy in mice
LRG1-driven microvascular dysfunction triggers early diabetic retinopathy, highlighting a potential therapeutic target.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adn6047
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Trump successfully does what Al Qaeda failed to do.
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14 days ago
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Time for my weekly post, and today I report on some exciting new research from my lab. Especially for any diabetics out there. Important News from the World of Diabetes
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Important News from the World of Diabetes
A breakthrough in understanding sight loss
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/important-news-from-the-world-of?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
14 days ago
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Giulia De Rossi
17 days ago
Grateful to @greenwoodjohn.bsky.social and
@stephenemoss.bsky.social
for co-leading this study with such insight and enthusiasm, and to all co-authors for their invaluable contributions.
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Exciting new research from our lab, and today we're on the front cover of Science Translational Medicine. All about diabetic retinopathy!
17 days ago
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Exciting new research from our lab, and today we're on the front cover of Science Translational Medicine. All about diabetic retinopathy!
17 days ago
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On the off-chance you havenāt read my weekly post yet, the bigger question here is why are we so gullible? Science fact or science fiction, you decide.
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Science fact or science fiction, you decide.
And why it matters
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/science-fact-or-science-fiction-you?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
18 days ago
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My latest post on Substack, with reference and thanks to
@edzard.bsky.social
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Science fact or science fiction, you decide.
And why it matters
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/science-fact-or-science-fiction-you?r=59qwp5&utm_medium=ios
20 days ago
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My latest post on Substack, with reference and thanks to
@edzard.bsky.social
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Science fact or science fiction, you decide.
And why it matters
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/science-fact-or-science-fiction-you?r=59qwp5&utm_medium=ios
20 days ago
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My weekly post is published, itās all about science and why we can sometimes be so gullible.
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Science fact or science fiction, you decide.
And why it matters
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/science-fact-or-science-fiction-you?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
21 days ago
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says the man who wants the peace prize.š¤
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25 days ago
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Time to give my latest post a mid-week nudge - why 1986 was a big year for me, and for the rest of the planet.
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What were you doing in 1986?
That was the year that was
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/what-were-you-doing-in-1986?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
25 days ago
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Dr_Aust_PhD
26 days ago
Yet another good reason to kick Elno Smuk out of the Royal Society. As if any more were needed.
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Is it just me, or are other people finding the live coverage from the Knesset quite nauseous?
27 days ago
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Peter Stefanovic
27 days ago
'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
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'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'
No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/kevin-maguire-nigel-farage-could-36056293
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Zack Polanski
27 days ago
A new week - and a new huge milestone!
@greenparty.org.uk
now have 100,000 members!!! We are absolutely on track to next overtake the Tories - let's make hope normal again!
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Iām a Brit who also happens to have a French passport. Which one of my two passports do you think is the more useful?
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28 days ago
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My weekly post is live! 1986 was the year of Chernobyl and Halleyās Comet. But a significant year for me too.
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What were you doing in 1986?
That was the year that was
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/what-were-you-doing-in-1986?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
28 days ago
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Not sure my opinion is as newsworthy, but as Professor Emeritus at UCL, I can answer your question Nick. No.
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30 days ago
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Wednesday has become my regular day for giving my weekly post a boost - on the off chance you havenāt read it yet, prepare for a true story of survival against significant odds.
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Me, Elton John and Vincent van Gogh, Three of a Kind
According to my neurologist
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/me-elton-john-and-vincent-van-gogh?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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Feel for you. We had to say good bye to our Labradoodle this summer, after 16 wonderful years. Certainly helped me to write about it.
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about 1 month ago
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The man who won the Presidency but lost the plot.
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about 1 month ago
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My weekly post is now live! Check out how and why itās slightly miraculous that Iām still alive, and what I share with Elton John and van Gogh.š
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Me, Elton John and Vincent van Gogh, Three of a Kind
According to my neurologist
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/me-elton-john-and-vincent-van-gogh?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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On this day 5 years ago I arrived in hospital in an ambulance, officially dead. Now Iām writing a weekly post on Substack - take a look and see how an hour with no heart beat affects the brain.š„¹
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It's Been Getting Equinoxious in Provence
Careful with the seasoning
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/its-been-getting-equinoxious-in-provence?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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My weekly post is ready for your perusal, with a seasonal theme. Please do share widely - new subscribers always welcome.
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It's Been Getting Equinoxious in Provence
Careful with the seasoning
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/its-been-getting-equinoxious-in-provence?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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When Farage talks about an early election he doesnāt mean soon, rather 7:00 a.m.
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about 1 month ago
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Midweek means itās time to give my most recent post a plug. The final part in a trilogy in which tension and fantasy keep you guessing right to the end. Enjoy, comment, share, and if youāre not yet a subscriber then give it a go!š
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Part the third - the long and winding road
The final instalment
https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenemoss/p/part-the-third-the-long-and-winding?r=59qwp5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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I'm forcing myself to listen to Farage on
@lbc.co.uk
- it's a challenge. Too much of this and I'll be in need of medical attention.
about 2 months ago
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Trump says 'I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them'. Unless they're called Vladimir.
about 2 months ago
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Football fans the world over should be boycotting any matches in the US next year.
#FIFA2026boycott
about 2 months ago
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