On our latest episode "Null Neutrophils," @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a fascinating physiologic question: Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... open.spotify.com/episode/3SdI...

If you think you’re tough, consider the tardigrade… In 2007, 3,000 of these tiny animals orbited the Earth OUTSIDE a space rocket for 12 days. >2/3 of them survived the vacuum of space and being blasted with solar radiation. www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

First bladder transplant in history! So cool 😎 t.co/Mvyf1Qw7bK

This really feels like science fiction- a bespoke CRISPR gene editing treatment for a baby with a urea cycle disorder www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Thank you so much to @corewellhealth.bsky.social and Dr Steve Doyle for the invitation to speak on the art of medicine at their annual education and research day!

Yeesh - if Pseudomonas wasn’t a bad enough actor already, it also apparently secretes an enzyme that degrades plastic www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Each episode, producer @gbuonomomed puts together a paired show notes blog post. For our latest episode, 'Alpha-gal again', we tackle the question: how could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer? curiousclinicians.com/2025/04/24/e... open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

On our latest episode, Alpha-gal Again, we share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...

This story really blew my mind - that alpha-gal could be an entirely new way to treat cancer using immunotherapy

This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal! We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...

This is such a good album and a monumental achievement!!!

Check it out, new album just dropped 🤩 open.spotify.com/album/5orTSx...

1/THREAD As the old idiom goes, one deliberately causes additional pain by "pouring/rubbing salt in an open wound". But this is also literally true. Physiologically, why would it hurt so much to have salt poured into a wound?

I’m always amazed by our similarities and homologies with bacteria. Our version of a foreign nucleic acid sensor called STING, which activates interferon, is almost identical to the version that bacteria use to sense and defend against viruses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looks like this year at #CHEST2025 I’ll be talking about some combination of: - Invasive hemodynamic monitoring - #ThePeoplesVentricle - VA coupling at the bedside - Portopulmonary hypertension See you in Chicago!

Very interesting and insightful perspective on whether zoster vaccines reduce dementia risk from @chrisworsham.com and Bapu Jena t.co/EBUyx3kRbT

The mechanism of petrichor explained!

Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of rain aka petrichor? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... open.spotify.com/episode/4eDF...

I love this episode… why does freshly fallen rain smell so good??

This week, we dive into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of the rain? And why does fresh rain smell so good? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/4eDF...

Was truly an honor to give this talk for OSU Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. In times of uncertainty, curiosity and humanism can help us find joy as clinicians.

Inspiring IM Grand Rounds presentation from the one and only @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social on curiosity, humanism, and joy in medicine

My writing website is live! Huge thank you to the endlessly talented Miriam Hiersteiner for designing it www.avrahamcooper.com

Excited to share a little piano piece I wrote and presented at the 2025 OSU College of Medicine Arts Festival!! medartsgallery.squarespace.com/work/cooper

Classic but very cool study. Does aspirin reduce the risk of cancer metastases? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Ooooh our latest editorial is out on stories in the icu!!! These are the papers I get excited about writing 😁 I hope you enjoy it! aacnjournals.org/ajcconline/a...

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So excited to share this!! Available now www.criticalcaregame.com 🤩🤩🤩 @critcaregame.bsky.social #medsky #boardgame

Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin? In our latest show notes blog post, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers hope to create an oral insulin option (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)! curiousclinicians.com/2025/01/09/e... thecuriousclinicians.substack.com/p/oral-argum...

Crazy cool study investigating alpha-gal gene therapy for refractory solid cancers (leading the immune system to ‘reject’ the cancer like an organ transplant) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

This was a fun episode! Imaging the future of insulin therapy.

Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin? In our latest episode, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers are working to make an oral insulin option possible (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... open.spotify.com/episode/1DEt...

Great article!

Thrilled to have my essay on the serendipitous history of Botox and how it relates to the doctor-patient relationship published by @medpagetoday.bsky.social today! www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

So cool!! 💯 Trust and time with patients. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... by @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social with a cameo by @ranaawdish.bsky.social

I love everything @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social writes 💕

One of my FAVORITE doctors is here!! Follow him for always interesting and enlightening medical threads!

1/ Have you ever wondered why advanced renal disease often leads to often debilitating pruritis? Why would kidney failure lead someone to itch uncontrollably? #tweetorial

1/ Have you ever wondered why advanced renal disease often leads to often debilitating pruritis? Why would kidney failure lead someone to itch uncontrollably? #tweetorial

Bad Days On the bad days, I feel bad It comes in shudders and waves I’m not sure if anything is working The way it is supposed to Is it supposed to? ...

How can we all be more effective communicators with different technologies & AI?! Really excited to learn from these wonderful humans (and you!) Register for Virtual Conf Jan 10th: bit.ly/3P7HUvb #MedSky #MedEd

🦠We call a lot of things “sepsis” 🔎Our #AnnalsofIM study examined how broad this grab bag really is ⚠️Among ~75,000 patients with sepsis, we found remarkably wide spectrum of presentations & outcomes across infection source & organ dysfunction patterns Thread ⬇️ #medsky #emimcc #idsky #pharmsky

Ep 101 ‘Automatic ABO’ is up! 🩸 Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/5Dgd...

I AM SO EXCITED 🥂 Even though I have known for a bit … this makes it real 🙌🏻

Cannot wait!

Whoaaaaa!!!!!! So excited!!!

📣VERY exciting announcement… @tonybreu.bsky.social and I are writing a book, to be published by @wwnorton.bsky.social! Working title is: WHY DOESN’T YOUR STOMACH DIGEST ITSELF? It’s all about the wondrous ways that the human body is resilient, and we can’t wait to share it with you 😊