Heartbroken to hear of the passing of Prof. Greg Hannon of the CRUK Cambridge Institute. He was a rock and an inspiration and is already missed terribly

I've just signed "Back the National Commission Amendment" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc... @OpenBritainHQ

Hobbycraft should immediately issue a recall 🤯 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

In the decade since the creation of the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research, 64 signatories publish statistics on the number and species of animals used in research. Before 2014, that number was 0. Transparency is the best way forward in improving research, animal welfare, & public dialogue.

Being open about #AnimalResearch means building trust with the public, helping people understand that this is essential work that is done for the benefit of society. #Openness #AnimalTesting #BOARD25 #transparency

UK an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader Remember this the next time you can’t get a GP appointment or have to wait too long to see a hospital doctor or nurse www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Glorious Gillespie wins UCI World Champs gold in Chile | Video www.stickybottle.com/races-result...

🚨🚨 Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

REVIEW🚨 The authors discuss the regulation and interplay of the metabolic #CellDeath pathways #ferroptosis, #disulfidptosis and #cuproptosis and explore how these mechanisms can be harnessed for cancer therapies. @mdanderson.bsky.social 📖 ⬇️ https://bit.ly/3L3vN...

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

Criminally culpable and covering it up: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Delighted to share the first major output from our CRUK-funded programme on Early Detection of Mesothelioma: DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63846-9 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

2025 IUCN Report has over 47,000 Wildlife species Threatened with Extinction.. #IUCN #wildlife #species #threatened #extinction #nature #endangered #endangeredspecies

"People don't do actual training in how to do animal experiments and there's such a lot that you need to think about that you just wouldn't realise unless somebody tells you." Apply by 31st August to join our comprehensive Mouse Models for Human Disease Workshop: www.har.mrc.ac.uk/training/cou...

A new study from @lshtm.bsky.social we funded has revealed a 92-percentage point gap in 10-year survival between the most & least deadly cancers. It's vital the National Cancer Plan for England transforms cancer care & boosts survival across all cancer types. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Noted. We are building maps of cancer mortality rates across Scotland. Wonder what we will find in Helensburgh, Dunoon, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Greenock, Dumbarton.... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Please nominate our amazing International Student Support team for the #WeAreInternational Awards at UKCISA! They go above and beyond to support our international students. Please vote for the University of Glasgow by 6 Aug 👉 ukcisa.org.uk/our-work/weareinternational-awards #TeamUofG

Only 29% would back Brexit now

A timely reminder of the continued danger posed by Asbestos www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🧵1/ New in @Cancer_Cell: Our lab discovered that Th17 cells must team up with B cells to eliminate tumors, and prevent it from coming back. 🔗 Read: www.cell.com/cancer-cell/... 🧬This unexpected immune duo sparks tumor immunity. 🖼️Image: See schematic Th17/B cell antitumor action!

Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research www.wired.com/story/how-tr...

The simplest, safest and easiest way to ensure your child does not die from Measles. I very much hope we are not going down the road of MAGA-land www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

🧵This story on Starmer’s welfare u-turn summarises one of the biggest problems with British politics - whichever party is in power. Ministers simply don’t engage with those affected by their decisions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Stop 🛑 defending Brexit fantasy and start telling the truth!!! The damage began with Brexit — but hasn’t ended there. Labour doesn’t need to say it’s anti-farming. Its fiscal plans speak for themselves. Agriculture is being “managed down” — as economists warned. www.fwi.co.uk/news/opinion...

We have seen a marked decline in cervical cancer deaths in young women in the past decade. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

Wow! Scientists engineered E. coli to convert plastic waste (PET) into pain medicine paracetamol (acetaminophen or Tylenol) in under 24 hours with up to 92% yield. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #medsky #pharmsky 🧪

Amazing hopeful story - new generations of ash trees are evolving resistance to ash dieback fungus. Evolution at work, at speed www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No, I don't think you're sexy.

Delighted to share our methods collaboration with Sophie Rovers & Evelien Smits on intrapleural injection to model pleural disease in mice: www.mdpi.com/3332150

BREAKING: The House of Commons has passed the assisted dying bill. 314 MPs voted in favour, while 291 against - a majority of 23

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Unbelievable

and the UK isn't particularly well placed to benefit.... www.economist.com/science-and-...

Please cast your vote!

A fellow scientist cries for help from an American gulag: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Had dinner with a French colleague in Lyon last night. He like many of our EU friends wants us back in the EU. He said that the obvious disaster of Brexit at least turned the French rightwing off the idea of Frexit.

This International Nurses Day and every day, we celebrate our amazing nurses 💙 Their dedication and commitment is pivotal to our mission of bringing about a world where everybody can lead longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. Thank you for all that you do!

Love the graphic Seems my post made the point We need to push back against anti vaccine nonsense!

Mark Carney is asked how the lessons of Brexit apply to Trump's tariff policy. "When you break off or substantially rupture trade relations with major trading partners... you end up with slower growth, higher inflation, higher interest rates, volatility, a lower currency, a weaker economy." ~AA

I’ll be on BBC Panorama tonight speaking to our damning new research on sugar levels in baby pouches. Parents are being hoodwinked into thinking they’re buying healthy options. Government needs to step in.

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

So proud of my compatriot Prof Johanna Joyce - an inspiration to her peers and to future generations of Irish scientists

Cancer is a global issue and we need to work together to beat it. This week we published a report outlining how the UK and EU can better support scientific collaboration. We urge policymakers to take our recommendations on board at next month’s UK-EU political summit. Read more 👇

Why do tumors tend to metastasize to lymph nodes? Super interesting insights into that question, published online in Cancer Discovery today. One of those papers that grabs you at the title.

The new Eurobaromer poll shows the highest ever support for the EU! 🇪🇺 74% think their country benefits from EU membership 🇪🇺 66% want the EU to play a greater role in protecting them against global crises and security risks 🇪🇺 89% say EU Member States should act more united against global challenges

A brand new piece on Starmer’s refusal to consider rejoining the EU and what MPs really think about this. /2 #TruthToPower @sussexbylines.co.uk sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/why...